Date: Fri, 23 May 2008 02:50:13 -0400 (EDT) From: mutex@unixtech.info To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Atheros 5212 network issues. Message-ID: <52090.74.56.88.177.1211525413.squirrel@webmail.unixtech.info>
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Hello!
I am running FreeBSD 7.0 stable. I am having speed issues that I was
not experiencing before when I was running 6.3 stable.
My wireless connection is now unstable and not as much consistent as it
was before. The wired connection is as usual ~7000kb/up and 800kb/down.
Each test (~20 per day during 5 days) I did was on a 10 second interval,
speed is fluctuating from ~80kb to ~4000kb down and ~80kb to ~300kb up and
some tests return both download and upload to be very low.
Also, one test can return 300kb down and 80kb up when next one 10 seconds
later returns 80kb down and 300kb up.
Latency is fluctuating as well.
I tried to use another channel, swap disk and wireless card to another
machine, cvsup and upgrade again.
I didn't changed network settings, firewall rules, and my hostapd config.
Here are some more informations on my hardware:
FreeBSD 7.0-STABLE #0: Mon May 19 23:10:53 EDT 2008
mutex@xxxxxxx:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/MUTEX
Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0
CPU: Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 1.70GHz (1716.91-MHz 686-class CPU)
Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0xf13 Stepping = 3
Features=0x3febfbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CLFLUSH,DTS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM>
real memory = 805240832 (767 MB)
avail memory = 774049792 (738 MB)
ACPI APIC Table: <GBT AWRDACPI>
ioapic0 <Version 2.0> irqs 0-23 on motherboard
wlan: mac acl policy registered
kbd1 at kbdmux0
ath_hal: 0.9.20.3 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413, RF5413)
acpi0: <GBT AWRDACPI> on motherboard
acpi0: [ITHREAD]
acpi0: Power Button (fixed)
Timecounter "ACPI-fast" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 1000
acpi_timer0: <24-bit timer at 3.579545MHz> port 0x4008-0x400b on acpi0
cpu0: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0
p4tcc0: <CPU Frequency Thermal Control> on cpu0
acpi_button0: <Power Button> on acpi0
acpi_button1: <Sleep Button> on acpi0
pcib0: <ACPI Host-PCI bridge> port 0xcf8-0xcff,0x4000-0x40bf on acpi0
pci0: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib0
agp0: <Intel 82845 host to AGP bridge> on hostb0
pcib1: <PCI-PCI bridge> at device 1.0 on pci0
pci1: <PCI bus> on pcib1
vgapci0: <VGA-compatible display> mem
0xe0000000-0xe0ffffff,0xd8000000-0xdfffffff irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci1
uhci0: <Intel 82801DB (ICH4) USB controller USB-A> port 0xd800-0xd81f irq
16 at device 29.0 on pci0
uhci0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
uhci0: [ITHREAD]
usb0: <Intel 82801DB (ICH4) USB controller USB-A> on uhci0
usb0: USB revision 1.0
uhub0: <Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1> on usb0
uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
uhci1: <Intel 82801DB (ICH4) USB controller USB-B> port 0xd000-0xd01f irq
19 at device 29.1 on pci0
uhci1: [GIANT-LOCKED]
uhci1: [ITHREAD]
usb1: <Intel 82801DB (ICH4) USB controller USB-B> on uhci1
usb1: USB revision 1.0
uhub1: <Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1> on usb1
uhub1: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
uhci2: <Intel 82801DB (ICH4) USB controller USB-C> port 0xd400-0xd41f irq
18 at device 29.2 on pci0
uhci2: [GIANT-LOCKED]
