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Sep 2, 2009 2:40 PMby LCaller,Not a lot, there now seems to be some Vodafone program trying to constantly start which i don't have installed , which i've never noticed before
02/09/2009 22:39:45 com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[206] (cn.com.zte.usbswapper.plist[1731]) posix_spawn("/Applications/Vodafone Mobile Connect/Vodafone Mobile Connect.app/Contents/Resources/Specific/MacSwapperDemon.app/Contents/MacOS/MacSwapperDemon", ...): No such file or directory -
Sep 2, 2009 2:48 PMby LCaller,No it's all airport i don't have an never had a Vodafone card on this machine. I'm wondering if that's come over from a time machine backup of my last machine..
It's just happened again and there is nothing in the logs, it's all messages about the Vodafone software in the console log, looks like every 10 seconds. -
Sep 2, 2009 3:26 PMby LCaller,OK i just managed to watch the log as it happened
02/09/2009 23:24:14 kernel AirPort: Link Down on en1. Reason 4 (Disassociated due to inactivity).
02/09/2009 23:24:14 kernel vmnet: bridge-en1: interface en is going DOWN
02/09/2009 23:24:15 configd[13] network configuration changed.
02/09/2009 23:24:15 vmnet-bridge[164] Examining network configuration.
02/09/2009 23:24:15 vmnet-bridge[164] Intf: en2
02/09/2009 23:24:15 vmnet-bridge[164] Turning off bridge for: en1
02/09/2009 23:24:15 vmnet-bridge[164] Turning on bridge for: en2
02/09/2009 23:24:15 configd[13] setting hostname to "Lee-MBP.local"
02/09/2009 23:24:15 kernel vmnet: VMNetDisconnect called for port 0x133f0b00
02/09/2009 23:24:15 kernel vmnet: bridge-en1: filter detached
02/09/2009 23:24:15 kernel vmnet: bridge-en1: down
02/09/2009 23:24:15 kernel vmnet: bridge-en1: detached
02/09/2009 23:24:15 kernel vmnet: Freeing hub at 0x8d13000.
02/09/2009 23:24:15 kernel vmnet: VNetUserIf_Create: created userIf at 0x133c6e00.
02/09/2009 23:24:15 kernel vmnet: VMNetConnect: returning port 0x133c6e00
02/09/2009 23:24:15 kernel vmnet: Hub 0 does not exist, allocating memory.
02/09/2009 23:24:15 kernel vmnet: Allocated hub 0x8d13000 for hubNum 0.
02/09/2009 23:24:15 kernel vmnet: VMNETSOBINDTOHUB: port: paddr 00:50:56:f1:02:e3
02/09/2009 23:24:15 kernel vmnet: Hub 0
02/09/2009 23:24:15 kernel vmnet: Port 0
02/09/2009 23:24:15 kernel vmnet: bridge-en2: got dev 0x8d98c04
02/09/2009 23:24:15 kernel vmnet: bridge-en2: up
02/09/2009 23:24:15 kernel vmnet: bridge-en2: attached
02/09/2009 23:24:15 kernel vmnet: VNetUserIfFree: freeing userIf at 0x133c6e00. -
Sep 2, 2009 4:12 PMby William Kucharski,What's your Wi-Fi router? AirPort? Something else?
The suspicious bit in the log is this:
<pre>AirPort: Link Down on en1. Reason 4 (Disassociated due to inactivity).</pre>
Some routers will disassociate clients once they have been idle for a prescribed amount of time (some as few as two to three minutes.)
This disassociation and the need to reassociate is likely what you're seeing. -
Sep 2, 2009 4:13 PMby LCaller,It's the same O2 Thompson it's always been... As i said it was all just working fine until 7pm this evening when i stuck in the upgrade disk *SIGH* and it's still working fine on the Leopard Mac.
Now connected to ethernet to stop the constant crashing, as it gets worse the more data you put over it. -
Sep 2, 2009 4:16 PMby William Kucharski,I suspect the Thompson has always been sending out the disassociation packets and the newer AirPort drivers are simply honoring them. Just a guess.
Do you see the connection pauses if you're actively using the Internet, say streaming a radio station in the background? -
Sep 7, 2009 10:52 AMby badair,Gents,
I am having the same "disassociation" issue but mine is a definite driver/OS issue with 10.6 SL. I receive this message every 5 to 15 minutes:
9/7/09 1:24:16 PM kernel AirPort: Link Down on en1. Reason 4 (Disassociated due to inactivity).
I have a macbook that has been on my home network for years, I have not changed anything there. The Macbook stays online fine but is running Leopard. Of my 5 Wi-Fi devices, this new MBP with SL is the only one dropping connection so I am sure it is not my router.
I am considering installing Leopard to prove my point.
Apple Support....Please fix this Airport driver issue in 10.6. -
Sep 7, 2009 11:43 AMby William Kucharski,badair wrote:
I am having the same "disassociation" issue but mine is a definite driver/OS issue with 10.6 SL. I receive this message every 5 to 15 minutes:
9/7/09 1:24:16 PM kernel AirPort: Link Down on en1. Reason 4 (Disassociated due to inactivity).
I have a macbook that has been on my home network for years, I have not changed anything there. The Macbook stays online fine but is running Leopard. Of my 5 Wi-Fi devices, this new MBP with SL is the only one dropping connection so I am sure it is not my router.
I am considering installing Leopard to prove my point.
Reinstalling Leopard proves nothing.
I'll ask you the same question - does the inactivity timeout still occur if you are actively using the interface, say streaming an Internet radio station in the background? Or just when you're doing nothing say using an application that doesn't use the Internet?
