From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 25 04:45:49 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 561FC1065686 for ; Thu, 25 Sep 2008 04:45:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frank@exit.com) Received: from tinker.exit.com (tinker.exit.com [IPv6:2001:470:80f4:0:2e0:81ff:fe2b:acbc]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 31BC18FC19 for ; Thu, 25 Sep 2008 04:45:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frank@exit.com) Received: from jill.exit.com (jill.exit.com [IPv6:2001:470:80f4:0:2e0:81ff:fe33:7e9a]) by tinker.exit.com (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m8P4hxsv014211 for ; Wed, 24 Sep 2008 21:43:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from frank@exit.com) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=exit.com; s=tinker; t=1222317839; bh=oYg9VaeyjorAfi/ruIitgMHRamOp12a5DWQ/YFj2hQc=; h=Subject:From:Reply-To:To:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding: Date:Message-Id:Mime-Version; b=B6Y+Nn8nwsCaWNUoBl33g7begU7wmZFRqk b6j2QZUUCBX/iFa18Dvx1AuiV6qPglkV/mJyWvbtRA8znlR77isIyjF+0YDwBZbM9Qj a915trNENIdLMwym5i/qQePqy0FVszDR2uBQJjUGXr20XfQU2OdD7/cu876Uxdr/Bp7 6W8= Received: from jill.exit.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by jill.exit.com (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m8P4jmiw001864 for ; Wed, 24 Sep 2008 21:45:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from frank@exit.com) Received: (from frank@localhost) by jill.exit.com (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) id m8P4jmlB001863 for freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org; Wed, 24 Sep 2008 21:45:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from frank@exit.com) X-Authentication-Warning: jill.exit.com: frank set sender to frank@exit.com using -f From: Frank Mayhar To: freebsd-mobile Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Organization: Exit Consulting Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 21:45:48 -0700 Message-Id: <1222317948.1740.10.camel@jill.exit.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.22.3.1 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.93.3/8327/Wed Sep 24 17:30:26 2008 on tinker.exit.com X-Virus-Status: Clean Subject: Atheros wireless problems. X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: frank@exit.com List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2008 04:45:49 -0000 So I obtained a D-Link DWL-AG660 cardbus card, which has a 5213 (I believe) Atheros chipset in it; it's an a/b/g card. This is to use while the chipset embedded in my laptop isn't supported. It came today, I installed it tonight and, well, problems. I can get it to associate and, sometimes, even to get an IP address, but as soon as I start trying to actually pass traffic on it, all hell breaks loose. It starts timing out and the ath_hal starts complaining. Essential information: ath0@pci0:57:0:0: class=0x020000 card=0x3a631186 chip=0x0013168c rev=0x01 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Atheros Communications Inc.' device = 'AR5212, AR5213 802.11a/b/g Wireless Adapter' class = network subclass = ethernet ath0: flags=8843 metric 0 mtu 2290 ether 00:13:46:11:6b:41 media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11g status: associated wlan0: flags=8843 metric 0 mtu 1500 ether 00:13:46:11:6b:41 inet6 fe80::213:46ff:fe11:6b41%wlan0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x4 media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet OFDM/54Mbps mode 11g status: associated ssid Unwired channel 1 (2412 Mhz 11g) bssid 00:1f:33:82:2f:6d regdomain FCC indoor ecm authmode WPA2/802.11i privacy ON deftxkey UNDEF TKIP 2:128-bit txpower 18 bmiss 7 scanvalid 450 bgscan bgscanintvl 300 bgscanidle 250 roam:rssi 7 roam:rate 5 protmode CTS wme burst ff roaming MANUAL >From the dmesg: ath0: mem 0xf2110000-0xf211ffff irq 17 at device 0.0 on cardbus0 ath0: [ITHREAD] ath0: WARNING: using obsoleted if_watchdog interface ath0: mac 5.9 phy 4.3 radio 3.6 wlan0: Ethernet address: 00:13:46:11:6b:41 Then from /var/log/messages: Sep 24 21:14:11 kernel: ath0: device timeout Sep 24 21:14:11 kernel: ath0: ath_reset: unable to reset hardware; hal status 3230480741 I've also seen: Sep 24 21:03:55 auton kernel: ath0: unable to reset hardware; hal status 3310983360 Sep 24 21:02:35 auton kernel: ath0: unable to reset hardware; hal status 0 But it has only been those messages. I haven't yet tried turning on bootverbose but I can if you would like. Any ideas? Any suggestions? As I sit here (using the wired em0 instead of ath0) the lights on the card are happily blinking but it's not doing anything at all. -- Frank Mayhar frank@exit.com http://www.exit.com/ Exit Consulting http://www.gpsclock.com/ http://www.exit.com/blog/frank/ http://www.zazzle.com/fmayhar*