I'm using the ath-0.7.3 driver together with wificonfig on my laptop and
when I disconnect the wlan using: wificonfig -i ath0 disconnect (or suspend)
and move to another location and try to connect to another access point it
fails.
If I do:
# wificonfig -i ath0 connect newpoint
It looks like I'm connected based on: wificonfig -i ath0 showstatus
linkstatus: connected
active profile: none
essid: newpoint
bssid: 00:18:b0:7b:c2:99
encryption: none
signal strength: medium(10)
but 'ifconfig ath0' shows:
ath0: flags=201004843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,DHCP,IPv4,CoS> mtu 1500
index 2
inet 0.0.0.0 netmask ffff0000 broadcast 10.0.255.255
which means I haven't got a new IP at the new access point
It seems to indicate that my IP is set to 0.0.0.0
Now if I try:
# ifconfig ath0 dhcp
ifconfig: ath0: wait timed out, operations still pending
and I fail to get a new IP. It doesn't matter how many times I do wificonfig
disconnect and connect I never manage to get the wlan interface up unless
I reboot after which it comes up automatically without the need for any manual
wificonfig and it works reliably.
How can I clean up the state of ifconfig and wificonfig such that it can
reconnect and acquire new IP after moving to another access point ?
I'm running Indiana build 96 Anyone experienced similar problems ?
It shows the same behavior when I go back home to my local
access point so it has nothing to with the access points themselves
or any security setting as everything works on each location
after a reboot.
Any help would be appreciated
/Karl D
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