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    • R
      redonisc
      last edited by

      I've errors on my wireless interface too, also i noticed this:

      sysctl dev.ath.0.rxantenna

      dev.ath.0.rxantenna: 1

      sysctl dev.ath.0.rxantenna

      dev.ath.0.rxantenna: 1

      sysctl dev.ath.0.rxantenna

      dev.ath.0.rxantenna: 2

      sysctl dev.ath.0.rxantenna

      dev.ath.0.rxantenna: 2

      Is this right, some bug? this is changing without doing anything….

      Thanks for your comments

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        werneman
        last edited by

        Hello all,I have got still problems with ath0(In/Out errors and  low RX rate). I use CM9 over reduction mini-PCI to PCI and antenna number 1.
        Do you know where can be mistake please in conf. files?  Thank .Ladislav

        –-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Interface status

        WLAN_1 interface (ath0)
        Status associated
        DHCP down   
        MAC address 00:0b:6b:4e:40:b5
        Media autoselect mode 11g <hostap>Channel 4
        SSID LadaWerneman3
        In/out packets 7582/9931 (1.17 MB/9.38 MB)
        In/out errors 217898/5
        Collisions 0
        Bridge (bridge0) learning


        sysctl dev.ath.0

        dev.ath.0.%desc: Atheros 5212
        dev.ath.0.%driver: ath
        dev.ath.0.%location: slot=13 function=0
        dev.ath.0.%pnpinfo: vendor=0x168c device=0x0013 subvendor=0x185f subdevice=0x1012 class=0x020000
        dev.ath.0.%parent: pci1
        dev.ath.0.smoothing_rate: 95
        dev.ath.0.sample_rate: 10
        dev.ath.0.countrycode: 0
        dev.ath.0.regdomain: 0
        dev.ath.0.slottime: 9
        dev.ath.0.acktimeout: 29
        dev.ath.0.ctstimeout: 29
        dev.ath.0.softled: 0
        dev.ath.0.ledpin: 0
        dev.ath.0.ledon: 0
        dev.ath.0.ledidle: 2700
        dev.ath.0.txantenna: 1
        dev.ath.0.rxantenna: 1
        dev.ath.0.diversity: 0
        dev.ath.0.txintrperiod: 5
        dev.ath.0.diag: 0
        dev.ath.0.tpscale: 0
        dev.ath.0.tpc: 0
        dev.ath.0.tpack: 63
        dev.ath.0.tpcts: 63
        dev.ath.0.rfsilent: 1
        dev.ath.0.rfkill: 1
        dev.ath.0.monpass: 24

        ==========================================================================================

        Here is my /cf/conf/config.xml

        <pfsense><version>2.9</version>
        <lastchange><theme>pfsense</theme>
        <system><shellcmd>sysctl dev.ath.0.rxantenna=1;sysctl dev.ath.0.txantenna=1;sysctl dev.ath.0.diversity=0</shellcmd>
        <afterfilterchangeshellcmd>sysctl dev.ath.0.rxantenna=1; sysctl dev.ath.0.txantenna=1;sysctl dev.ath.0.diversity=0</afterfilterchangeshellcmd>
        <optimization>normal</optimization>
        <hostname>pfsense</hostname>
        <domain>local</domain>
        <username>admin</username>
        <password>$1$4XzahCD4$ISqQQcMiFDFI0Zpy9T0x/1</password>
        <timezone>Etc/UTC</timezone>
        <time-update-interval><timeservers>pool.ntp.org</timeservers>
        <webgui><protocol>http</protocol>
        <port><certificate><private-key></private-key></certificate></port></webgui>
        <disablenatreflection>yes</disablenatreflection>
        <ssh><authorizedkeys></authorizedkeys></ssh>
        <enablesshd>yes</enablesshd>
        <enableserial><maximumstates><shapertype><dnsallowoverride></dnsallowoverride></shapertype></maximumstates></enableserial></time-update-interval></system>
        <interfaces><lan><if>fxp0</if>
        <ipaddr>192.168.1.1</ipaddr>
        <subnet>24</subnet>
        <media><mediaopt><bandwidth>100</bandwidth>
        <bandwidthtype>Mb</bandwidthtype></mediaopt></media></lan>
        <wan><if>fxp1</if>
        <mtu>1500</mtu>
        <blockpriv><media><mediaopt><bandwidth>100</bandwidth>
        <bandwidthtype>Mb</bandwidthtype>
        <disableftpproxy><ipaddr>dhcp</ipaddr>
        <dhcphostname><spoofmac></spoofmac></dhcphostname></disableftpproxy></mediaopt></media></blockpriv></wan>
        <opt1><if>ath0</if>
        <wireless><standard>11g</standard>
        <mode>hostap</mode>
        <protmode>rtscts</protmode>
        <ssid>LadaWerneman3</ssid>
        <channel>4</channel>
        <authmode></authmode>
        <txpower>99</txpower>
        <distance>1200</distance>
        <wpa><macaddr_acl></macaddr_acl>
        <auth_algs>1</auth_algs>
        <wpa_mode>1</wpa_mode>
        <wpa_key_mgmt>WPA-PSK</wpa_key_mgmt>
        <wpa_pairwise>CCMP TKIP</wpa_pairwise>
        <wpa_group_rekey>60</wpa_group_rekey>
        <wpa_gmk_rekey>3600</wpa_gmk_rekey>
        <passphrase><ext_wpa_sw></ext_wpa_sw></passphrase></wpa>
        <wep><enable><key><value>nhknnnk</value></key></enable></wep>
        <apbridge><enable></enable></apbridge></wireless>
        <descr>WLAN_1</descr>
        <bridge>lan</bridge>
        <enable><ipaddr>dhcp</ipaddr>
        <subnet>32</subnet>
        <gateway><spoofmac><mtu><disableftpproxy><dhcphostname></dhcphostname></disableftpproxy></mtu></spoofmac></gateway></enable></opt1></interfaces>
        <staticroutes><pppoe><username><password></password></username></pppoe>
        <pptp><username><password><local></local></password></username></pptp>
        <bigpond><dyndns><type>dyndns</type>
        <username><password></password></username></dyndns>
        <dhcpd><lan><enable><range><from>192.168.1.100</from>
        <to>192.168.1.199</to></range></enable></lan></dhcpd>
        <pptpd><mode><redir><localip></localip></redir></mode></pptpd>
        <ovpn><dnsmasq><enable></enable></dnsmasq>
        <snmpd><syslocation><syscontact><rocommunity>public</rocommunity></syscontact></syslocation></snmpd>
        <diag><ipv6nat></ipv6nat></diag>
        <bridge><syslog><nat><ipsecpassthru><enable></enable></ipsecpassthru></nat>
        <filter><rule><type>pass</type>
        <interface>opt1</interface>
        <max-src-nodes><max-src-states><statetimeout><statetype>keep state</statetype>
        <os><nosync><source>
        <network>opt1</network>

