<![CDATA[I would like to try and fix the Atheros "stuck beacon" problem…]]>Where do I go to find the source code?

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/topic/20007/i-would-like-to-try-and-fix-the-atheros-stuck-beacon-problemRSS for NodeThu, 16 Apr 2026 16:43:41 GMTWed, 16 Dec 2009 20:53:28 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to I would like to try and fix the Atheros "stuck beacon" problem… on Sat, 19 Dec 2009 12:09:25 GMT]]>Thanks, I hadn't thought of trying that :)

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/post/216859https://forum.netgate.com/post/216859Sat, 19 Dec 2009 12:09:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I would like to try and fix the Atheros "stuck beacon" problem… on Sat, 19 Dec 2009 00:45:05 GMT]]>Now that is another issue. If you are bridged to a wired LAN, then it will require something plugged into that interface in order to work.

It used to be as easy as plugging in a loopback adapter, but the last time I tried it really did require a switch.

Alternately, if you want to only occasionally use the LAN, assign your wireless interface as the LAN and then bridge your (wired) OPT interface to it. That should work.

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/post/216826https://forum.netgate.com/post/216826Sat, 19 Dec 2009 00:45:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I would like to try and fix the Atheros "stuck beacon" problem… on Sat, 19 Dec 2009 00:13:01 GMT]]>Thanks - I'll give that a go.

Mind you, after a bit of playing, it seems as if the stuck beacons aren't necessarily the problem.

I've been finding that the wireless stops working after some time and doesn't recover. However, I noticed that connecting something to the LAN port (which was unconnected but bridged to the AP) seemed to make the wireless come back to life. I've got another port of the pfSense box (not currently used) - connecting a lead from this to the LAN port seems to keep the wireless running (with about a 2% packet loss)…

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/post/216821https://forum.netgate.com/post/216821Sat, 19 Dec 2009 00:13:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I would like to try and fix the Atheros "stuck beacon" problem… on Fri, 18 Dec 2009 23:47:18 GMT]]>It may be easier to setup a pfSense builder, which as a part of its workings will also download the RELENG_7_2 FreeBSD source

http://devwiki.pfsense.org/DevelopersBootStrapAndDevIso

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/post/216816https://forum.netgate.com/post/216816Fri, 18 Dec 2009 23:47:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I would like to try and fix the Atheros "stuck beacon" problem… on Fri, 18 Dec 2009 23:30:09 GMT]]>Thanks - just need to work out how to get that out of the SVN system…

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/post/216812https://forum.netgate.com/post/216812Fri, 18 Dec 2009 23:30:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I would like to try and fix the Atheros "stuck beacon" problem… on Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:34:03 GMT]]>pfSense 1.2.3 is based on FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE, so you can get the code by checking out RELENG_7_2 (security branch) from FreeBSD's cvs or svn repo.

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/post/216598https://forum.netgate.com/post/216598Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:34:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I would like to try and fix the Atheros "stuck beacon" problem… on Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:32:13 GMT]]>I think 1.2.3 Release is using the open HAL.
http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/sys/modules/ath/Makefile

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/post/216597https://forum.netgate.com/post/216597Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:32:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I would like to try and fix the Atheros "stuck beacon" problem… on Thu, 17 Dec 2009 09:07:51 GMT]]>I thought Atheros didn't do the drivers? The FreeBSD site is a more likely starting point, but I need to know which version of the drivers are in (say) 1.2.3 of pfSense.

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/post/216550https://forum.netgate.com/post/216550Thu, 17 Dec 2009 09:07:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I would like to try and fix the Atheros "stuck beacon" problem… on Thu, 17 Dec 2009 07:00:07 GMT]]>http://atheros.com ?

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/post/216538https://forum.netgate.com/post/216538Thu, 17 Dec 2009 07:00:07 GMT