Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 17:06:03 -0500 From: Reid Linnemann <lreid@cs.okstate.edu> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: atheros 'device timeout' Message-ID: <448F36CB.6000604@cs.okstate.edu>
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I have a DWL-G520 with an atheros chipset on a 6-stable machine and I've
had a persistent problem for quite a long time now from 6-CURRENT in
2005 to recent 6-stable that I need to address.
First, I'll spit out pertinent machine information -
uname -a:
FreeBSD hautlos 6.0-STABLE FreeBSD 6.0-STABLE #3: Sat Mar 11 16:26:58
CST 2006 root@hautlos:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/HAUTLOS i386
pciconf for the card:
ath0@pci0:12:0: class=0x020000 card=0x3a131186 chip=0x0013168c rev=0x01
hdr=0x00
vendor = 'Atheros Communications Inc.'
device = 'AR5212, AR5213 802.11a/b/g Wireless Adapter'
class = network
ifconfig ath0:
ath0:
flags=28943<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,PROMISC,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST,PPROMISC> mtu
1500
inet6 fe80::211:95ff:fe8d:1379%ath0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x3
ether 00:11:95:8d:13:79
media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11g <hostap>
status: associated
ssid deutschland channel 6 bssid 00:11:95:8d:13:79
authmode OPEN privacy OFF txpowmax 36 protmode CTS ssid HIDE
dtimperiod 1 bintval 100
The ath0 is briged to a dc0 interface through netgraph.
This is the behavior I've noticed; at seemingly random intervals I will
get a device timeout thrown out to dmesg from the ath driver. Reading
the ath manpage, I see that "This should not happen." Most occurrences
do not yield any perceivable change in the connection. However,
sometimes the windows wireless clients I have associated with this
machine will not be able to receive anything over the wireless link
unless they trigger it by sending something over the radio. Sometimes
the windows clients will straight up lose track of the machine
completely and scan for other networks. I've not been able to replicate
the problem from a FreeBSD client.
I desperately need to troubleshoot the problem, as my wife is getting
frustrated with losing connectivity to my "stupid computer" (which is
the gateway for our network) and I can't cook very well. ;) The
difficulty I'm having is that I don't know where to start to solve this
particular issue, and I've seen no other users with the same problem.
I'd appreciate any bumps in the correct direction.
Thanks,
Reid
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