uhci2: [ITHREAD]
usb2: <Intel 82801DB (ICH4) USB controller USB-C> on uhci2
usb2: USB revision 1.0
uhub2: <Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1> on usb2
uhub2: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
ehci0: <Intel 82801DB/L/M (ICH4) USB 2.0 controller> mem
0xe4000000-0xe40003ff irq 23 at device 29.7 on pci0
ehci0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
ehci0: [ITHREAD]
usb3: EHCI version 1.0
usb3: companion controllers, 2 ports each: usb0 usb1 usb2
usb3: <Intel 82801DB/L/M (ICH4) USB 2.0 controller> on ehci0
usb3: USB revision 2.0
uhub3: <Intel EHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 1> on usb3
uhub3: 6 ports with 6 removable, self powered
pcib2: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 30.0 on pci0
pci2: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib2
fxp0: <Intel 82550 Pro/100 Ethernet> port 0xc000-0xc03f mem
0xe3050000-0xe3050fff,0xe3020000-0xe303ffff irq 18 at device 0.0 on pci2
miibus0: <MII bus> on fxp0
inphy0: <i82555 10/100 media interface> PHY 1 on miibus0
inphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
fxp0: Ethernet address: 00:02:b3:b6:af:59
fxp0: [ITHREAD]
ath0: <Atheros 5212> mem 0xe3040000-0xe304ffff irq 21 at device 1.0 on pci2
ath0: [ITHREAD]
ath0: using obsoleted if_watchdog interface
ath0: Ethernet address: 00:14:a5:0d:c0:91
ath0: mac 10.5 phy 6.1 radio 6.3
fxp1: <Intel 82550 Pro/100 Ethernet> port 0xc400-0xc43f mem
0xe3052000-0xe3052fff,0xe3000000-0xe301ffff irq 22 at device 2.0 on pci2
miibus1: <MII bus> on fxp1
inphy1: <i82555 10/100 media interface> PHY 1 on miibus1
inphy1: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
fxp1: Ethernet address: 00:02:b3:b6:af:09
fxp1: [ITHREAD]
vr0: <VIA VT6102 Rhine II 10/100BaseTX> port 0xc800-0xc8ff mem
0xe3051000-0xe30510ff irq 16 at device 3.0 on pci2
vr0: Quirks: 0x0
vr0: Revision: 0x43
miibus2: <MII bus> on vr0
ukphy0: <Generic IEEE 802.3u media interface> PHY 8 on miibus2
ukphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
vr0: Ethernet address: 00:50:ba:18:ff:5f
vr0: [ITHREAD]
isab0: <PCI-ISA bridge> at device 31.0 on pci0
isa0: <ISA bus> on isab0
atapci0: <Intel ICH4 UDMA100 controller> port
0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6,0x170-0x177,0x376,0xf000-0xf00f at device 31.1 on pci0
ata0: <ATA channel 0> on atapci0
ata0: [ITHREAD]
ata1: <ATA channel 1> on atapci0
ata1: [ITHREAD]
pci0: <serial bus, SMBus> at device 31.3 (no driver attached)
pci0: <multimedia, audio> at device 31.5 (no driver attached)
fdc0: <floppy drive controller> port 0x3f0-0x3f5,0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2 on acpi0
fdc0: [FILTER]
sio0: <16550A-compatible COM port> port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on acpi0
sio0: type 16550A
sio0: [FILTER]
sio1: <16550A-compatible COM port> port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 on acpi0
sio1: type 16550A
sio1: [FILTER]
atkbdc0: <Keyboard controller (i8042)> port 0x60,0x64 irq 1 on acpi0
atkbd0: <AT Keyboard> irq 1 on atkbdc0
kbd0 at atkbd0
atkbd0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
atkbd0: [ITHREAD]
pmtimer0 on isa0
orm0: <ISA Option ROM> at iomem 0xc0000-0xcc7ff pnpid ORM0000 on isa0
ppc0: <Parallel port> at port 0x378-0x37f irq 7 on isa0
ppc0: Generic chipset (NIBBLE-only) in COMPATIBLE mode
ppbus0: <Parallel port bus> on ppc0
ppbus0: [ITHREAD]
plip0: <PLIP network interface> on ppbus0
lpt0: <Printer> on ppbus0
lpt0: Interrupt-driven port
ppi0: <Parallel I/O> on ppbus0
ppc0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
