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      billm
      last edited by

      Heh, 3x more input errors than packets ;)  It all works well (it seems), so I dunno.  I kinda don't really care much as long as it works though.  I'll have to poke at the driver code and see events increase Ierrs.

      $ netstat -ni -I ath0
      Name    Mtu Network      Address              Ipkts Ierrs    Opkts Oerrs  Coll
      ath0  1500 <link#1>00:0b:6b:4d:58:10  3348424 9424614  3895234    99    0
      ath0  1500 fe80:1::20b:6 fe80:1::20b:6bff:        0    -        4    -    -
      ath0  1500 192.168.255  192.168.255.254        247    -        0    -    -</link#1>

      pfSense core developer
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        btrafela
        last edited by

        is this problem solved?

        because I have a lot of In errors and wirreless speed is very low. when i ping host it's fine, but when i have load (like http), then
        in errors are increasing and i am loosing ping packets.

        I have tried all setting above (onl 11b, mixed mode, sysctl settings) but nothing is better

        I have atheros 5212 wireless card and 1.0.1 Embended image

        regards

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          pabloamitelo
          last edited by

          @btrafela:

          is this problem solved?

          because I have a lot of In errors and wirreless speed is very low. when i ping host it's fine, but when i have load (like http), then
          in errors are increasing and i am loosing ping packets.

          I have tried all setting above (onl 11b, mixed mode, sysctl settings) but nothing is better

          I have atheros 5212 wireless card and 1.0.1 Embended image

          regards

          I have one wireless link point to point. One pfsense is configured in access point mode, and the other in infrastructure. The distance between them is 10km with line of sight. The equiment works in 5 Ghz (atheros 5213) and the received signal is very good. I don't have interferences with others networks in the same band. My hardware is wrap 2c and minipci atheros ubiquiti. I have low capacity (6mb) in transmition and 54mb in reception, many "in errors" and 0 "out errors". I have tested different parameters: dev.aht.0.txantenna=1,… rxantenna=1, diversity=0. I have configured dev.ath.0.tpc=0, tpscale=0 and tpack=tpcts=63

          My ifconfig -v:

          ath0: flags=8843 <up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast>mtu 1500
          inet6 fe80::215:6dff:fe53:a06a%ath0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1
          inet _________ netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast ______________
          ether 00:15:6d:53:a0:6a
          media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11a (OFDM/6Mbps)
          status: associated
          ssid      channel 140 (5700) bssid 00:15:6d:53:25:14
          authmode OPEN privacy OFF deftxkey UNDEF powersavemode OFF
          powersavesleep 100 txpowmax 36 txpower 63 rtsthreshold 2346
          mcastrate 1 fragthreshold 2346 -pureg protmode OFF -wme burst
          roaming AUTO bintval 100

          I don't have packet loss. What could be the problem?</up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast>

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            baskin
            last edited by

            I'm not opening a new topic because this problem has been discussed here.

            I have edit /cf/conf/config.xml and added the following

            <shellcmd>sysctl dev.ath.0.rxantenna=1;sysctl dev.ath.0.txantenna=1;sysctl dev.ath.0.diversity=0</shellcmd>
            <shellcmd>sysctl dev.ath.1.rxantenna=1;sysctl dev.ath.1.txantenna=1;sysctl dev.ath.1.diversity=0</shellcmd>
            <afterfilterchangeshellcmd>sysctl dev.ath.1.rxantenna=1;sysctl dev.ath.1.txantenna=1;sysctl dev.ath.1.diversity=0;sysctl dev.ath.0.rxantenna=1; sysctl dev.ath.0.txantenna=1;sysctl dev.ath.0.diversity=0</afterfilterchangeshellcmd>

            Everything works after reboot, but as soon as i change something in the web interface (for example the channel or the power) the diversity goes to on (diversity=1). tx and rx antenna stays untouched.

            Any ideas;

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              redonisc
              last edited by

              I've errors on my wireless interface too, also i noticed this:

              sysctl dev.ath.0.rxantenna

              dev.ath.0.rxantenna: 1

              sysctl dev.ath.0.rxantenna

              dev.ath.0.rxantenna: 1

              sysctl dev.ath.0.rxantenna

              dev.ath.0.rxantenna: 2

              sysctl dev.ath.0.rxantenna

              dev.ath.0.rxantenna: 2

              Is this right, some bug? this is changing without doing anything….

