Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 10:55:20 -0700 From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> To: Sam Leffler <sam@errno.com> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Odd error messages on wireless 11a connection Message-ID: <20071015175520.7F9964500E@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 15 Oct 2007 10:20:09 PDT." <4713A149.9010301@errno.com>
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--==_Exmh_1192470920_62484P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline > Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 10:20:09 -0700 > From: Sam Leffler <sam@errno.com> > > 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: <Atheros 5212> 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. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 Key fingerprint:059B 2DDF 031C 9BA3 14A4 EADA 927D EBB3 987B 3751 --==_Exmh_1192470920_62484P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (FreeBSD) Comment: Exmh version 2.5 06/03/2002 iD8DBQFHE6mIkn3rs5h7N1ERAgmDAJ4w5z2vMdGXdOSgzuWvRuhC/HIf1QCfUbs2 /AAW+FOHGuOIWnBX0YLe2kY= =DizE -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_1192470920_62484P--
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