ath0: device timeout on 9.1-RELEASE

Adrian Chadd adrian at freebsd.org
Mon Feb 11 18:59:19 UTC 2013


Hi,

Would you please look at the output of vmstat -i, see if the ath0
device is receiving interrupts?

Thanks,



Adrian


On 10 February 2013 23:30, Kamil Szczesny <k.s.mail at gmx.net> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> after a downgrade to 9.0-RELEASE the issue remains the same.
> /var/log/messages is spamed by equal authentication timeout entries.
>
> regards,
> Kamil
>
> Am 10.02.13 20:10, schrieb Adrian Chadd:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Would you please try 9.0-RELEASE too?
>>
>>
>>
>> Adrian
>>
>>
>> On 10 February 2013 00:38, Kamil Szczesny <k.s.mail at gmx.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I'm facing a problem with ath0 on FreeBSD 9.1-RELEASE, that was not
>>> existent
>>> on 8.x-RELEASE.
>>>
>>> The issue seems to be the similar to this one:
>>>
>>> http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2012-January/065667.html
>>>
>>> I do have the same NIC. pciconf -lv output is equal:
>>>
>>> ath0 at pci0:2:0:0:    class=0x028000 card=0x3a701186 chip=0x0024168c
>>> rev=0x01
>>> hdr=0x00
>>>      vendor     = 'Atheros Communications Inc.'
>>>      device     = 'AR5008 Wireless Network Adapter'
>>>      class      = network
>>>
>>> /etc/rc.conf:
>>> wlans_ath0="wlan0"
>>> ifconfig_wlan0="WPA DHCP"
>>>
>>> /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf:
>>> network={
>>> ssid="home"
>>> psk="123"
>>> }
>>>
>>> However, it is not starting to work.
>>>
>>> I do not have /usr/src/tools/ath so that I can not provide the output.
>>>
>>> /var/log/messages is spammed with:
>>>
>>> Feb 10 09:08:26 gomorrha wpa_supplicant[1500]: Trying to associate with
>>> xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx (SSID='home' freq=2422 MHz)
>>> Feb 10 09:08:30 gomorrha kernel: ath0: device timeout
>>> Feb 10 09:08:36 gomorrha wpa_supplicant[1500]: Authentication with
>>> xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx timed out.
>>>
>>> Any idea what might be wrong or how I could fix this?
>>>
>>> regards,
>>> Kamil
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