Ath - clients with weak signals not working after upgrade to FreeBSD 11.0

Johann Hugo jhugo at meraka.csir.co.za
Fri Aug 1 09:24:53 UTC 2014


Hi

Is it possible to disable ANI ?

How should we go about to narrow down the problem ?

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FreeBSD 11.0-CURRENT (Looks like crcerr is not updating)

mesh-6c9a:~ # athstats -i ath1 anistats -o ani 1
   input   output altrate   short    long xretry crcerr crypt  phyerr rssi  
rate
    2994      248       0       0      18      3      0     0       0   44   
54M
      11        1       0       0       0      0      0     0       0   44   
54M
      11        0       0       0       0      0      0     0       0   42   
54M
      11        1       0       0       0      0      0     0       0   44   
54M
      11        0       0       0       0      0      0     0       0   44   
54M
      11        1       0       0       0      0      0     0       0   43   
54M
      11        0       0       0       0      0      0     0       0   44   
54M
      10        1       0       0       0      0      0     0       0   45   
54M
      12        1       0       0       0      0      0     0       0   44   
54M
      11        1       0       0       0      0      0     0       0   42   
54M
      11        1       0       0       0      0      0     0       0   44   
54M
      12        0       0       0       0      0      0     0       0   42   
54M
      11        1       0       0       0      0      0     0       0   43   
54M
      11        0       0       0       0      0      0     0       0   44   
54M
      12        1       0       0       0      0      0     0       0   42   
54M
      11        1       0       0      13      1      0     0       0   43   
36M
      10        1       0       0       0      0      0     0       0   44   
36M
      12        1       0       0       0      0      0     0       0   43   
36M
      10        1       0       0      13      1      0     0       0   44   
54M
      11        1       0       0       0      0      0     0       0   44   
54M
      12        2       0       0      11      1      0     0       0   43   
12M
   input   output altrate   short    long xretry crcerr crypt  phyerr rssi  
rate
    3230      272       0       0      66      7      0     0       0   44    
9M
      12        2       0       0      13      1      0     0       0   43   
24M
      11        1       0       0       0      0      0     0       0   42   
24M
      12        2       0       0       0      0      0     0       0   43   
54M
      11        1       0       0       0      0      0     0       0   43   
54M
      12        1       0       0       0      0      0     0       0   42   
54M
      11        0       0       0       0      0      0     0       0   43   
54M
      10        1       0       0       0      0      0     0       0   43   
54M
      11        1       0       0       0      0      0     0       0   42   
54M
       9        0       0       0       0      0      0     0       0   43   
54M
      11        1       0       0       0      0      0     0       0   43   
54M
      14        3       0       0       0      0      0     0       0   37   
54M
      11        0       0       0       0      0      0     0       0   42   
54M
      10        1       0       0       0      0      0     0       0   44   
54M
      11        0       0       0       0      0      0     0       0   44   
54M
      10        1       0       0       0      0      0     0       0   44   
54M
      11        0       0       0       0      0      0     0       0   44   
54M
      10        1       0       0       0      0      0     0       0   45   
54M
      11        1       0       0       0      0      0     0       0   45   
54M
      11        0       0       0       0      0      0     0       0   45   
54M
      10        1       0       0       0      0      0     0       0   45   
54M
   input   output altrate   short    long xretry crcerr crypt  phyerr rssi  
rate
    3460      290       0       0      79      8      0     0       0   44   
54M
      10        1       0       0       0      0      0     0       0   44   
54M
      11        0       0       0       0      0      0     0       0   41   
54M
      11        1       0       0       0      0      0     0       0   43   
54M
      10        1       0       0       0      0      0     0       0   44   
54M
      11        0       0       0       0      0      0     0       0   44   
54M
      12        2       0       0       0      0      0     0       0   42   
54M
      11        0       0       0       0      0      0     0       0   43   
54M
      11        1       0       0       0      0      0     0       0   43   
54M
      12        0       0       0       0      0      0     0       0   42   
54M