        <destination><any></any></destination>
        <log><descr><gateway>opt1</gateway></descr></log></nosync></os></statetimeout></max-src-states></max-src-nodes></rule>
        <rule><type>pass</type>
        <descr>Default LAN -> any</descr>
        <interface>lan</interface>
        <source>
        <network>lan</network>

        <destination><any></any></destination></rule></filter>
        <shaper><ipsec><preferredoldsa></preferredoldsa></ipsec>
        <aliases><proxyarp><cron><minute>0</minute>
        <hour></hour>
        <mday>
        </mday>
        <month></month>
        <wday>
        </wday>
        <who>root</who>
        <command></command>/usr/bin/nice -n20 newsyslog
        <minute>1,31</minute>
        <hour>0-5</hour>
        <mday></mday>
        <month>
        </month>
        <wday></wday>
        <who>root</who>
        <command></command>/usr/bin/nice -n20 adjkerntz -a
        <minute>1</minute>
        <hour>
        </hour>
        <mday>1</mday>
        <month></month>
        <wday>
        </wday>
        <who>root</who>
        <command></command>/usr/bin/nice -n20 /etc/rc.update_bogons.sh
        <minute>/60</minute>
        <hour>
        </hour>
        <mday></mday>
        <month>
        </month>
        <wday></wday>
        <who>root</who>
        <command></command>/usr/bin/nice -n20 /usr/local/sbin/expiretable -v -t 3600 sshlockout
        <minute>1</minute>
        <hour>1</hour>
        <mday>
        </mday>
        <month></month>
        <wday>
        </wday>
        <who>root</who>
        <command></command>/usr/bin/nice -n20 /etc/rc.dyndns.update
        <minute>/60</minute>
        <hour>
        </hour>
        <mday></mday>
        <month>
        </month>
        <wday></wday>
        <who>root</who>
        <command></command>/usr/bin/nice -n20 /usr/local/sbin/expiretable -v -t 3600 virusprot
        <minute>
        /60</minute>
        <hour></hour>
        <mday>
        </mday>
        <month></month>
        <wday>
        </wday>
        <who>root</who>
        <command></command>/usr/bin/nice -n20 /usr/local/sbin/expiretable -t 3600 snort2c
        <minute>/5</minute>
        <hour>
        </hour>
        <mday></mday>
        <month>
        </month>
        <wday></wday>
        <who>root</who>
        <command></command>/usr/local/bin/checkreload.sh
        <minute>
        /5</minute>
        <hour></hour>
        <mday>
        </mday>
        <month></month>
        <wday>
        </wday>
        <who>root</who>
        <command></command>/etc/ping_hosts.sh
        <minute>/140</minute>
        <hour>
        </hour>
        <mday></mday>
        <month>
        </month>
        <wday>*</wday>
        <who>root</who>
        <command></command>/usr/local/sbin/reset_slbd.sh</cron>
        <wol><installedpackages><miniupnpd><config><enable><iface_array><download><upload><overridewanip><logpackets><sysuptime><permdefault></permdefault></sysuptime></logpackets></overridewanip></upload></download></iface_array></enable></config></miniupnpd>
        <package><name>Dashboard</name>
        <descr>Adds pfSense dashboard that will be included with 1.3. This requires 1.2-BETA-2 or newer. WARNING!  Cannot be deinstalled.</descr>
        <category>System</category>
        <config_file>http://www.pfsense.com/packages/config/dashboard/dashboard.xml</config_file>
        <version>0.6.1</version>
        <status>BETA</status>
        <required_version>1.2-BETA-2</required_version>
        <configurationfile>dashboard.xml</configurationfile></package>
        <package><name>Developers</name>
        <descr>Adds developers files such as GCC, etc to pfSense</descr>
        <category>System</category>
        <config_file>http://www.pfsense.com/packages/config/developers/developers.xml</config_file>
        <version>0.1</version>
        <status>BETA</status>
        <required_version>1.2-BETA-2</required_version>
        <configurationfile>developers.xml</configurationfile></package>
        <package><name>phpSysInfo</name>
        <website>http://phpsysinfo.sourceforge.net/</website>
        <descr>PHPSysInfo is a customizable PHP Script that parses /proc, and formats information nicely. It will display information about system facts like Uptime, CPU, Memory, PCI devices, SCSI devices, IDE devices, Network adapters, Disk usage, and more.</descr>
        <category>System</category>
        <version>2.5.3</version>
        <status>Beta</status>
        <required_version>1.0</required_version>
        <depends_on_package_base_url>http://www.pfsense.com/packages/All</depends_on_package_base_url>
        <depends_on_package>mbmon-205_3.tbz</depends_on_package>
        <config_file>http://www.pfsense.com/packages/config/phpsysinfo/phpsysinfo.xml</config_file>
        <configurationfile>phpsysinfo.xml</configurationfile></package>
        <package><name>pfflowd</name>
        <website>http://www.mindrot.org/pfflowd.html</website>
        <descr>pfflowd converts OpenBSD PF status messages (sent via the pfsync interface) to Cisco NetFlow datagrams. These datagrams may be sent (via UDP) to a host of one's choice. Utilising the OpenBSD stateful packet filter infrastructure means that flow tracking is very fast and accurate.</descr>
        <category>Network Management</category>
        <config_file>http://www.pfsense.com/packages/config/pfflowd.xml</config_file>
        <depends_on_package_base_url>ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-6-stable/All</depends_on_package_base_url>
        <depends_on_package>pfflowd-0.6.tbz</depends_on_package>
        <version>0.6</version>
        <status>Stable</status>
        <required_version>1.0</required_version>
        <configurationfile>pfflowd.xml</configurationfile>
        <maintainer>nick@buraglio.com</maintainer></package>
        <package><name>ntop</name>
        <website>http://www.ntop.org/</website>
