[SOLVED] ath0 problems (Atheros 5212 chipset no carrier)
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Hello,
I've assembled a small pfsense box for my home, wanting to schedule wifi for the kids. But i can't get wifi to work.
It seems that my chipset (atheros 5212 from a DLink DWL-520G/FR card) won't just work fine with FreeBSD. Pfsense interface status says "no carrier".
On the rear of my box, the power and activity leds both blink.Shall i change my wireless card or try to figure out what happens ?
Here's my additionnal info:
$ dmesg | grep ath
ath0: <atheros 5212="">mem 0xfdfe0000-0xfdfeffff irq 17 at device 8.0 on pci0 ath0: [ITHREAD] ath0: AR2413 mac 7.9 RF2413 phy 4.5</atheros>$ athstats
athstats: ath0: Invalid argument athstats: ath0: Invalid argument 6412 data frames received 355 data frames transmit 136 mib overflow interrupts 1M current transmit rate 2485 rx failed 'cuz of bad CRC 53 rx failed 'cuz of PHY err 53 CCK restart -0/+0 TDMA slot adjust (usecs, smoothed) 9 avg recv rssi -96 rx noise floor 355 tx frames through raw api Antenna profile: [1] tx 354 rx 6412$ ifconfig ath0
ath0: flags=8843 <up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast>metric 0 mtu 2290 ether 34:08:04:xx:xx:xx media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11g <hostap>status: running re0: flags=8843 <up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast>metric 0 mtu 1500 options=389b <rxcsum,txcsum,vlan_mtu,vlan_hwtagging,vlan_hwcsum,wol_ucast ="" ,wol_mcast,wol_magic="">ether 00:30:18:xx:xx:xx inet6 fe80::230:18ff:xxxx:xxxx%re0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x2 inet 192.168.1.13 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255 nd6 options=3 <performnud,accept_rtadv>media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex>) status: active re1: flags=8843 <up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast>metric 0 mtu 1500 options=389b <rxcsum,txcsum,vlan_mtu,vlan_hwtagging,vlan_hwcsum,wol_ucast ="" ,wol_mcast,wol_magic="">ether 00:30:18:xx:xx:xx inet 192.168.0.254 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255 inet6 fe80::230:18ff:xxxx:xxxx%re1 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x3 nd6 options=3 <performnud,accept_rtadv>media: Ethernet autoselect (1000baseT <full-duplex>) status: active lo0: flags=8049 <up,loopback,running,multicast>metric 0 mtu 16384 options=3 <rxcsum,txcsum>inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000 inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x4 nd6 options=3 <performnud,accept_rtadv>pfsync0: flags=0<> metric 0 mtu 1460 syncpeer: 224.0.0.240 maxupd: 128 pflog0: flags=100 <promisc>metric 0 mtu 33200 enc0: flags=0<> metric 0 mtu 1536 ath0_wlan0: flags=8c43 <up,broadcast,running,oactive,simplex,multicast>metric 0 mtu 1500 ether 34:08:04:xx:xx:xx inet6 fe80::3608:4ff:xxxx:xxxx%ath0_wlan0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x8 inet 192.168.10.254 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.10.255 nd6 options=3 <performnud,accept_rtadv>media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11g status: no carrier ssid TestBadNet channel 10 (2457 MHz 11g) regdomain ETSI country FR indoor ecm authmode WPA1+WPA2/802.11i privacy ON deftxkey UNDEF txpower 30 bmiss 7 scanvalid 450 bgscan bgscanintvl 300 bgscanidle 250 roam:rssi 7 roam:rate 5 protmode OFF burst roaming MANUAL ath0_wlan1: flags=8c43 <up,broadcast,running,oactive,simplex,multicast>metric 0 mtu 1500 ether 34:08:04:xx:xx:xx inet6 fe80::3608:4ff:xxxx:xxxx%ath0_wlan1 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x9 nd6 options=3 <performnud,accept_rtadv>media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11g <hostap>status: no carrier ssid test channel 10 (2457 MHz 11g) regdomain ETSI country FR indoor ecm authmode OPEN privacy OFF txpower 30 scanvalid 60 protmode OFF burst -apbridge dtimperiod 1 -dfs bintval 0</hostap></performnud,accept_rtadv></up,broadcast,running,oactive,simplex,multicast></performnud,accept_rtadv></up,broadcast,running,oactive,simplex,multicast></promisc></performnud,accept_rtadv></rxcsum,txcsum></up,loopback,running,multicast></full-duplex></performnud,accept_rtadv></rxcsum,txcsum,vlan_mtu,vlan_hwtagging,vlan_hwcsum,wol_ucast></up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast></full-duplex></performnud,accept_rtadv></rxcsum,txcsum,vlan_mtu,vlan_hwtagging,vlan_hwcsum,wol_ucast></up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast></hostap></up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast>I do find ath0 mtu 2290 value quite strange. But i'm not able to change this anyway (ifconfig ath0 mtu 1500 giving me an error).
I'm a bit stuck here. Has anybody experienced ath0 trouble out there ? …and solved it ? -
My ath interface seems similar to yours:```
dmesg | grep ath
ath0: <atheros 5212=""> mem 0xee000000-0xee00ffff irq 12 at device 8.0 on pci0
ath0: [ITHREAD]
ath0: AR2413 mac 7.9 RF2413 phy 4.5
ath0: stuck beacon; resetting (bmiss count 4)
ath0: stuck beacon; resetting (bmiss count 4)
#</atheros>Any reason for the two "virtual" interfaces? How about dropping back to one configured as an AP? Here's what my interface looks like:``` # ifconfig ath0 ath0: flags=8843 <up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast>metric 0 mtu 2290 ether 00:19:e0:68:31:4b media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11g <hostap>status: running # ifconfig ath0_wlan0 ath0_wlan0: flags=8943 <up,broadcast,running,promisc,simplex,multicast>metric 0 mtu 1500 ether 00:19:e0:68:31:4b inet6 fe80::219:e0ff:fe68:314b%ath0_wlan0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0xc nd6 options=3 <performnud,accept_rtadv>media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11g <hostap>status: running ssid Rivendell channel 1 (2412 MHz 11g) bssid 00:19:e0:68:31:4b regdomain ROW country AU indoor ecm authmode WPA2/802.11i privacy MIXED deftxkey 2 AES-CCM 2:128-bit AES-CCM 3:128-bit txpower 30 scanvalid 60 protmode OFF burst dtimperiod 1 -dfs #</hostap></performnud,accept_rtadv></up,broadcast,running,promisc,simplex,multicast></hostap></up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast> -
Hello,
Thanks for your answer.
Actually i added another virtual wlan just for testing.I finally got everything working. I guess i just configured stuff i shouldn't have to in the first place.
Now i got a wireless AP bridged with lan working great.Thanks :)