Ok, tried the Ralink card in a Toshiba Satellite M50, and still getting the
same problem. I'll give the DCMA-81 a go, see where it goes. If it falls
flat... maybe the Realtek NIC is a battle best not fought.
On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 11:11 PM, Aaron Mason <simplersolut...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Ok, I've replaced the Ralink card with a Wistron Neweb DCMA-81, an
> Atheros-basec wireless NIC:
>
> ath0 at pci1 dev 6 function 0 "Atheros AR5413" rev 0x01: irq 11
> ath0: AR5413 10.5 phy 6.1 rf 6.3, WOR0W, address c0:ff:ee:de:ca:f1
>
> I'm still having the same issue, however it now doesn't trigger an
> interrupt storm. I have another system I can try; I'll give that a run
> tomorrow evening.
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 9:55 PM, Aaron Mason <simplersolut...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Ok, I fired up a connection both to the wireless and wired IPs, then ran
>> du / continually. The interrupts on rl0 didn't register, but the
>> interrupts on ral0 skyrocketed.
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 1:21 AM, Tomas Bodzar <tomas.bod...@gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 12:43 PM, Aaron Mason <simplersolut...@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> > HI all
>>> >
>>> > Got an old HP Compaq NX9040 laptop that I've repurposed as a wireless
>>> > client router running OpenBSD 5.1. I've installed a Ralink RT2560
>>> wireless
>>> > card I salvaged from a broken D-Link print server. The wireless has IP
>>> > address 192.168.2.251, and the NIC has IP 172.16.1.254.
>>> >
>>> > My problem is if I connect to anything on the 172.16.1/24 network,
>>> even the
>>> > router's NIC address, it drops out after a few minutes. If I connect
>>> to
>>> > the wireless IP, it's rock solid.
>>> >
>>> > The onboard network card is a shitty Realtek 8139 card you find on most
>>> > laptops. Could it just be that the onboard NIC's gone to the dogs, or
>>> > could there be more at play here? I don't see any errors appear in
>>> dmesg
>>> > when the dropout occurs.
>>> >
>>>
>>> Try to look with netstat -i, netstat -s for interface or protocol
>>> errors. With vmstat -i or default screen of systat if there's not some
>>> interrupt storm.
>>>
>>> > Full dmesg:
>>> >
>>> > OpenBSD 5.1 (GENERIC) #160: Sun Feb 12 09:46:33 MST 2012
>>> > dera...@i386.openbsd.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC
>>> > cpu0: Intel(R) Celeron(R) M processor 1400MHz ("GenuineIntel"
>>> > 686-class) 1.40 GHz
>>> > cpu0:
>>> FPU,V86,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,MCE,CX8,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,CFLUSH,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,TM,SBF
>>> > real mem = 233238528 (222MB)
>>> > avail mem = 219344896 (209MB)
>>> > mainbus0 at root
>>> > bios0 at mainbus0: AT/286+ BIOS, date 07/07/04, BIOS32 rev. 0 @
>>> > 0xfd740, SMBIOS rev. 2.31 @ 0xdf010 (28 entries)
>>> > bios0: vendor Hewlett-Packard version "BF.04M1" date 07/07/2004
>>> > bios0: Hewlett-Packard
>>> >
>>> \M^?\M^?\M^?\M^?\M^?\M^?\M^?\M^?\M^?\M^?\M^?\M^?\M^?\M^?\M^?\M^?\M^?\M^?\M^?\M^?\M^?\M^?\M^?\M^?\M^?\M^?\M^?\M^?\M^?\M^?
>>> > apm0 at bios0: Power Management spec V1.2
>>> > acpi at bios0 function 0x0 not configured
>>> > pcibios0 at bios0: rev 2.1 @ 0xfd740/0x8c0
>>> > pcibios0: PCI IRQ Routing Table rev 1.0 @ 0xfdf20/192 (10 entries)
>>> > pcibios0: PCI Interrupt Router at 000:31:0 ("Intel 82371FB ISA" rev
>>> 0x00)
>>> > pcibios0: PCI bus #3 is the last bus
>>> > bios0: ROM list: 0xc0000/0xcc00! 0xcd000/0x1000 0xdf000/0x1000!
>>> 0xe0000/0x4000!
