Odd error messages on wireless 11a connection

Sam Leffler sam at errno.com
Mon Oct 15 09:38:04 PDT 2007


Kevin Oberman wrote:
> I am at a major networking conference and my wireless, while working, is
> logging lots of errors that I don't understand at all.
>
> +update_stats: bogus ndx0 7, max 7, mode 1
>
> Can anyone explain what these are? Do I need to be concerned?
>
> Atheros 5212 on FreeBSD current as of Oct. 5, i386, single processor
> system. 
> ath0: <Atheros 5212> mem 0xb4000000-0xb400ffff irq 11 at device 2.0 on pci11
> ath0: [ITHREAD]
> ath0: using obsoleted if_watchdog interface
> ath0: Ethernet address: 00:14:a4:60:f2:e3
> ath0: mac 5.9 phy 4.3 radio 3.6
>   
Update your ath driver.  You've found an ap that is beaconing a "pureg" 
rate set and a recent change to the sample rate code broke that.

    Sam



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