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Date:      Wed, 10 Aug 2011 13:33:32 +0800
From:      Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org>
To:        clbuisson@orange.fr
Cc:        freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Is Atheros AR9285 usable in AP mode ?
Message-ID:  <CAJ-VmomQ4-bfkX3Sew6QfgHK8x%2Buia44q5HtOAjmp2RtQPJFSA@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <4E3E6FFE.90101@orange.fr>
References:  <4E3E6FFE.90101@orange.fr>

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is this on a laptop or some device with power saving enabled?

Can you please provide some more background about what you are using?

Thanks,  adrian

On 07/08/2011, Claude Buisson <clbuisson@orange.fr> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I try to configure a new system as an access point, with:
>
> ath0: <Atheros 9285> mem 0xfeaf0000-0xfeafffff irq 17 at device 0.0 on pci2
> ath0: AR9285 mac 192.2 RF5133 phy 14.0
>
> ath0@pci0:2:0:0: class=0x028000 card=0x10891a3b chip=0x002b168c rev=0x01
> hdr=0x00
>       vendor     = 'Atheros Communications Inc.'
>       device     = 'AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express)'
>       class      = network
>
> According to the sticker, it is a:
>
> AzureWave AW-NE785 ATH-5B95
>
> I get a lot of:
>
>    ath0: stuck beacon: resetting (bmiss count 4)
>
> I set  hw.ath.bstuck=32
>
> but the stuck beacon messages continue flowing, and I suffer from packet
> loss /
> lost association of the test station.
>
> This is on a 9-CURRENT system amd64 SMP (2011/07/24 svn r224294).
>
> TIA,
>
> CBu
>
> P.S.: to prevent a number of useless questions (as seen when googling): I
> live
> in the country, with _no_ other wireless network in the vicinity :-)
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