Is Atheros AR9285 usable in AP mode ?

[Claude Buisson]

Here it is:

hw.acpi.supported_sleep_state: S1 S3 S4 S5
hw.acpi.power_button_state: S5
hw.acpi.sleep_button_state: S1
hw.acpi.lid_switch_state: NONE
hw.acpi.standby_state: S1
hw.acpi.suspend_state: S3
hw.acpi.sleep_delay: 1
hw.acpi.s4bios: 0
hw.acpi.verbose: 0
hw.acpi.disable_on_reboot: 0
hw.acpi.handle_reboot: 0
hw.acpi.reset_video: 0
hw.acpi.cpu.cx_lowest: C1

Claude


On 08/11/2011 21:01, Adrian Chadd wrote:
> Right. I wonder if the motherboard is doing anything like "green" stuff though?
> That message is coming from  /etc/rc.d/power_profile which is fiddling
> with the ACPI sleep state setup.
> Can you please paste me the output of:
>
> sysctl hw.acpi ?
>
> On 12 August 2011 01:02, Claude Buisson<clbuisson at orange.fr>  wrote:
>> On 08/11/2011 18:23, Adrian Chadd wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Is powerd running?
>>>
>>> It does sound like you've got some kind of power saving mode going on
>>> somewhere..
>>>
>>> Adrian
>>>
>>
>> I do _not_ run powerd (/etc/defaults/rc.conf checked, /etc/rc.conf/checked,
>> pgrep powerd done)
>>
>> I got rid of the
>>
>>     power_profile: changed to 'performance'
>>
>> in /var/log/messages by commenting out the entry:
>>
>>     # Switch power profiles when the AC line state changes.
>>     notify 10 {
>>         ...
>>     };
>>
>> of /etc/devd.conf
>>
>> the packet loss (ping -s 1450 -c 200 on the test station) remains at 3.0%
>>
>> stuck beacon messages continue to flow
>>
>> Claude
>>
>>> On 11 August 2011 21:51, Claude Buisson<clbuisson at orange.fr>    wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Sorry, I had to travel these last days...
>>>>
>>>> On 08/10/2011 07:33, Adrian Chadd wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> is this on a laptop or some device with power saving enabled?
>>>>>
>>>>> Can you please provide some more background about what you are using?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,  adrian
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> No, this is not a laptop, it is a "mini system" (Atom D525 ION2):
>>>>
>>>> ZOTAC ZBOX I41 (see dmesg below)
>>>>
>>>> and a do not run powerd, etc.
>>>>
>>>> In the (AMI) BIOS there is an "Energy Lake" feature. Disabling it does
>>>> not
>>>> seems
>>>> to have a noticeable effect.
>>>>
>>>> Disabling HyperThreading in the BIOS seems to have a small positive
>>>> effect
>>>> on
>>>> the packet loss rate (which remains at the 2-3 % level between station
>>>> and
>>>> ap).
>>>>
>>>> I am running with hw.ath.bstuck=16 and the "stuck beacon" messages
>>>> continue
>>>> to flow.
>>>>
>>>> At boot I find a:
>>>>
>>>> power_profile: changed to 'performance'
>>>>
>>>> entry in /var/log/messages, of which I can't get rid (I tried
>>>> power_profile_enable="NO" in rc.conf).
>>>>
>>>> My test station is a 7.4-STABLE, with an 2200B/G iwi hardware, and for
>>>> the
>>>> moment I run in open mode (for these tests).
>>>>
>>>> On the other hand, I don't have any problem/loss running the ZBOX as a
>>>> station
>>>> with my current access point (6 years old Netgear WG602v3) in WPA2 mode.
>>>>
>>>> I can do furter tests at your will, if given sufficiently precise
>>>> guidance.
>>>>
>>>> Claude Buisson
>>>>
>>>>> On 07/08/2011, Claude Buisson<clbuisson at orange.fr>      wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I try to configure a new system as an access point, with:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ath0:<Atheros 9285>      mem 0xfeaf0000-0xfeafffff irq 17 at device 0.0
>>>>>> on
>>>>>> pci2
>>>>>> ath0: AR9285 mac 192.2 RF5133 phy 14.0
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ath0 at pci0:2:0:0: class=0x028000 card=0x10891a3b chip=0x002b168c
>>>>>> rev=0x01
>>>>>> hdr=0x00
>>>>>>        vendor     = 'Atheros Communications Inc.'
>>>>>>        device     = 'AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express)'
>>>>>>        class      = network
>>>>>>
>>>>>> According to the sticker, it is a:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> AzureWave AW-NE785 ATH-5B95
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I get a lot of:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>     ath0: stuck beacon: resetting (bmiss count 4)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I set  hw.ath.bstuck=32
>>>>>>
>>>>>> but the stuck beacon messages continue flowing, and I suffer from
>>>>>> packet
>>>>>> loss /
>>>>>> lost association of the test station.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This is on a 9-CURRENT system amd64 SMP (2011/07/24 svn r224294).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> TIA,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> CBu
>>>>>>
>>>>>> P.S.: to prevent a number of useless questions (as seen when googling):
>>>>>> I
>>>>>> live
>>>>>> in the country, with _no_ other wireless network in the vicinity :-)
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>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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