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      Clear-Pixel
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      Hoping someone with some wireless experience could clue me in on whats going on.

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      dmesg | grep ath
      Atheros driver messages

      $ dmesg | grep ath
      ath0: <atheros 2424="" 5424="">mem 0xd4600000-0xd460ffff irq 17 at device 0.0 on pci2
      ath0: [ITHREAD]
      ath0: AR2425 mac 14.2 RF5424 phy 7.0
      wlan0: changing name to 'ath0_wlan1'

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      athstats
      WiFi traffic statistics

      $ athstats
      athstats: ath0: Invalid argument
      athstats: ath0: Invalid argument
      16181    data frames received
      19139    data frames transmit
      18      tx frames with an alternate rate
      2185    long on-chip tx retries
      332      tx failed 'cuz too many retries
      48M      current transmit rate
      20      tx frames with no ack marked
      17544    tx frames with short preamble
      16859    rx failed 'cuz of bad CRC
      14      rx failed 'cuz of PHY err
      14      CCK restart
      209636  beacons transmitted
      716      periodic calibrations
      -0/+0    TDMA slot adjust (usecs, smoothed)
      42      rssi of last ack
      31      avg recv rssi
      -96      rx noise floor
      1644    tx frames through raw api
      12      cabq frames transmitted
      9        cabq xmit overflowed beacon interval
      111      switched default/rx antenna
      Antenna profile:
      [1] tx    11202 rx    13190
      [2] tx    7603 rx    2991

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      ifconfig
      Network interface settings

      $ ifconfig
      em0: flags=8843 <up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast>metric 0 mtu 1500
      options=5219b <rxcsum,txcsum,vlan_mtu,vlan_hwtagging,vlan_hwcsum,tso4,wol_magic,vlan_hwfilter,vlan_hwtso>ether 00:26:22:c5:39:d2
      inet6 fe80::226:22ff:fec5:39d2%em0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1
      nd6 options=3 <performnud,accept_rtadv>media: Ethernet autoselect (1000baseT <full-duplex>)
      status: active
      ath0: flags=8843 <up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast>metric 0 mtu 2290
      ether 00:1f:e1:46:15:80
      media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11g <hostap>status: running
      enc0: flags=0<> metric 0 mtu 1536
      pflog0: flags=100 <promisc>metric 0 mtu 33200
      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 0x5
      nd6 options=3 <performnud,accept_rtadv>pfsync0: flags=0<> metric 0 mtu 1460
      syncpeer: 224.0.0.240 maxupd: 128 syncok: 1
      ath0_wlan1: flags=8843 <up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast>metric 0 mtu 1500
      ether 00:1f:e1:46:15:80
      inet6 fe80::21f:e1ff:fe46:1580%ath0_wlan1 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x7
      inet 192.168.3.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.3.255
      nd6 options=1 <performnud>media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11g <hostap>status: running
      ssid "Clear Pixel Solutions" channel 1 (2412 MHz 11g) bssid 00:1f:e1:46:15:80
      regdomain 100 indoor ecm authmode WPA2/802.11i privacy MIXED
      deftxkey 2 TKIP 2:128-bit TKIP 3:128-bit txpower 20 scanvalid 60
      protmode OFF burst -apbridge dtimperiod 1 -dfs
      em0_vlan10: flags=8843 <up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast>metric 0 mtu 1500
      options=103 <rxcsum,txcsum,tso4>ether 00:26:22:c5:39:d2
      inet6 fe80::226:22ff:fec5:39d2%em0_vlan10 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x8
      inet 96.32.167.179 netmask 0xfffffc00 broadcast 255.255.255.255
      nd6 options=3 <performnud,accept_rtadv>media: Ethernet autoselect (1000baseT <full-duplex>)
      status: active
      vlan: 10 vlanpcp: 0 parent interface: em0
      em0_vlan20: flags=8843 <up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast>metric 0 mtu 1500
      options=103 <rxcsum,txcsum,tso4>ether 00:26:22:c5:39:d2
      inet 192.168.1.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255
      inet6 fe80::1:1%em0_vlan20 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x9
      nd6 options=1 <performnud>media: Ethernet autoselect (1000baseT <full-duplex>)
      status: active
      vlan: 20 vlanpcp: 0 parent interface: em0

