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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
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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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                            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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                                          neonsigns
                                          last edited by

                                          @firestar:

                                          @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

                                          Don't know what is causing the errors. Athstats shows that the two biggest errors are:

                                          "rx failed 'cuz of FIFO overrun" and "beacon setup failed 'cuz no mbuf"

                                          Anyone have any insights?

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                                            bardelot
                                            last edited by

                                            Same problem here, very high "in errors" rate.

                                            Compex WLM54SAG 200mW (Chipset should be Atheros AR5414)

                                            Tried increasing the hw.ath.txbuf and hw.ath.rxbuf but it wouldn't help.

                                            $ sysctl -a | grep ath.0
dev.ath.0.%desc: Atheros 5212
dev.ath.0.%driver: ath
dev.ath.0.%location: slot=12 function=0
dev.ath.0.%pnpinfo: vendor=0x168c device=0x001b subvendor=0x168c subdevice=0x2062 class=0x020000
dev.ath.0.%parent: pci0
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: 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: 270
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: 1
dev.ath.0.tpc: 1
dev.ath.0.tpack: 63
dev.ath.0.tpcts: 63
dev.ath.0.monpass: 24

                                            $ 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
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