Re: wifi loses its mind

[Will Senn <will.senn%gmail.com@localhost>]

> On Aug 11, 2024, at 10:28 AM, Michael van Elst <mlelstv%serpens.de@localhost> wrote:
> 
> will.senn%gmail.com@localhost (Will Senn) writes:
> 
>>> I have an athn0 device set up on my inspiron n4110 with netbsd10 
>>> stable. It's connected to my wifi access point. If I'm working on the 
>>> device console or in a terminal, it's able to access the internet and 
>>> local network, no issues. However, if I remote into it over ssh and 
>>> leave the connection open, it will eventually lose it's mind, meaning 
>>> that the ssh session stops responding, I can't ping it from the remote 
>>> host on another terminal, and if I log into the device locally, it 
>>> can't ping my remote host... until I do ifconfig, after that ping 
>>> starts working again.
> 
> I guess, it will also lock up under other circumstances, when you have
> multiple network connections open that generate traffic.
> 

Is there anything to do about it?
> 
>> Also, just noticed that the above contained:
>> ssid Phoenix nwkey 65536:"",0x299ab4bb1d4a60ce4a701469277efb16,"",""
> 
>> wtf? is that really a usable key to access the network or is it some 
>> kinda hash? If so, is it reversible? I dug through docs, but couldn't 
>> figure it out.
> 
> Yes, that's one of your four wifi keys and that allows others to
> associate with your network. It's usually hashed from a passphrase. You
> cannot reverse it back to the passphrase, but that's not required.
> The ifconfig command will only present it to the root user.
> 
> 

Ah. Got it. Thx.