        <descr>ntop is a network probe that shows network usage in a way similar to what top does for processes. In interactive mode, it displays the network status on the user's terminal. In Web mode it acts as a Web server, creating an HTML dump of the network status. It sports a NetFlow/sFlow emitter/collector, an HTTP-based client interface for creating ntop-centric monitoring applications, and RRD for persistently storing traffic statistics.</descr>
        <category>Network Management</category>
        <depends_on_package_base_url>http://www.pfsense.org/packages/All/</depends_on_package_base_url>
        <depends_on_package>ntop-3.2_2.tbz</depends_on_package>
        <version>3.2_2</version>
        <status>BETA</status>
        <required_version>1.0</required_version>
        <config_file>http://www.pfsense.com/packages/config/ntop.xml</config_file>
        <configurationfile>ntop.xml</configurationfile></package>
        <package><name>Lightsquid</name>
        <descr>High perfomance web proxy Report. Required squid.</descr>
        <website>http://lightsquid.sf.net/</website>
        <category>Network</category>
        <version>1.7.1_1</version>
        <maintainer>dv_serg@mail.ru</maintainer>
        <depends_on_package_base_url>http://ftp.lv.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/packages/All/</depends_on_package_base_url>
        <depends_on_package>lightsquid-1.7.1_1.tbz</depends_on_package>
        <status>Beta1</status>
        <required_version>1.2</required_version>
        <config_file>http://www.pfsense.com/packages/config/lightsquid/lightsquid.xml</config_file>
        <configurationfile>lightsquid.xml</configurationfile></package>
        <package><name>bandwidthd</name>
        <website>http://bandwidthd.sourceforge.net/</website>
        <descr>BandwidthD tracks usage of TCP/IP network subnets and builds html files with graphs to display utilization. Charts are built by individual IPs, and by default display utilization over 2 day, 8 day, 40 day, and 400 day periods. Furthermore, each ip address's utilization can be logged out at intervals of 3.3 minutes, 10 minutes, 1 hour or 12 hours in cdf format, or to a backend database server. HTTP, TCP, UDP, ICMP, VPN, and P2P traffic are color coded.</descr>
        <category>System</category>
        <version>2.0.1.1</version>
        <status>BETA</status>
        <required_version>1.0</required_version>
        <depends_on_package_base_url>ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-6.2-release/All/</depends_on_package_base_url>
        <depends_on_package>bandwidthd-2.0.1.tbz</depends_on_package>
        <config_file>http://www.pfsense.org/packages/config/bandwidthd/bandwidthd.xml</config_file>
        <configurationfile>bandwidthd.xml</configurationfile></package>
        <package><name>iperf</name>
        <website>http://dast.nlanr.net/Projects/Iperf/</website>
        <descr>Iperf is a tool for measuring maximum TCP and UDP bandwidth, reminiscent of ttcp and nettest. It has been written to overcome the shortcomings of those aging tools. Iperf can also test UDP bandwidth, loss, and jitter.</descr>
        <category>Network Management</category>
        <config_file>http://www.pfsense.com/packages/config/iperf.xml</config_file>
        <depends_on_package_base_url>ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-6-stable/All</depends_on_package_base_url>
        <depends_on_package>iperf-2.0.2_1.tbz</depends_on_package>
        <version>2.0.2_1</version>
        <status>ALPHA</status>
        <required_version>1.0</required_version>
        <configurationfile>iperf.xml</configurationfile></package>
        <package><name>squid</name>
        <descr>High performance web proxy cache.</descr>
        <website>http://www.squid-cache.org/</website>
        <category>Network</category>
        <version>2.6.5_1-p15</version>
        <status>BETA</status>
        <required_version>1.0</required_version>
        <maintainer>fernando@netfilter.com.br seth.mos@xs4all.nl</maintainer>
        <depends_on_package_base_url>http://www.pfsense.org/packages/All</depends_on_package_base_url>
        <depends_on_package>squid-2.6.5.tbz</depends_on_package>
        <depends_on_package>squid_radius_auth-1.0.8.tbz</depends_on_package>
        <config_file>http://www.pfsense.org/packages/config/squid/squid.xml</config_file>
        <configurationfile>squid.xml</configurationfile></package>
        <package><name>darkstat</name>
        <website>http://dmr.ath.cx/net/darkstat/</website>
        <descr>darkstat is a network statistics gatherer. It's a packet sniffer that runs as a background process on a cable/DSL router, gathers all sorts of statistics about network usage, and serves them over HTTP.</descr>
        <category>Network Management</category>
        <depends_on_package_base_url>http://www.pfsense.org/packages/All/</depends_on_package_base_url>
        <depends_on_package>darkstat-3.0.619.tbz</depends_on_package>
        <depends_on_package>gettext-0.14.5_2.tbz</depends_on_package>
        <version>3.0.619</version>
        <status>Stable</status>
        <required_version>1.0</required_version>
        <maintainer>geekgod@geekgod.com</maintainer>
        <config_file>http://www.pfsense.com/packages/config/darkstat/darkstat.xml</config_file>
        <configurationfile>darkstat.xml</configurationfile></package>
        <package><name>routed</name>
        <descr>RIP v1 and v2 daemon - NOTE: As of 3/18/2007 this package is no longer necessary, it's included in pfSense base and will be removed when 1.0.1 is no longer the current release.</descr>
        <website>http://www.pfsense.com/</website>
        <maintainer>billm@pfsense.org</maintainer>
        <category>Network Management</category>
        <version>1.1</version>
        <status>Stable</status>
        <required_version>1.0</required_version>
        <config_file>http://www.pfsense.com/packages/config/routed/routed.xml</config_file>
        <configurationfile>routed.xml</configurationfile></package>