              Thanks for your comments

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                werneman
                last edited by

                Hello all,I have got still problems with ath0(In/Out errors and  low RX rate). I use CM9 over reduction mini-PCI to PCI and antenna number 1.
                Do you know where can be mistake please in conf. files?  Thank .Ladislav

                –-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                Interface status

                WLAN_1 interface (ath0)
                Status associated
                DHCP down   
                MAC address 00:0b:6b:4e:40:b5
                Media autoselect mode 11g <hostap>Channel 4
                SSID LadaWerneman3
                In/out packets 7582/9931 (1.17 MB/9.38 MB)
                In/out errors 217898/5
                Collisions 0
                Bridge (bridge0) learning


                sysctl dev.ath.0

                dev.ath.0.%desc: Atheros 5212
                dev.ath.0.%driver: ath
                dev.ath.0.%location: slot=13 function=0
                dev.ath.0.%pnpinfo: vendor=0x168c device=0x0013 subvendor=0x185f subdevice=0x1012 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: 0
                dev.ath.0.slottime: 9
                dev.ath.0.acktimeout: 29
                dev.ath.0.ctstimeout: 29
                dev.ath.0.softled: 0
                dev.ath.0.ledpin: 0
                dev.ath.0.ledon: 0
                dev.ath.0.ledidle: 2700
                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: 0
                dev.ath.0.tpc: 0
                dev.ath.0.tpack: 63
                dev.ath.0.tpcts: 63
                dev.ath.0.rfsilent: 1
                dev.ath.0.rfkill: 1
                dev.ath.0.monpass: 24

                ==========================================================================================

                Here is my /cf/conf/config.xml

                <pfsense><version>2.9</version>
                <lastchange><theme>pfsense</theme>
                <system><shellcmd>sysctl dev.ath.0.rxantenna=1;sysctl dev.ath.0.txantenna=1;sysctl dev.ath.0.diversity=0</shellcmd>
                <afterfilterchangeshellcmd>sysctl dev.ath.0.rxantenna=1; sysctl dev.ath.0.txantenna=1;sysctl dev.ath.0.diversity=0</afterfilterchangeshellcmd>
                <optimization>normal</optimization>
                <hostname>pfsense</hostname>
                <domain>local</domain>
                <username>admin</username>
                <password>$1$4XzahCD4$ISqQQcMiFDFI0Zpy9T0x/1</password>
                <timezone>Etc/UTC</timezone>
                <time-update-interval><timeservers>pool.ntp.org</timeservers>
                <webgui><protocol>http</protocol>
                <port><certificate><private-key></private-key></certificate></port></webgui>
                <disablenatreflection>yes</disablenatreflection>
                <ssh><authorizedkeys></authorizedkeys></ssh>
                <enablesshd>yes</enablesshd>
                <enableserial><maximumstates><shapertype><dnsallowoverride></dnsallowoverride></shapertype></maximumstates></enableserial></time-update-interval></system>
                <interfaces><lan><if>fxp0</if>
                <ipaddr>192.168.1.1</ipaddr>
                <subnet>24</subnet>
                <media><mediaopt><bandwidth>100</bandwidth>
                <bandwidthtype>Mb</bandwidthtype></mediaopt></media></lan>
                <wan><if>fxp1</if>
                <mtu>1500</mtu>
                <blockpriv><media><mediaopt><bandwidth>100</bandwidth>
                <bandwidthtype>Mb</bandwidthtype>
                <disableftpproxy><ipaddr>dhcp</ipaddr>
                <dhcphostname><spoofmac></spoofmac></dhcphostname></disableftpproxy></mediaopt></media></blockpriv></wan>
                <opt1><if>ath0</if>
                <wireless><standard>11g</standard>
                <mode>hostap</mode>
                <protmode>rtscts</protmode>
                <ssid>LadaWerneman3</ssid>
                <channel>4</channel>
                <authmode></authmode>
                <txpower>99</txpower>
                <distance>1200</distance>
                <wpa><macaddr_acl></macaddr_acl>
                <auth_algs>1</auth_algs>
                <wpa_mode>1</wpa_mode>
                <wpa_key_mgmt>WPA-PSK</wpa_key_mgmt>
                <wpa_pairwise>CCMP TKIP</wpa_pairwise>
                <wpa_group_rekey>60</wpa_group_rekey>
                <wpa_gmk_rekey>3600</wpa_gmk_rekey>
                <passphrase><ext_wpa_sw></ext_wpa_sw></passphrase></wpa>
                <wep><enable><key><value>nhknnnk</value></key></enable></wep>
                <apbridge><enable></enable></apbridge></wireless>
                <descr>WLAN_1</descr>
                <bridge>lan</bridge>
                <enable><ipaddr>dhcp</ipaddr>
                <subnet>32</subnet>
                <gateway><spoofmac><mtu><disableftpproxy><dhcphostname></dhcphostname></disableftpproxy></mtu></spoofmac></gateway></enable></opt1></interfaces>
                <staticroutes><pppoe><username><password></password></username></pppoe>
                <pptp><username><password><local></local></password></username></pptp>
                <bigpond><dyndns><type>dyndns</type>
                <username><password></password></username></dyndns>
                <dhcpd><lan><enable><range><from>192.168.1.100</from>
                <to>192.168.1.199</to></range></enable></lan></dhcpd>
                <pptpd><mode><redir><localip></localip></redir></mode></pptpd>
                <ovpn><dnsmasq><enable></enable></dnsmasq>
                <snmpd><syslocation><syscontact><rocommunity>public</rocommunity></syscontact></syslocation></snmpd>
                <diag><ipv6nat></ipv6nat></diag>
                <bridge><syslog><nat><ipsecpassthru><enable></enable></ipsecpassthru></nat>
                <filter><rule><type>pass</type>
                <interface>opt1</interface>
                <max-src-nodes><max-src-states><statetimeout><statetype>keep state</statetype>
                <os><nosync><source>
                <network>opt1</network>