-----------------------------------------

FreeBSD 9.0-STABLE

mesh-6c9a:~ # athstats -i ath1 anistats -o ani 1
   input   output altrate   short    long xretry crcerr crypt  phyerr rssi  
rate
 1315335    48744     431       0   10204    865 630698     0       0   27   
12M
      38        0       0       0       0      0     13     0       0   21   
12M
      34        1       0       0       0      0     14     0       0   24   
12M
      28        0       0       0       0      0     14     0       0   27   
12M
      44        8       0       0       1      0     13     0       0   23   
12M
      43        1       0       0       0      0      9     0       0   23   
12M
      33        1       0       0       0      0     11     0       0   27   
12M
      36        1       0       0       0      0     16     0       0   22   
12M
      30        0       0       0       0      0     21     0       0   26   
12M
      42        5       0       0       1      0     18     0       0   23   
12M
      34        3       0       0       0      0      9     0       0   23   
12M
      32        0       0       0       0      0     20     0       0   23   
12M
      31        3       0       0       0      0     18     0       0   25   
12M
      27        1       0       0       0      0     18     0       0   29   
54M
      40        2       0       0       0      0     16     0       0   23   
54M
      40        3       0       0       0      0     12     0       0   21   
54M
      37        2       0       0       0      0     15     0       0   24   
54M
      34        1       0       0       0      0     12     0       0   26   
54M
      44        2       0       0       0      0      7     0       0   24   
54M
      60        1       0       0       0      0     19     0       0   24   
54M
      41        0       0       0       0      0     11     0       0   24   
54M
   input   output altrate   short    long xretry crcerr crypt  phyerr rssi  
rate
 1316118    48780     431       0   10206    865 630996     0       0   23   
54M
      39        1       0       0       0      0     12     0       0   21   
54M
      42        2       0       0       0      0     10     0       0   22    
6M
      36        2       0       0       2      0     15     0       0   21    
6M
      41        0       0       0       0      0      9     0       0   23    
6M
      34        1       0       0       0      0      7     0       0   26    
6M
      30        0       0       0       0      0     16     0       0   26    
6M
      36        3       0       0       0      0     15     0       0   22    
6M
      45        0       0       0       0      0     26     0       0   26    
6M
      38        3       0       0       2      0     18     0       0   21    
6M
      38        1       0       0       0      0     13     0       0   25    
6M
      36        0       0       0       0      0     13     0       0   20    
6M
      27        2       0       0       0      0     20     0       0   24    
6M
      39        1       0       0       0      0     15     0       0   21    
6M
      40        2       0       0       0      0     13     0       0   23    
6M
      38        0       0       0       0      0      8     0       0   24    
6M
      35        3       0       0       6      1     18     0       0   23    
6M
      34        1       0       0       0      0     11     0       0   22    
6M
      48        0       0       0       0      0     23     0       0   24    
6M
      35        1       0       0       0      0      8     0       0   24    
6M
      34        2       0       0       0      0     14     0       0   20    
6M
   input   output altrate   short    long xretry crcerr crypt  phyerr rssi  
rate
 1316889    48805     431       0   10216    866 631303     0       0   27    
6M
      41        1       0       0       0      0     15     0       0   24    
6M
      28        0       0       0       0      0     13     0       0   24    
6M
      36        3       0       0       0      0     12     0       0   23    
6M
      27        1       0       0       0      0     12     0       0   25    
6M
      26        0       0       0       0      0     12     0       0   28    
6M
      20        1       0       0       0      0     15     0       0   29    
6M
      40        0       0       0       0      0     28     0       0   27    
6M

On Thursday 31 July 2014 16:01:56 Adrian Chadd wrote:
> On 31 July 2014 14:56, Johann Hugo <jhugo at meraka.csir.co.za> wrote:
> > On Thursday 31 July 2014 14:29:55 Adrian Chadd wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >
> >>
> >
> >> Yeah, run athstats 1 on both to see what kind of difference(s) there
> >
> >> are in transmit/receive statistics.
> >
> >>
> >
> >> I wonder if it's changes in the ANI code.
> >
> >
> >
> > Forgot to mention that I only see the problem on cards with an Atheros 
9220
> > chipset and not on older ones with an Atheros 5413 chipset.
> >
> >
> >
> 
> Right, but the main changes to the ANI code occured with the 11n HAL,
> not with the pre-11n chips.
> 
> There's also changes to the initval arrays used in chip
> initailisation. That may have changed things.
> 
> 
> -a


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