        <menu>
        <name>phpsysinfo</name>
        <tooltiptext>Status
        <url>/pkg_edit.php?xml=phpsysinfo.xml&id=0</url></tooltiptext> </menu>

        <menu>
        <name>pfflowd</name>
        <tooltiptext>Modify pfflowd settings.</tooltiptext>
        Services
        <configfile>pfflowd.xml</configfile>
        <url>/pkg_edit.php?xml=pfflowd.xml&id=0</url>
        </menu>

        <menu>
        <name>ntop Settings</name>
        <tooltiptext>Set ntop settings such as password and port.</tooltiptext>
        Diagnostics
        <url>/pkg_edit.php?xml=ntop.xml&id=0</url>
        </menu>

        <menu>
        <name>ntop</name>
        <tooltiptext>Access ntop</tooltiptext>
        Diagnostics
        <url>http://$myurl:3000</url>
        <depends_on_service>ntop</depends_on_service>
        </menu>

        <menu>
        <name>Proxy report</name>
        <tooltiptext>Proxy server statistic report</tooltiptext>
        Status
        <url>/pkg_edit.php?xml=lightsquid.xml&id=0</url>
        </menu>

        <menu>
        <name>BandwidthD</name>
        <tooltiptext>Services
        <url>/pkg_edit.php?xml=bandwidthd.xml&id=0</url></tooltiptext> </menu>