                <destination><any></any></destination>
                <log><descr><gateway>opt1</gateway></descr></log></nosync></os></statetimeout></max-src-states></max-src-nodes></rule>
                <rule><type>pass</type>
                <descr>Default LAN -> any</descr>
                <interface>lan</interface>
                <source>
                <network>lan</network>

                <destination><any></any></destination></rule></filter>
                <shaper><ipsec><preferredoldsa></preferredoldsa></ipsec>
                <aliases><proxyarp><cron><minute>0</minute>
                <hour></hour>
                <mday>
                </mday>
                <month></month>
                <wday>
                </wday>
                <who>root</who>
                <command></command>/usr/bin/nice -n20 newsyslog
                <minute>1,31</minute>
                <hour>0-5</hour>
                <mday></mday>
                <month>
                </month>
                <wday></wday>
                <who>root</who>
                <command></command>/usr/bin/nice -n20 adjkerntz -a
                <minute>1</minute>
                <hour>
                </hour>
                <mday>1</mday>
                <month></month>
                <wday>
                </wday>
                <who>root</who>
                <command></command>/usr/bin/nice -n20 /etc/rc.update_bogons.sh
                <minute>/60</minute>
                <hour>
                </hour>
                <mday></mday>
                <month>
                </month>
                <wday></wday>
                <who>root</who>
                <command></command>/usr/bin/nice -n20 /usr/local/sbin/expiretable -v -t 3600 sshlockout
                <minute>1</minute>
                <hour>1</hour>
                <mday>
                </mday>
                <month></month>
                <wday>
                </wday>
                <who>root</who>
                <command></command>/usr/bin/nice -n20 /etc/rc.dyndns.update
                <minute>/60</minute>
                <hour>
                </hour>
                <mday></mday>
                <month>
                </month>
                <wday></wday>
                <who>root</who>
                <command></command>/usr/bin/nice -n20 /usr/local/sbin/expiretable -v -t 3600 virusprot
                <minute>
                /60</minute>
                <hour></hour>
                <mday>
                </mday>
                <month></month>
                <wday>
                </wday>
                <who>root</who>
                <command></command>/usr/bin/nice -n20 /usr/local/sbin/expiretable -t 3600 snort2c
                <minute>/5</minute>
                <hour>
                </hour>
                <mday></mday>
                <month>
                </month>
                <wday></wday>
                <who>root</who>
                <command></command>/usr/local/bin/checkreload.sh
                <minute>
                /5</minute>
                <hour></hour>
                <mday>
                </mday>
                <month></month>
                <wday>
                </wday>
                <who>root</who>
                <command></command>/etc/ping_hosts.sh
                <minute>/140</minute>
                <hour>
                </hour>
                <mday></mday>
                <month>
                </month>
                <wday>*</wday>
                <who>root</who>
                <command></command>/usr/local/sbin/reset_slbd.sh</cron>
                <wol><installedpackages><miniupnpd><config><enable><iface_array><download><upload><overridewanip><logpackets><sysuptime><permdefault></permdefault></sysuptime></logpackets></overridewanip></upload></download></iface_array></enable></config></miniupnpd>