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      System logs: Wireless

      Apr 26 21:45:00 hostapd: ath0_wlan1: STA 80:96:b1:00:a3:7d WPA: received EAPOL-Key 2/2 Group with unexpected replay counter
      Apr 26 21:44:59 hostapd: ath0_wlan1: STA 80:96:b1:00:a3:7d WPA: group key handshake completed (RSN)
      Apr 26 21:44:59 hostapd: ath0_wlan1: STA 80:96:b1:00:a3:7d WPA: received EAPOL-Key frame (2/2 Group)
      Apr 26 21:44:59 hostapd: ath0_wlan1: STA 80:96:b1:00:a3:7d WPA: sending 1/2 msg of Group Key Handshake
      Apr 26 21:44:59 hostapd: ath0_wlan1: STA 80:96:b1:00:a3:7d WPA: EAPOL-Key timeout
      Apr 26 21:44:59 hostapd: ath0_wlan1: STA 80:96:b1:00:a3:7d WPA: sending 1/2 msg of Group Key Handshake
      Apr 26 21:44:59 hostapd: ath0_wlan1: WPA rekeying GTK
      Apr 26 21:44:59 hostapd: ath0_wlan1: WPA GMK rekeyd

      Time Gap

      Apr 26 06:00:31 hostapd: ath0_wlan1: STA 80:96:b1:00:a3:7d WPA: pairwise key handshake completed (RSN)
      Apr 26 06:00:31 hostapd: ath0_wlan1: STA 80:96:b1:00:a3:7d RADIUS: starting accounting session 5179AAD7-00000001
      Apr 26 06:00:31 hostapd: ath0_wlan1: STA 80:96:b1:00:a3:7d IEEE 802.1X: authorizing port
      Apr 26 06:00:31 hostapd: ath0_wlan1: STA 80:96:b1:00:a3:7d WPA: received EAPOL-Key frame (4/4 Pairwise)
      Apr 26 06:00:31 hostapd: ath0_wlan1: STA 80:96:b1:00:a3:7d WPA: sending 3/4 msg of 4-Way Handshake
      Apr 26 06:00:31 hostapd: ath0_wlan1: STA 80:96:b1:00:a3:7d WPA: received EAPOL-Key frame (2/4 Pairwise)
      Apr 26 06:00:31 hostapd: ath0_wlan1: STA 80:96:b1:00:a3:7d WPA: sending 1/4 msg of 4-Way Handshake
      Apr 26 06:00:31 hostapd: ath0_wlan1: STA 80:96:b1:00:a3:7d WPA: event 4 notification
      Apr 26 06:00:31 hostapd: ath0_wlan1: STA 80:96:b1:00:a3:7d WPA: event 1 notification
      Apr 26 06:00:31 hostapd: ath0_wlan1: STA 80:96:b1:00:a3:7d IEEE 802.11: associated
      Apr 26 05:14:47 hostapd: ath0_wlan1: STA 80:96:b1:00:a3:7d WPA: received EAPOL-Key 2/2 Group with unexpected replay counter
      Apr 26 05:14:47 hostapd: ath0_wlan1: STA 80:96:b1:00:a3:7d WPA: group key handshake completed (RSN)
      Apr 26 05:14:47 hostapd: ath0_wlan1: STA 80:96:b1:00:a3:7d WPA: received EAPOL-Key frame (2/2 Group)
      Apr 26 05:14:47 hostapd: ath0_wlan1: STA 80:96:b1:00:a3:7d WPA: sending 1/2 msg of Group Key Handshake
      Apr 26 05:14:47 hostapd: ath0_wlan1: STA 80:96:b1:00:a3:7d WPA: EAPOL-Key timeout
      Apr 26 05:14:47 hostapd: ath0_wlan1: STA 80:96:b1:00:a3:7d WPA: sending 1/2 msg of Group Key Handshake
      Apr 26 05:14:47 hostapd: ath0_wlan1: WPA rekeying GTK</full-duplex></performnud></rxcsum,txcsum,tso4></up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast></full-duplex></performnud,accept_rtadv></rxcsum,txcsum,tso4></up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast></hostap></performnud></up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast></performnud,accept_rtadv></rxcsum,txcsum></up,loopback,running,multicast></promisc></hostap></up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast></full-duplex></performnud,accept_rtadv></rxcsum,txcsum,vlan_mtu,vlan_hwtagging,vlan_hwcsum,tso4,wol_magic,vlan_hwfilter,vlan_hwtso></up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast></atheros>

      HP EliteBook 2530p Laptop - Core2 Duo SL9600 @ 2.13Ghz - 4 GB Ram -128GB SSD
      Atheros Mini PCI-E as Access Point (AR5BXB63H/AR5007EG/AR2425)
      Single Ethernet Port - VLAN
      Cisco SG300 10-port Gigabit Managed Switch
      Cisco DPC3008 Cable Modem  30/4 Mbps
      Pfsense 2.1-RELEASE (amd64)
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      Total Network Power Consumption - 29 Watts

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