        <menu>
        <name>States New</name>
        <tooltiptext>States by Paul Taylor</tooltiptext>
        Diagnostics
        <url>diag_new_states.php</url>
        </menu>

        <menu>
        <name>iperf</name>
        <tooltiptext>Run iperf in client or server mode.</tooltiptext>
        Diagnostics
        <configfile>iperf.xml</configfile>
        </menu>

        <menu>
        <name>Proxy server</name>
        <tooltiptext>Modify the proxy server's settings</tooltiptext>
        Services
        <url>/pkg_edit.php?xml=squid.xml&id=0</url>
        </menu>

        <menu>
        <name>Darkstat Settings</name>
        <tooltiptext>Setup darkstat specific settings</tooltiptext>
        Diagnostics
        <url>/pkg_edit.php?xml=darkstat.xml&id=0</url>
        </menu>

        <menu>
        <name>RIP</name>
        Services
        <configfile>routed.xml</configfile>
        <url>pkg_edit.php?xml=routed.xml&id=0</url>
        </menu>

        <phpsysinfo><config><hidepicklist><sensorprogram>on</sensorprogram>
        <showmountpoint>on</showmountpoint>
        <showinodes>on</showinodes>
        <loadbar>on</loadbar>
        <showerrors>on</showerrors></hidepicklist></config></phpsysinfo>
        <service><name>pfflowd</name>
        <rcfile>pfflowd.sh</rcfile>
        <executable>pfflowd</executable></service>
        <service><name>ntop</name>
        <rcfile>ntop.sh</rcfile>
        <executable>ntop</executable></service>
        <service><name>bandwidthd</name>
        <rcfile>bandwidthd.sh</rcfile>
        <executable>bandwidthd</executable></service>
        <service><name>iperf</name>
        <executable>iperf</executable></service>
        <service><name>squid</name>
        <rcfile>squid.sh</rcfile>
        <executable>squid</executable>
        <description>Proxy server Service</description></service>
        <service><name>darkstat</name>
        <rcfile>darkstat.sh</rcfile>
        <executable>darkstat</executable></service>
        <ntop><config><password>dana</password>
        <passwordagain>dana</passwordagain>
        <interface_array>opt1</interface_array></config></ntop>
        <bandwidthd><config><active_interface>opt1</active_interface>
        <skipintervals>2</skipintervals>
        <graphcutoff>3</graphcutoff>
        <promiscuous>on</promiscuous>
        <outputcdf>on</outputcdf>
        <recovercdf>on</recovercdf>
        <filter><drawgraphs>on</drawgraphs>
        <meta_refresh>150</meta_refresh></filter></config></bandwidthd>
        <darkstat><config><interface_array>opt1</interface_array></config></darkstat></installedpackages>
        <revision><description>/interfaces_opt.php made unknown change</description>
        <time>1192184466</time></revision>
        <widgets><sequence>system_information-div:col1:show,carp_status-div:col1:close,cpu_graphs-div:col1:close,installed_packages-div:col1:close,interface_statistics-div:col1:show,interfaces-div:col1:show,ipsec-div:col2:close,load_balancer_status-div:col2:close,log-div:col2:close,services_status-div:col2:close,traffic_graphs-div:col2:show</sequence>
        <traffic_graphs-config>WAN_graph-config:show,LAN_graph-config:hide,WLAN_1_graph-config:show,refreshInterval=3</traffic_graphs-config></widgets></wol></proxyarp></aliases></shaper></syslog></bridge></ovpn></bigpond></staticroutes></lastchange></pfsense></hostap>

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          covex
          last edited by

          is there a resolution to this problem? …or should i just ignore these errors since i don't have any problems with connection speed or stability?

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            werneman
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            Hello covex and all,
            I have got still many In/Out errors  on WLAN(ath0),I tried wlan card in by another PCI slots.I have got  reduction mini-PCI to PCI  this  http://www.i4wifi.cz/?cls=stoitem&stiid=190      and  mini-PCI  card  CM9

            Please help me. Ladislav

            WLAN1 interface (ath0)
            Status associated
            DHCP down 
            MAC address 00:0b:6b:4e:35:b5
            Media autoselect mode 11g <hostap>Channel 6
            SSID LadaWerneman3
            In/out packets 4518/5459 (895 KB/3.82 MB)
            In/out errors 72552/0
            Collisions 0
            Bridge (bridge0) learning

            athstats

            3563 tx management frames
            157 tx frames discarded prior to association
            2 tx stopped 'cuz no xmit buffer
            33 tx discarded empty frame
            97 tx failed 'cuz FIFO underrun
            25 long on-chip tx retries
            831 tx failed 'cuz bogus xmit rate
            122 tx frames with rts enabled
            3511 tx frames with an alternate rate
            515 tx frames with 11g protection and bursting
            49652 rx failed 'cuz of FIFO overrun
            5 rx failed 'cuz frame too short
            3021 rx management frames
            3624 beacon setup failed 'cuz no mbuf
            379591708 beacons transmitted
            35 periodic calibration failures
            1 rate control checks
            1 tx used alternate antenna
            Antenna profile:
            [2] tx    3617 rx    4607
            [3] tx        3 rx        0