>>> > cpu0 at mainbus0: (uniprocessor)
>>> > pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0: configuration mode 1 (bios)
>>> > mem address conflict 0xdf00000/0x400
>>> > pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 "Intel 82855GM Host" rev 0x02
>>> > "Intel 82855GM Memory" rev 0x02 at pci0 dev 0 function 1 not configured
>>> > "Intel 82855GM Config" rev 0x02 at pci0 dev 0 function 3 not configured
>>> > vga1 at pci0 dev 2 function 0 "Intel 82855GM Video" rev 0x02
>>> > wsdisplay0 at vga1 mux 1: console (80x25, vt100 emulation)
>>> > wsdisplay0: screen 1-5 added (80x25, vt100 emulation)
>>> > intagp0 at vga1
>>> > agp0 at intagp0: aperture at 0xe8000000, size 0x8000000
>>> > inteldrm0 at vga1: irq 10
>>> > drm0 at inteldrm0
>>> > "Intel 82855GM Video" rev 0x02 at pci0 dev 2 function 1 not configured
>>> > uhci0 at pci0 dev 29 function 0 "Intel 82801DB USB" rev 0x03: irq 10
>>> > uhci1 at pci0 dev 29 function 1 "Intel 82801DB USB" rev 0x03: irq 11
>>> > uhci2 at pci0 dev 29 function 2 "Intel 82801DB USB" rev 0x03: couldn't
>>> > map interrupt
>>> > ehci0 at pci0 dev 29 function 7 "Intel 82801DB USB" rev 0x03: irq 11
>>> > usb0 at ehci0: USB revision 2.0
>>> > uhub0 at usb0 "Intel EHCI root hub" rev 2.00/1.00 addr 1
>>> > ppb0 at pci0 dev 30 function 0 "Intel 82801BAM Hub-to-PCI" rev 0x83
>>> > pci1 at ppb0 bus 1
>>> > mem address conflict 0xdf01000/0x1000
>>> > mem address conflict 0xdf02000/0x1000
>>> > rl0 at pci1 dev 0 function 0 "Realtek 8139" rev 0x10: irq 10, address
>>> > 00:c0:9f:57:68:77
>>> > rlphy0 at rl0 phy 0: RTL internal PHY
>>> > cbb0 at pci1 dev 1 function 0 "TI PCI1520 CardBus" rev 0x01: couldn't
>>> > map interrupt
>>> > cbb1 at pci1 dev 1 function 1 "TI PCI1520 CardBus" rev 0x01: couldn't
>>> > map interrupt
>>> > ral0 at pci1 dev 6 function 0 "Ralink RT2560" rev 0x01: irq 11,
>>> > address 00:13:d3:73:00:bb
>>> > ral0: MAC/BBP RT2560 (rev 0x04), RF RT2525
>>> > "TI TSB43AB21 FireWire" rev 0x00 at pci1 dev 7 function 0 not
>>> configured
>>> > ichpcib0 at pci0 dev 31 function 0 "Intel 82801DBM LPC" rev 0x03:
>>> > 24-bit timer at 3579545Hz
>>> > pciide0 at pci0 dev 31 function 1 "Intel 82801DBM IDE" rev 0x03: DMA,
>>> > channel 0 configured to compatibility, channel 1 configured to
>>> > compatibility
>>> > pciide0: channel 0 disabled (no drives)
>>> > atapiscsi0 at pciide0 channel 1 drive 0
>>> > scsibus0 at atapiscsi0: 2 targets
>>> > cd0 at scsibus0 targ 0 lun 0: <PHILIPS, CDRW/DVD CDD5263, UH89> ATAPI
>>> > 5/cdrom removable
>>> > cd0(pciide0:1:0): using PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2
>>> > ichiic0 at pci0 dev 31 function 3 "Intel 82801DB SMBus" rev 0x03: irq 5
>>> > iic0 at ichiic0
>>> > spdmem0 at iic0 addr 0x50: 256MB DDR SDRAM non-parity PC2100CL2.5
>>> > auich0 at pci0 dev 31 function 5 "Intel 82801DB AC97" rev 0x03: irq 5,
>>> ICH4 AC97
>>> > ac97: codec id 0x43585430 (Conexant CXT48)
>>> > ac97: codec features reserved, headphone, 18 bit DAC, 18 bit ADC, No
>>> 3D Stereo
>>> > audio0 at auich0
>>> > "Intel 82801DB Modem" rev 0x03 at pci0 dev 31 function 6 not configured
>>> > usb1 at uhci0: USB revision 1.0
>>> > uhub1 at usb1 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1
>>> > usb2 at uhci1: USB revision 1.0
>>> > uhub2 at usb2 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1
>>> > isa0 at ichpcib0
>>> > isadma0 at isa0
>>> > com0 at isa0 port 0x3f8/8 irq 4: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo
>>> > com1 at isa0 port 0x2f8/8 irq 3: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo
>>> > 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
>>> > spkr0 at pcppi0
>>> > lpt0 at isa0 port 0x378/4 irq 7
>>> > npx0 at isa0 port 0xf0/16: reported by CPUID; using exception 16
>>> > fdc0 at isa0 port 0x3f0/6 irq 6 drq 2
>>> > fd0 at fdc0 drive 0: density unknown
>>> > fd1 at fdc0 drive 1: density unknown
>>> > pcic0 at isa0 port 0x3e0/2 iomem 0xd0000/16384
>>> > pcic0 controller 0: <Intel 82365SL rev 2> has sockets A and B
>>> > pcmcia0 at pcic0 controller 0 socket 0
>>> > pcmcia1 at pcic0 controller 0 socket 1
>>> > pcic0: irq 14, polling enabled
>>> > mtrr: Pentium Pro MTRR support
>>> > umass0 at uhub0 port 1 configuration 1 interface 0 "USBest Technology
>>> > USB Mass Storage Device" rev 2.00/1.00 addr 2
>>> > umass0: using SCSI over Bulk-Only
>>> > scsibus1 at umass0: 2 targets, initiator 0
>>> > sd0 at scsibus1 targ 1 lun 0: <Ut163, , 1.00> SCSI2 0/direct removable
>>> > serial.13070163f224d3aa87aa
>>> > sd0: 490MB, 512 bytes/sector, 1003520 sectors
>>> > vscsi0 at root
>>> > scsibus2 at vscsi0: 256 targets
>>> > softraid0 at root
>>> > scsibus3 at softraid0: 256 targets
>>> > root on sd0a (3e9e6abf58807b82.a) swap on sd0b dump on sd0b
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Thanks
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > --
>>> > Aaron Mason - Programmer, open source addict
>>> > I've taken my software vows - for beta or for worse
>>> >
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Aaron Mason - Programmer, open source addict
>> I've taken my software vows - for beta or for worse
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Aaron Mason - Programmer, open source addict
> I've taken my software vows - for beta or for worse
>
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I've taken my software vows - for beta or for worse
