kern/121131: Atheros 5212 based wireless card (DLink-1330) doesn't work on WEP-encrypted network + has some other problems

[Yuri]

>Number:         121131
>Category:       kern
>Synopsis:       Atheros 5212 based wireless card (DLink-1330) doesn't work on WEP-encrypted network + has some other problems
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
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>Keywords:       
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>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Feb 26 23:30:02 UTC 2008
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Yuri
>Release:        7.0
>Organization:
n/a
>Environment:
>Description:
When I plug in the card dmesg prints:
ath0: <Atheros 5212> mem 0x88000000-0x8800ffff irq 9 at device 0.0 on cardbus0
ath0: [ITHREAD]
ath0: using obsoleted if_watchdog interface
ath0: Ethernet address: 00:19:5b:09:63:b8
ath0: mac 7.8 phy 4.5 radio 5.6
ath0: link state changed to UP
ath0: link state changed to DOWN
ath0: link state changed to UP
ath0: link state changed to DOWN

PROBLEM#1: At some point later dmesg gets:
ath0: ath_chan_set: unable to reset channel 5 (2432 Mhz, flags 0x480 hal flags 0xc0)
ath0: ath_chan_set: unable to reset channel 2 (2417 Mhz, flags 0x480 hal flags 0xc0)

I set it up to work with FreeBSD AP:
ifconfig ath0 down
ifconfig ath0 ssid freebsdap wepmode on weptxkey 3 wepkey 3:0x3456789012 authmode open
ifconfig ath0 mode 11b
ifconfig ath0 inet 192.168.0.2 netmask 255.255.255.0
ifconfig ath0 up

PROBLEM#2: I can't ping AP, all packets get lost.

PROBLEM#3: I keep getting kernel messages:
interrupt storm detected on "irq9:"; throttling interrupt source
interrupt storm detected on "irq9:"; throttling interrupt source
interrupt storm detected on "irq9:"; throttling interrupt source
ath0: ath_chan_set: unable to reset channel 1 (2412 Mhz, flags 0x480 hal flags 0xc0)

FreeBSD AP is set up with the command:
ifconfig ral0 inet 192.168.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 ssid freebsdap wepmode on weptxkey 3 wepkey 3:0x3456789012 mode 11g mediaopt hostap

'ifconfig -v' on AP produces:
ral0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
        ether 00:18:f8:2e:40:25
        inet 192.168.0.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255
        media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11g <hostap>
        status: associated
        ssid freebsdap channel 3 (2422 Mhz 11g) bssid 00:18:f8:2e:40:25
        authmode OPEN privacy ON deftxkey 3
        wepkey 1:104-bit
        wepkey 3:40-bit powersavemode OFF powersavesleep 100 txpower 50
        txpowmax 50.0 rtsthreshold 2346 fragthreshold 2346 bmiss 7
        scanvalid 60 bgscan bgscanintvl 300 bgscanidle 250 roam:rssi11a 7
        roam:rate11a 12 roam:rssi11b 7 roam:rate11b 1 roam:rssi11g 7
        roam:rate11g 5 -pureg protmode CTS -ht -htcompat -ampdu ampdulimit 8k
        ampdudensity - -amsdu -shortgi htprotmode RTSCTS -puren -wme -burst
        -ff -dturbo -hidessid apbridge dtimperiod 1 doth inact bintval 100

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