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    Atheros 9227 NIC stops responding

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    • N
      netblues
      last edited by

      Restarting an interface on schedule is not a solution.

      Please provide more information on your setup so we can pinpoint root cause.

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      • stephenw10S
        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
        last edited by

        Yes, more info needed. Is this a hardware wifi interface in pfSense? What sort?

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        • AledioA
          Aledio
          last edited by

          Pfsense esta instalado en una PC DELL y la interface WLAN es una PCI Express,

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            netblues
            last edited by

            Still with my minimal, non google translated knowledge of spanish, using a dell machine with a pci interface isn't very informative too.

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            • stephenw10S
              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
              last edited by

              Indeed!

              How does OPT1 appear in Interfaces > Assign?

              Does it appear in Interfaces > Wireless?

              For example:
              Screenshot from 2022-04-17 13-51-39.png

              Steve

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              • AledioA
                Aledio
                last edited by

                7b005b57-391b-4cb2-bcfb-d87e0334fbde-image.png

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                • stephenw10S
                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                  last edited by

                  Ok, so it's a real wifi card and it's ath based. That's good.

                  Check the system and wireless logs when it stops responding.

                  Steve

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                  • AledioA
                    Aledio
                    last edited by

                    I have noticed that at times WIFI becomes very unstable with packet loss, very ugly.

                    But in the wired LAN network, everything is excellent.
                    I have my router provided by my provider ISP converted to a bridge, and my Pfsense WAN interface to DHCP.

                    That is, I have the following:

                    PFsense:

                    lan-interface
                    wan-interface
                    interface OPT

                    What could be the reason for this slow and very unstable network on the part of WIFI OPT?

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                    • stephenw10S
                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                      last edited by

                      Bad antenna? Badly positioned device? Noisy environment?

                      It could be any number of things.

                      It's almost always better to use an external access point for reasons including those.

                      Steve

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                        netblues @stephenw10
                        last edited by

                        You will be better off using a standard accespoint - old router connected to a dedicated lan port, than a built in wireless interface.
                        This is mainly to poor support by the underlying os and also limited need/demand for such feature.

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                        • AledioA
                          Aledio
                          last edited by

                          I show you some of my Wireless log

                          ####################

                          Apr 19 06:51:17 hostapd 16434 ath0_wlan0: WPA rekeying GTK
                          Apr 19 06:50:16 hostapd 16434 ath0_wlan0: WPA rekeying GTK
                          Apr 19 06:49:16 hostapd 16434 ath0_wlan0: WPA rekeying GTK
                          Apr 19 06:48:16 hostapd 16434 ath0_wlan0: WPA rekeying GTK
                          Apr 19 06:47:16 hostapd 16434 ath0_wlan0: WPA rekeying GTK
                          Apr 19 06:46:20 hostapd 16434 ath0_wlan0: STA 1c:bf:ce:03:34:9e IEEE 802.1X: unauthorizing port
                          Apr 19 06:46:20 hostapd 16434 ath0_wlan0: STA 1c:bf:ce:03:34:9e WPA: event 2 notification
                          Apr 19 06:46:20 hostapd 16434 ath0_wlan0: STA 1c:bf:ce:03:34:9e IEEE 802.11: disassociated
                          Apr 19 06:46:20 hostapd 16434 ath0_wlan0: STA 1c:bf:ce:03:34:9e MLME: MLME-DELETEKEYS.request(1c:bf:ce:03:34:9e)
                          Apr 19 06:46:20 hostapd 16434 ath0_wlan0: STA 1c:bf:ce:03:34:9e MLME: MLME-

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                          • stephenw10S
                            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                            last edited by

                            Looks pretty standard. No errors shown.
                            Was is not passing traffic when that was logged?

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