            configuration from shell

            sysctl dev.ath.0

            dev.ath.0.%desc: Atheros 5212
            dev.ath.0.%driver: ath
            dev.ath.0.%location: slot=15 function=0
            dev.ath.0.%pnpinfo: vendor=0x168c device=0x0013 subvendor=0x185f subdevice=0x1012 class=0x020000
            dev.ath.0.%parent: pci1
            dev.ath.0.smoothing_rate: 95
            dev.ath.0.sample_rate: 10
            dev.ath.0.countrycode: 0
            dev.ath.0.regdomain: 0
            dev.ath.0.slottime: 20
            dev.ath.0.acktimeout: 48
            dev.ath.0.ctstimeout: 48
            dev.ath.0.softled: 0
            dev.ath.0.ledpin: 0
            dev.ath.0.ledon: 0
            dev.ath.0.ledidle: 2700
            dev.ath.0.txantenna: 1
            dev.ath.0.rxantenna: 1
            dev.ath.0.diversity: 0
            dev.ath.0.txintrperiod: 5
            dev.ath.0.diag: 0
            dev.ath.0.tpscale: 0
            dev.ath.0.tpc: 0
            dev.ath.0.tpack: 63
            dev.ath.0.tpcts: 63
            dev.ath.0.rfsilent: 1
            dev.ath.0.rfkill: 1
            dev.ath.0.monpass: 24</hostap>

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              borko1945
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              Same thing with my pfsense box using TP-LINK TL-WN551G (atheros 5212).
              Tried changing transmit power, channel, diversity, rx/txantenna … got the same big amount of error packages.
              The wifi card is working just fine under winxp. I suppose it's a driver issue.

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                borko1945
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                Now tried IPCOP using the same wifi card and everything works perfect 0/0 errors.
                I'll be waiting for a future version with a better wifi driver, pfsense is just better than ipcop.

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                  sullrich
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                  @borko1945:

                  Now tried IPCOP using the same wifi card and everything works perfect 0/0 errors.
                  I'll be waiting for a future version with a better wifi driver, pfsense is just better than ipcop.

                  Try FreeBSD and submit a bug report to the respective list.  This will help it get attention.  Simply waiting will result in no action and you just hope that someone happens to fix whatever issue there is.

                  PS: 99% of the time the errors are caused by the antenna setting.  Make sure it using the right antenna.

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                    neonsigns
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                    @sullrich:

                    @borko1945:

                    Now tried IPCOP using the same wifi card and everything works perfect 0/0 errors.
                    I'll be waiting for a future version with a better wifi driver, pfsense is just better than ipcop.

                    Try FreeBSD and submit a bug report to the respective list.  This will help it get attention.  Simply waiting will result in no action and you just hope that someone happens to fix whatever issue there is.

                    PS: 99% of the time the errors are caused by the antenna setting.  Make sure it using the right antenna.

                    I am having in/out errors on a Atheros 5212 based PCI card. Here is athstats

                    athstats

                    80321 tx management frames
                    1232 tx frames discarded prior to association
                    2 tx stopped 'cuz no xmit buffer
                    900 tx failed 'cuz FIFO underrun
                    24742 tx failed 'cuz bogus xmit rate
                    1138 tx frames with rts enabled
                    79321 tx frames with an alternate rate
                    5242 tx frames with 11g protection
                    151167 rx failed 'cuz of FIFO overrun
                    1 rx failed 'cuz frame too short
                    58247 rx management frames
                    51043 beacon setup failed 'cuz no mbuf
                    195044131 beacons transmitted
                    219 periodic calibration failures
                    1307 tx used alternate antenna
                    Antenna profile:
                    [2] tx    38946 rx    40764
                    [3] tx    41701 rx    36158

                    I am trying to change the antenna settings, but it does not allow me to change it. Actually the rxantenna changes between 1 and 2 every so often:

                    sysctl dev.ath.0

                    dev.ath.0.%desc: Atheros 5212
                    dev.ath.0.%driver: ath
                    dev.ath.0.%location: slot=8 function=0
                    dev.ath.0.%pnpinfo: vendor=0x168c device=0x001a subvendor=0x1113 subdevice=0xee24 class=0x020000
                    dev.ath.0.%parent: pci1
                    dev.ath.0.smoothing_rate: 95
                    dev.ath.0.sample_rate: 10
                    dev.ath.0.countrycode: 0
                    dev.ath.0.regdomain: 96
                    dev.ath.0.slottime: 9
                    dev.ath.0.acktimeout: 23
                    dev.ath.0.ctstimeout: 23
                    dev.ath.0.softled: 0
                    dev.ath.0.ledpin: 0
                    dev.ath.0.ledon: 0
                    dev.ath.0.ledidle: 2700
                    dev.ath.0.txantenna: 0
                    dev.ath.0.rxantenna: 1
                    dev.ath.0.diversity: 0
                    dev.ath.0.txintrperiod: 5
                    dev.ath.0.diag: 0
                    dev.ath.0.tpscale: 0
                    dev.ath.0.tpc: 0
                    dev.ath.0.tpack: 63
                    dev.ath.0.tpcts: 63
                    dev.ath.0.monpass: 24

