I just bought an Atheros based Netgear 311T to replace my ailing
wi0[1] card. I put it in, updated my pf and bridge config files to
point to ath0 instead of wi0, and I can't connect. KisMAC doesn't see
it from my laptop either. Instead, I get "ath0: device timeout"
repeating over and over in my dmesg and /var/log/messages. The man
page simply says "this should not happen." This is in the same
machine that wouldn't support a ralink based card because it isn't PCI
2.2, only a late PCI 2.1 revision.
Can anyone help me debug/fix this problem? I'm currently running a
shopshot from Aug. 8, and plan on upgrading to a current CVS version
tonight to see if that helps.
#dmesg
OpenBSD 3.8-beta (GENERIC) #1: Tue Aug 9 18:21:51 CDT 2005
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC
cpu0: Intel Pentium III ("GenuineIntel" 686-class, 512KB L2 cache) 501 MHz
cpu0:
FPU,V86,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,MMX,FXSR,SSE
real mem = 200908800 (196200K)
avail mem = 176467968 (172332K)
using 2478 buffers containing 10149888 bytes (9912K) of memory
mainbus0 (root)
bios0 at mainbus0: AT/286+(00) BIOS, date 10/29/99, BIOS32 rev. 0 @ 0xfdb70
apm0 at bios0: Power Management spec V1.2
apm0: AC on, battery charge unknown
apm0: flags 30102 dobusy 0 doidle 1
pcibios0 at bios0: rev 2.1 @ 0xf0000/0x10000
pcibios0: PCI IRQ Routing Table rev 1.0 @ 0xf7b60/144 (7 entries)
pcibios0: PCI Interrupt Router at 000:07:0 ("Intel 82371FB ISA" rev 0x00)
pcibios0: PCI bus #1 is the last bus
bios0: ROM list: 0xc0000/0x8000
cpu0 at mainbus0
pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0: configuration mode 1 (no bios)
pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 "Intel 82443BX AGP" rev 0x03
ppb0 at pci0 dev 1 function 0 "Intel 82443BX AGP" rev 0x03
pci1 at ppb0 bus 1
vga1 at pci1 dev 0 function 0 "ATI Rage Magnum" rev 0x00
wsdisplay0 at vga1 mux 1: console (80x25, vt100 emulation)
wsdisplay0: screen 1-5 added (80x25, vt100 emulation)
pcib0 at pci0 dev 7 function 0 "Intel 82371AB PIIX4 ISA" rev 0x02
pciide0 at pci0 dev 7 function 1 "Intel 82371AB IDE" rev 0x01: DMA,
channel 0 wired to compatibility, channel 1 wired to compatibility
wd0 at pciide0 channel 0 drive 0: <Maxtor 91301U3>
wd0: 16-sector PIO, LBA, 12407MB, 25410672 sectors
wd0(pciide0:0:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 2
atapiscsi0 at pciide0 channel 1 drive 0
scsibus0 at atapiscsi0: 2 targets
cd0 at scsibus0 targ 0 lun 0: <HITACHI, CDR-7730, 0008> SCSI0 5/cdrom removable
cd0(pciide0:1:0): using PIO mode 2
uhci0 at pci0 dev 7 function 2 "Intel 82371AB USB" rev 0x01: irq 5
usb0 at uhci0: USB revision 1.0
uhub0 at usb0
uhub0: Intel UHCI root hub, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
"Intel 82371AB Power" rev 0x02 at pci0 dev 7 function 3 not configured
clcs0 at pci0 dev 11 function 0 "Cirrus Logic CS4280/46xx
CrystalClear" rev 0x01: irq 5
ac97: codec id 0x43525903 (Cirrus Logic CS4297 rev 3)
ac97: codec features headphone, 18 bit DAC, 18 bit ADC, No 3D Stereo
fxp0 at pci0 dev 16 function 0 "Intel 82557" rev 0x02: irq 9, address
00:a0:c9:ab:79:a7
inphy0 at fxp0 phy 1: i82555 10/100 PHY, rev. 0
fxp1 at pci0 dev 18 function 0 "Intel 82557" rev 0x02: irq 10, address
00:a0:c9:ab:79:b4
inphy1 at fxp1 phy 1: i82555 10/100 PHY, rev. 0
ath0 at pci0 dev 19 function 0 "Atheros AR5212" rev 0x01: irq 11
ath0: AR5212 7.9 phy 4.5 rf2112 5.6 rf2112 5.6, FCC1A, address 00:0f:b5:4f:6f:1f
isa0 at pcib0
isadma0 at isa0
pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60/5
pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot)
pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slot
wskbd0 at pckbd0: console keyboard, using wsdisplay0
pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61
midi0 at pcppi0: <PC speaker>
spkr0 at pcppi0
sysbeep0 at pcppi0
lpt0 at isa0 port 0x378/4 irq 7
npx0 at isa0 port 0xf0/16: using exception 16
pccom0 at isa0 port 0x3f8/8 irq 4: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo
pccom1 at isa0 port 0x2f8/8 irq 3: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo
fdc0 at isa0 port 0x3f0/6 irq 6 drq 2
fd0 at fdc0 drive 0: 1.44MB 80 cyl, 2 head, 18 sec
biomask f165 netmask ff65 ttymask ffe7
pctr: 686-class user-level performance counters enabled
mtrr: Pentium Pro MTRR support
dkcsum: wd0 matches BIOS drive 0x80
root on wd0a
rootdev=0x0 rrootdev=0x300 rawdev=0x302
clcs0: firmware loaded
audio0 at clcs0
ath0: device timeout
(last message repeating dozens of times trimmed)
#cat /etc/hostname.ath0
media autoselect mode 11g mediaopt hostap nwid "my_net" nwkey
0x1deadbeef1 chan 11 up
(I've also tried without WEP to no avail)
#cat /etc/bridgename.bridge0
add ath0
add fxp1
up
#cat /etc/hostname.fxp1
inet 192.168.0.1 255.255.255.0 NONE
#cat /etc/pf.conf
ext_if="fxp0"
int_if="fxp1"
wifi_if="ath0"
(rest trimmed, it's unimportant, it works fine when wifi_if="wi0")
-Matt Brenneke
[1]On an irregular basis (could be days, could be minutes apart) the
signal from my wi0 card to my laptops drops from full to 1/4 and no
traffic gets through. This lasts anywhere from 5 seconds to 5
minutes, and then everything works fine again. This has been
happening for over a month now, and is the reason I bought a ralink
card and now this atheros card to try and find a good replacement. No
luck so far.