ppc0: [ITHREAD]
sc0: <System console> at flags 0x100 on isa0
sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x300>
vga0: <Generic ISA VGA> at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on isa0
Timecounter "TSC" frequency 1716911056 Hz quality 800
Timecounters tick every 1.000 msec
ad1: 19073MB <Maxtor 5T020H2 TAH71DP0> at ata0-slave UDMA100
acd0: CDROM <LTN403/DU25> at ata1-master PIO4
Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ad1s1a
pciconf -lv | grep ath
ath0@pci0:2:1:0: class=0x020000 card=0x000c17f9 chip=0x001b168c
rev=0x01 hdr=0x00
athstats
36879 data frames received
50372 data frames transmit
135 tx frames with an alternate rate
3508 long on-chip tx retries
286 tx failed 'cuz too many retries
18M current transmit rate
1496 tx management frames
949 tx frames discarded prior to association
7427 tx frames with no ack marked
42411 tx frames with short preamble
76570 rx failed 'cuz of bad CRC
1980968 rx failed 'cuz of PHY err
1762216 OFDM timing
3 OFDM restart
218713 CCK timing
36 CCK restart
117021 beacons transmitted
420 periodic calibrations
55 rssi of last ack
29 avg recv rssi
-96 rx noise floor
164 switched default/rx antenna
Antenna profile:
[1] tx 25569 rx 36157
[2] tx 24598 rx 36925
ifconfig:
ath0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 2290
ether 00:14:a5:0d:c0:91
inet 10.0.3.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 10.0.3.255
media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect <hostap>
(autoselect <hostap>)
status: associated
ssid mutex channel 1 (2412 Mhz 11g) bssid 00:14:a5:0d:c0:91
authmode WPA privacy MIXED deftxkey 2 TKIP 2:128-bit TKIP 3:128-bit
txpower 31.5 scanvalid 60 bgscan bgscanintvl 300 bgscanidle 250
roam:rssi11g 7 roam:rate11g 5 protmode CTS burst dtimperiod 1
sysctl:
net.wlan.0.%parent: ath0
debug.disablefullpath: 0
hw.ath.hal.swba_backoff: 0
hw.ath.hal.sw_brt: 10
hw.ath.hal.dma_brt: 2
hw.ath.hal.version: 0.9.20.3
hw.ath.txbuf: 200
hw.ath.rxbuf: 40
hw.ath.regdomain: 0
hw.ath.countrycode: 0
hw.ath.xchanmode: 1
hw.ath.outdoor: 1
hw.ath.calibrate: 30
user.cs_path: /usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:
dev.npx.0.%desc: math processor
dev.ath.0.%desc: Atheros 5212
dev.ath.0.%driver: ath
dev.ath.0.%location: slot=1 function=0
dev.ath.0.%pnpinfo: vendor=0x168c device=0x001b subvendor=0x17f9
subdevice=0x000c cl
ass=0x020000
dev.ath.0.%parent: pci2
dev.ath.0.smoothing_rate: 95
dev.ath.0.sample_rate: 10
dev.ath.0.countrycode: 0
dev.ath.0.regdomain: 16
dev.ath.0.slottime: 9
dev.ath.0.acktimeout: 48
dev.ath.0.ctstimeout: 48
dev.ath.0.softled: 0
dev.ath.0.ledpin: 0
dev.ath.0.ledon: 0
dev.ath.0.ledidle: 2700
dev.ath.0.txantenna: 0
dev.ath.0.rxantenna: 2
dev.ath.0.diversity: 0
dev.ath.0.txintrperiod: 5
dev.ath.0.diag: 0
dev.ath.0.tpscale: 0
dev.ath.0.tpc: 0
dev.ath.0.tpack: 63
dev.ath.0.tpcts: 63
dev.ath.0.fftxqmin: 2
dev.ath.0.fftxqmax: 50
dev.ath.0.monpass: 24
/etc/sysctl.conf *I didn't changed any other sysctl option*
net.inet.ip.forwarding=1
Lines added to Generic kernel:
# PF
device pf
device pflog
device pfsync
# ALTQ
options ALTQ
options ALTQ_CBQ # Class Bases Queuing (CBQ)
options ALTQ_RED # Random Early Detection (RED)
options ALTQ_RIO # RED In/Out
options ALTQ_HFSC # Hierarchical Packet Scheduler (HFSC)
options ALTQ_PRIQ # Priority Queuing (PRIQ)
options ALTQ_NOPCC # Required for SMP build
Please help me troubleshoot and resolve this issue.
Regards,
Mutex.
pub 4096R/C4CE4832 2007-02-01
Key fingerprint = 8DAE C29D 44B7 CA85 28A3 AF0A BE37 B1E2 C4CE 4832
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