<![CDATA[Parameters of atheros wireless nic at startup]]>I'm experiencing the following weird behavior.

I have tried to pass the following parameters to my atheros CM9 minipci card installed in my pfsense box (x86 PC).

sysctl dev.ath.1.rfkill=0
sysctl dev.ath.1.slottime=16
sysctl dev.ath.1.txantenna=1
sysctl dev.ath.1.rxantenna=1
sysctl dev.ath.1.diversity=0
sysctl dev.ath.1.acktimeout=39
sysctl dev.ath.1.ctstimeout=39

I have tried to put them in config.xml with <shellcmd>and <afterfilterchangeshellcmd>or execute them by a startup script put in  /usr/local/etc/rc.d

I have the same problem in both configurations.

Diversity and slottime are returning to the original values (diversity=1, slottime=9) after reboot. Everything else is taking the requested value.

I'm I missing something or it is a FreeBSD driver related issue?

I'm running pfsense 1.0.1.</afterfilterchangeshellcmd></shellcmd>

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/topic/4779/parameters-of-atheros-wireless-nic-at-startupRSS for NodeFri, 09 Oct 2026 05:23:53 GMTSat, 02 Jun 2007 16:30:14 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Parameters of atheros wireless nic at startup on Mon, 11 Jun 2007 11:10:14 GMT]]>It seems that the problem occurs only when the CM9 card is working in client mode.

I have managed to overcome this by making a shell script, executed by crontab every 5 minutes, that sets the correct values.

I have not noticed any problem with that for about 7 days of constant operation.

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/post/156241https://forum.netgate.com/post/156241Mon, 11 Jun 2007 11:10:14 GMT