                    sysctl dev.ath.0

                    dev.ath.0.%desc: Atheros 5212
                    dev.ath.0.%driver: ath
                    dev.ath.0.%location: slot=8 function=0
                    dev.ath.0.%pnpinfo: vendor=0x168c device=0x001a subvendor=0x1113 subdevice=0xee24 class=0x020000
                    dev.ath.0.%parent: pci1
                    dev.ath.0.smoothing_rate: 95
                    dev.ath.0.sample_rate: 10
                    dev.ath.0.countrycode: 0
                    dev.ath.0.regdomain: 96
                    dev.ath.0.slottime: 9
                    dev.ath.0.acktimeout: 23
                    dev.ath.0.ctstimeout: 23
                    dev.ath.0.softled: 0
                    dev.ath.0.ledpin: 0
                    dev.ath.0.ledon: 0
                    dev.ath.0.ledidle: 2700
                    dev.ath.0.txantenna: 0
                    dev.ath.0.rxantenna: 2
                    dev.ath.0.diversity: 0
                    dev.ath.0.txintrperiod: 5
                    dev.ath.0.diag: 0
                    dev.ath.0.tpscale: 0
                    dev.ath.0.tpc: 0
                    dev.ath.0.tpack: 63
                    dev.ath.0.tpcts: 63
                    dev.ath.0.monpass: 24

                    When I try to change the antenna to 0, it keeps changing back to 1 and 2. Any help is greatly appreciated.

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                      GoldServe
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                      I'm curious, change your rxbug and txbuf to 2000 instead of 40 and 100 by default.

                      sysctl hw.ath

                      hw.ath.hal.version: 0.9.17.2
                      hw.ath.hal.dma_brt: 2
                      hw.ath.hal.sw_brt: 10
                      hw.ath.hal.swba_backoff: 0
                      hw.ath.dwell: 200
                      hw.ath.calibrate: 30
                      hw.ath.outdoor: 1
                      hw.ath.xchanmode: 1
                      hw.ath.countrycode: 0
                      hw.ath.regdomain: 0
                      hw.ath.rxbuf: 4000
                      hw.ath.txbuf: 4000

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                        neonsigns
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                        I try that tonight. Will let you know the results. Thanks

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                          neonsigns
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                          Hey GoldServe

                          How do I change the values? When I do sysctl hw.ath.txbuf=2000 it says

                          sysctl: oid 'hw.ath.txbuf' is read only

                          Same for the rxbuf

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                            neonsigns
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                            Thanks GoldServe

                            I added "hw.ath.txbuf=3000" and "hw.ath.rxbuf=6000" on loader.conf and almost no In/Out Errors. And the WiFi is rock solid. Thanks again.

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                              sullrich
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                              Eh??  Please test for a while and report back.  This is very interesting.

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                                neonsigns
                                last edited by

                                @sullrich:

                                Eh??  Please test for a while and report back.  This is very interesting.

                                Wifi is still working solid. No random disconnections.

                                In the last 24 hours I have only 180740/0 In/Out errors. Before the change, this number was at least 10 times larger.

                                Lets see if this works permanently.

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                                  neonsigns
                                  last edited by

                                  The errors are creeping up again. Here is the latest athstat with rxbuf and txbuf at 3000 and 6000 respectively

                                  athstats

                                  9269 tx management frames
                                  275 tx frames discarded prior to association
                                  262 tx failed 'cuz FIFO underrun
                                  2121 tx failed 'cuz bogus xmit rate
                                  1754 tx frames with rts enabled
                                  7519 tx frames with an alternate rate
                                  212 tx frames with 11g protection
                                  483679 rx failed 'cuz of FIFO overrun
                                  2 rx failed 'cuz frame too short
                                  4119 rx management frames
                                  113640 beacon setup failed 'cuz no mbuf
                                  614465541 beacons transmitted
                                  410 periodic calibration failures
                                  75 tx used alternate antenna
                                  Antenna profile:
                                  [2] tx    5749 rx    4174
                                  [3] tx    3530 rx    2081

                                  Any suggestions? Also, the dev.ath.0.rxantenna keeps switching from 1 to 2 and back?

