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      neonsigns
      last edited by

      @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
        last edited by

        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
          last edited by

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

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            neonsigns
            last edited by

            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
              last edited by

              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
                last edited by

                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
                        last edited by

                        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--
                          last edited by

                          can you please try by forcing the media manually?

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                            GoldServe
                            last edited by

                            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
                              last edited by

                              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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                                werneman
                                last edited by

                                Hi neonsigns and all,your /boot/loader.conf looks like this ?

                                autoboot_delay="1"
                                kern.ipc.nmbclusters="0"
                                "hw.ath.rxbuf=6000"
                                "hw.ath.txbuf=3000"

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                                  firestar
                                  last edited by

                                  @werneman:

                                  Hi neonsigns and all,your /boot/loader.conf looks like this ?

                                  Not exactly. Be aware with system files!

                                  autoboot_delay="1"
                                  kern.ipc.nmbclusters="0"
                                  hw.ath.rxbuf="6000"
                                  hw.ath.txbuf="3000"

                                  …or without "

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                                    covex
                                    last edited by

                                    hey guys!
                                    why would i have my in errors skyrocketing and our errors stay at the same level?
                                    see attach…
                                    tnx

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                                      neonsigns
                                      last edited by

                                      @ermal:

                                      can you please try by forcing the media manually?

                                      ermal, how do I do that?

                                      My loader.conf does not have kern.ipc.nmbclusters="0". What does this setting do?

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                                        lsf
                                        last edited by

                                        [20070116, update 20070212] Systems with very heavy network activity have been observed to have some problems with the kernel memory allocator. Symptoms are processes that get stuck in zonelimit state, or system livelocks. One partial workaround for this problem is to add the following line to /boot/loader.conf and reboot:

                                        kern.ipc.nmbclusters="0"

                                        Setting this to 0 removes the max limit on allocating nmbclusters, this can be a problem if you have very large amounts of connections and not a lot of memory, So use it with caution.

                                        -lsf

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                                          neonsigns
                                          last edited by

                                          I set the media to OFDM/54Mbps 11g and the kern.ipc.nmbclusters="32768" but I am still getting "In" errors and random disconnections.

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                                            firestar
                                            last edited by

                                            @neonsigns:

                                            but I am still getting "In" errors and random disconnections.

                                            Same problem. Is it ok for a wireless interface?
                                            How does pfSense get those data (in/out errors displayed in Status-Interfaces)? What is the equivalent command from the shell?

                                            Thanks

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