From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 15 18:42:25 2007 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 3EB8F16A468 for ; Mon, 15 Oct 2007 18:42:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sam@errno.com) Received: from ebb.errno.com (ebb.errno.com [69.12.149.25]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DDE4813C480 for ; Mon, 15 Oct 2007 18:42:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sam@errno.com) Received: from trouble.errno.com (trouble.errno.com [10.0.0.248]) (authenticated bits=0) by ebb.errno.com (8.13.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id l9FIgNXn059734 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Mon, 15 Oct 2007 11:42:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sam@errno.com) Message-ID: <4713B48F.7050608@errno.com> Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 11:42:23 -0700 From: Sam Leffler User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20070814) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Kevin Oberman References: <20071015175520.7F9964500E@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: <20071015175520.7F9964500E@ptavv.es.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-DCC-dcc-servers-Metrics: om; whitelist Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Odd error messages on wireless 11a connection X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 18:42:25 -0000 Kevin Oberman wrote: >> Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 10:20:09 -0700 >> From: Sam Leffler >> >> Sam Leffler wrote: >> >>> Kevin Oberman wrote: >>> >>>> I am at a major networking conference and my wireless, while working, is >>>> logging lots of errors that I don't understand at all. >>>> >>>> +update_stats: bogus ndx0 7, max 7, mode 1 >>>> >>>> Can anyone explain what these are? Do I need to be concerned? >>>> >>>> Atheros 5212 on FreeBSD current as of Oct. 5, i386, single processor >>>> system. ath0: mem 0xb4000000-0xb400ffff irq 11 at >>>> device 2.0 on pci11 >>>> ath0: [ITHREAD] >>>> ath0: using obsoleted if_watchdog interface >>>> ath0: Ethernet address: 00:14:a4:60:f2:e3 >>>> ath0: mac 5.9 phy 4.3 radio 3.6 >>>> >>>> >>> Update your ath driver. You've found an ap that is beaconing a >>> "pureg" rate set and a recent change to the sample rate code broke that. >>> >> Actually your interface is marked "pureb" and the ap is sending an 11g >> rate set but the answer is the same--update ath_rate/sample.c. >> > > OK. I updated and no longer am seeing the messages. Thanks! > > One issue...I booted with WPA DHCP and the system skipped the higher > priority 11a net and associated with the b/g net. I did a 'list aps' and > only saw 2 APs, both 11g. I know that there should have been more, so I > did a 'scan' and all the rest appeared, including the 11a APs. (Total of > 8 APs, 4 11b/g and 4 11a.) The supplicant now associated with the 11a > net and my system is running MUCH better! > > Any idea if this is a timing issue? Any way to improve the initial scan? > > Thanks again for the very fast responses. > Scanning is always a balancing act between speed and accuracy. The usual way to improve the latter is to dwell longer on a channel. I don't recall if the dwell time is a sysctl knob; it's not settable via ifconfig. OTOH w/ bgscan and roaming you should quickly find a good ap to use. Sam