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                                    covex
                                    last edited by

                                    neonsigns, could you post your config file (sysctl)… or at least a section of it with wifi settings you did
                                    i tried g and a, different settings from this thread and still getting tons of in/out errors (btw, "a" mode produces less of'em :-)

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                                      neonsigns
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                                      sysctl hw.ath

                                      hw.ath.hal.swba_backoff: 0
                                      hw.ath.hal.sw_brt: 10
                                      hw.ath.hal.dma_brt: 2
                                      hw.ath.hal.version: 0.9.17.2
                                      hw.ath.txbuf: 3000
                                      hw.ath.rxbuf: 6000
                                      hw.ath.regdomain: 0
                                      hw.ath.countrycode: 0
                                      hw.ath.xchanmode: 1
                                      hw.ath.outdoor: 1
                                      hw.ath.calibrate: 30
                                      hw.ath.dwell: 200

                                      sysctl dev.ath.0

                                      dev.ath.0.%desc: Atheros 5212
                                      dev.ath.0.%driver: ath
                                      dev.ath.0.%location: slot=8 function=0
                                      dev.ath.0.%pnpinfo: vendor=0x168c device=0x001a subvendor=0x1113 subdevice=0xee24 class=0x020000
                                      dev.ath.0.%parent: pci1
                                      dev.ath.0.smoothing_rate: 95
                                      dev.ath.0.sample_rate: 10
                                      dev.ath.0.countrycode: 0
                                      dev.ath.0.regdomain: 96
                                      dev.ath.0.slottime: 9
                                      dev.ath.0.acktimeout: 48
                                      dev.ath.0.ctstimeout: 48
                                      dev.ath.0.softled: 0
                                      dev.ath.0.ledpin: 0
                                      dev.ath.0.ledon: 0
                                      dev.ath.0.ledidle: 2700
                                      dev.ath.0.txantenna: 0
                                      dev.ath.0.rxantenna: 1
                                      dev.ath.0.diversity: 0
                                      dev.ath.0.txintrperiod: 5
                                      dev.ath.0.diag: 0
                                      dev.ath.0.tpscale: 0
                                      dev.ath.0.tpc: 0
                                      dev.ath.0.tpack: 63
                                      dev.ath.0.tpcts: 63
                                      dev.ath.0.monpass: 24

                                      athstats

                                      10033 tx management frames
                                      522 tx frames discarded prior to association
                                      498 tx failed 'cuz FIFO underrun
                                      3071 tx failed 'cuz bogus xmit rate
                                      2491 tx frames with rts enabled
                                      7547 tx frames with an alternate rate
                                      212 tx frames with 11g protection
                                      1084420 rx failed 'cuz of FIFO overrun
                                      3 rx failed 'cuz frame too short
                                      4277 rx management frames
                                      266364 beacon setup failed 'cuz no mbuf
                                      1822425091 beacons transmitted
                                      932 periodic calibration failures
                                      77 tx used alternate antenna
                                      Antenna profile:
                                      [2] tx    6512 rx    4668
                                      [3] tx    3542 rx    2093

                                      ifconfig -v ath0

                                      ath0: flags=8943 <up,broadcast,running,promisc,simplex,multicast>mtu 1500
                                              inet6 fe80::213:f7ff:fe1f:bffb%ath0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x2
                                              ether 00:13:f7:1f:bf:fb
                                              media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11g <hostap>status: associated
                                              ssid NWIFI channel 11 (2462) bssid xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
                                              authmode WPA1+WPA2/802.11i privacy MIXED deftxkey 3
                                              TKIP 2:128-bit
                                              TKIP 3:128-bit powersavemode OFF powersavesleep 100 txpowmax 33
                                              txpower 63 rtsthreshold 2346 mcastrate 1 fragthreshold 2346 bmiss 7
                                              pureg protmode OFF -wme burst ssid SHOW apbridge dtimperiod 1
                                              bintval 100 -countermeasures</hostap></up,broadcast,running,promisc,simplex,multicast>

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                                        eri--
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                                        can you please try by forcing the media manually?

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                                          GoldServe
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                                          I have read somewhere that in freebsd, you can disable te bgscan via ifconfig ath0 -bgscan but it's not available in 6.2. Maybe someone can port over 6.3 and see if this helps.

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                                            firestar
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                                            I've the same problem about tons of IN/OUT errors. I also have a wifi card based on Atheros 5212.
                                            I've been trying pfSense with the new txbuf and rxbuf and disconnections happen 8-9 hours later the first association instead of every 2 hours as usually occurs without that change in /boot/loader.conf
                                            In my case those parameters in loader.conf make less OUT errors and few IN errors, but unluckily it doesn't solve the problem. Disconnections shouldn't occur due to the short distance between pfSense wifi antenna and client one.
                                            It has been a year wifi connection have  disconnection every 2-3 hours :(
                                            As I've said, today wifi connection lasted 9 hours and then disconnection. I bet it will get disconnected with 9 hours from now.
                                            I tought about a problem with hostapd, but now I think that is more driver related.
                                            Moreover, I've two configurations and all of them have wifi cards based on Atheros chipset from different producers: I have the same problem reported in this thread with them. :-\

                                            What can we do? My wifi cards aren't faulty and I think yours, too. How can we report this problem to the maintainer of FreeBSD wireless drivers? Developers, we need your help! ::)

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