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Reinis IvanovsFeb 3, 2008 12:17 pm 
Reinis IvanovsFeb 4, 2008 9:19 am 
Subject:wireless losing connection periodically
From:Reinis Ivanovs (dab@untu.ms)
Date:Feb 3, 2008 12:17:37 pm
List:org.freebsd.freebsd-questions

hello,

I've noticed that my wireless connection tends to drop once in a while and only restores itself after a relatively longish period. I'm dealing with it now by connecting a laptop by wire (the box doesn't have a screen or a keyboard) and running "/etc/rc.d/netif restart ral0", but that's a bother. googling didn't bring up any useful results, so I'm wondering, what are the best ways to mitigate or fix this (aside from using a wire)? I'm considering writing a simple script that'd constantly ping my router and restart the wlan interface if it stops responding, but perhaps there's something pre-made or more simple than that available?

cheers, reinis