atheros 'device timeout'

[Sam Leffler]

Alex Burke wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Just to chime in and say that I have seen device timeout messages too
> - the behaviour for me was (ok, maybe a bit random but...) having
> mounted an NFS exported /usr/src and hammering it with a buildworld.
> So really, I guess I can only say that I have seen this when the
> wireless card was under some very heavy load.
> 
> Symptoms where I would notice things just stop, it dissociates...and
> sure enough, on the console was an ath0: device timeout message. I was
> using WPA2-PSK, and the card I have is a Netgear WPN511 (Cardbus),
> which i think defines itself as a 5212 chip. I was running FreeBSD 6.0
> with all security patches at the time.
> 
> Anyways, it does appear that it can happen, and glad I am not the only
> one hititng it - would be interested to find out how hard you were
> working it when it occured though.
> 
> If anoybody needs any furhter information, I will put 6.1 on my laptop
> and see if I can reproduce and/or retrieve anything that may help.

You are operating in station mode; the original poster reported an issue 
when operating in ap mode.  I believe problems of the sort you report 
have been resolved in 6.1 or at the very least they are an annoyance and 
do not significantly disturb operation.

	Sam