From owner-freebsd-net@freebsd.org Thu Jun 18 23:37:05 2020 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E052337E7F for ; Thu, 18 Jun 2020 23:37:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from darcy@druid.net) Received: from mail.vex.net (mail.vex.net [IPv6:2605:2600:1001::44]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 49nyyS6HzXz4G1Y for ; Thu, 18 Jun 2020 23:37:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from darcy@druid.net) Received: from dilbert.druid.net (unknown [216.105.80.205]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 (128/128 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: darcy) by mail.vex.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 8E9F679F27 for ; Thu, 18 Jun 2020 19:36:57 -0400 (EDT) To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org From: D'Arcy Cain Subject: WiFi hotspot keeps dropping Autocrypt: addr=darcy@druid.net; prefer-encrypt=mutual; keydata= mDMEXno+ARYJKwYBBAHaRw8BAQdAR2o17zm/M442SONWLjdQ/8Jpro8TbnUm/m1r4MHhygS0 HUQnQXJjeSBDYWluIDxkYXJjeUBkcnVpZC5uZXQ+iJYEExYIAD4WIQQZ0YBgv7psnnP4U/Hh AAd6d7lwwgUCXno+AQIbAwUJCWYBgAULCQgHAgYVCgkICwIEFgIDAQIeAQIXgAAKCRDhAAd6 d7lwwvvTAQCfxQvyB5M06arZ2cL4LDj0wVxG9ay0PTR+qrQQ9DhevAD+I7W9XlbX6qL3gfDe A0wmuPKWrdSRWEcagXI1sGSC3Ay4OAReej4BEgorBgEEAZdVAQUBAQdAbPzu0iryH2ph9hjN L+Cu1Wo85QbDLV174RHCnjmD5WMDAQgHiH4EGBYIACYWIQQZ0YBgv7psnnP4U/HhAAd6d7lw wgUCXno+AQIbDAUJCWYBgAAKCRDhAAd6d7lwwhb/AQD/8Vd7zTK1s3g4bFCApa3W4zSqUa3/ 9trMr0wfaEOngAEA8iWgHnExoVEdLo9542+dJ8K0L7ntWdfIZLgCXK/2OQ8= Message-ID: <07f4e7f5-095e-e89e-2c55-d283ca62149c@druid.net> Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2020 19:36:57 -0400 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/68.9.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="LDYhXRN0AuM6yFy17cAmAawb6mLLMHqmy" X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 49nyyS6HzXz4G1Y X-Spamd-Bar: / Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=none; dmarc=none; spf=none (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of darcy@druid.net has no SPF policy when checking 2605:2600:1001::44) smtp.mailfrom=darcy@druid.net X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-0.08 / 15.00]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; MIME_GOOD(-0.20)[multipart/signed,multipart/mixed,text/plain]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-net@freebsd.org]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; HAS_ATTACHMENT(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; AUTH_NA(1.00)[]; NEURAL_SPAM_MEDIUM(0.74)[0.736]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[druid.net]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.60)[-0.602]; NEURAL_SPAM_LONG(0.88)[0.882]; SIGNED_PGP(-2.00)[]; R_SPF_NA(0.00)[no SPF record]; RCVD_NO_TLS_LAST(0.10)[]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+,1:+,2:+,3:~]; ASN(0.00)[asn:19842, ipnet:2605:2600::/32, country:CA]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[] X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.33 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2020 23:37:05 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --LDYhXRN0AuM6yFy17cAmAawb6mLLMHqmy Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="dT5pRMKn92grNpsrSuJlAnnVA4QSnFICF" --dT5pRMKn92grNpsrSuJlAnnVA4QSnFICF Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I have set up my FreeBSD box as a gateway. It used to work fine but suddenly my hotspot keeps failing. It drops a few times a day. Restarting hostapd gets it back up again but I really want to keep it up. I am running FreeBSD 12.1-RELEASE-p1 GENERIC amd64. My WiFi card i= s: ath0@pci0:1:0:0: class=3D0x028000 card=3D0x30a4168c chip=3D0x002e168c rev=3D0x01 hdr=3D0x00 vendor =3D 'Qualcomm Atheros' device =3D 'AR9287 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express)' class =3D network It is a HP running Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3770 CPU @ 3.40GHz on 2 quads and 16GB of memory. =46rom my rc.conf: # Internal wifi network wlans_ath0=3Dwlan0 create_args_wlan0=3D"wlanmode hostap" ifconfig_wlan0=3D"inet 192.168.225.1 netmask 0xffffff00 ssid druid" hostapd_enable=3DYES DHCPD_INTERFACES=3D"$DHCPD_INTERFACES wlan0" If I can't keep it running can someone suggest a system test I can do to decide that hostapd needs to be restarted? One thing I found was lots of log entries like this: ath0: stuck beacon; resetting (bmiss count 4) =46rom reading up on that it seems that it is just a cosmetic warning. Could this be an indication of something that is killing the hotspot? Thanks for any insight. --=20 D'Arcy J.M. Cain | Democracy is three wolves http://www.druid.net/darcy/ | and a sheep voting on +1 416 788 2246 (DoD#0082) (eNTP) | what's for dinner. IM: darcy@VybeNetworks.com, VoIP: sip:darcy@druid.net --dT5pRMKn92grNpsrSuJlAnnVA4QSnFICF-- --LDYhXRN0AuM6yFy17cAmAawb6mLLMHqmy Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHUEARYIAB0WIQQZ0YBgv7psnnP4U/HhAAd6d7lwwgUCXuv6mQAKCRDhAAd6d7lw wlR3AQCW8B/xqlEE8AMiwB8o6XlnOy4C0R1xkYvVUwN6aVUjLAEAkXWiaXj/k6Hq B1m2XqLzzDqKtlMz9pW/zTpooboR/ww= =tC5T -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --LDYhXRN0AuM6yFy17cAmAawb6mLLMHqmy--