                <package><name>Dashboard</name>
                <descr>Adds pfSense dashboard that will be included with 1.3. This requires 1.2-BETA-2 or newer. WARNING!  Cannot be deinstalled.</descr>
                <category>System</category>
                <config_file>http://www.pfsense.com/packages/config/dashboard/dashboard.xml</config_file>
                <version>0.6.1</version>
                <status>BETA</status>
                <required_version>1.2-BETA-2</required_version>
                <configurationfile>dashboard.xml</configurationfile></package>
                <package><name>Developers</name>
                <descr>Adds developers files such as GCC, etc to pfSense</descr>
                <category>System</category>
                <config_file>http://www.pfsense.com/packages/config/developers/developers.xml</config_file>
                <version>0.1</version>
                <status>BETA</status>
                <required_version>1.2-BETA-2</required_version>
                <configurationfile>developers.xml</configurationfile></package>
                <package><name>phpSysInfo</name>
                <website>http://phpsysinfo.sourceforge.net/</website>
                <descr>PHPSysInfo is a customizable PHP Script that parses /proc, and formats information nicely. It will display information about system facts like Uptime, CPU, Memory, PCI devices, SCSI devices, IDE devices, Network adapters, Disk usage, and more.</descr>
                <category>System</category>
                <version>2.5.3</version>
                <status>Beta</status>
                <required_version>1.0</required_version>
                <depends_on_package_base_url>http://www.pfsense.com/packages/All</depends_on_package_base_url>
                <depends_on_package>mbmon-205_3.tbz</depends_on_package>
                <config_file>http://www.pfsense.com/packages/config/phpsysinfo/phpsysinfo.xml</config_file>
                <configurationfile>phpsysinfo.xml</configurationfile></package>
                <package><name>pfflowd</name>
                <website>http://www.mindrot.org/pfflowd.html</website>
                <descr>pfflowd converts OpenBSD PF status messages (sent via the pfsync interface) to Cisco NetFlow datagrams. These datagrams may be sent (via UDP) to a host of one's choice. Utilising the OpenBSD stateful packet filter infrastructure means that flow tracking is very fast and accurate.</descr>
                <category>Network Management</category>
                <config_file>http://www.pfsense.com/packages/config/pfflowd.xml</config_file>
                <depends_on_package_base_url>ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-6-stable/All</depends_on_package_base_url>
                <depends_on_package>pfflowd-0.6.tbz</depends_on_package>
                <version>0.6</version>
                <status>Stable</status>
                <required_version>1.0</required_version>
                <configurationfile>pfflowd.xml</configurationfile>
                <maintainer>nick@buraglio.com</maintainer></package>
                <package><name>ntop</name>
                <website>http://www.ntop.org/</website>
                <descr>ntop is a network probe that shows network usage in a way similar to what top does for processes. In interactive mode, it displays the network status on the user's terminal. In Web mode it acts as a Web server, creating an HTML dump of the network status. It sports a NetFlow/sFlow emitter/collector, an HTTP-based client interface for creating ntop-centric monitoring applications, and RRD for persistently storing traffic statistics.</descr>
                <category>Network Management</category>
                <depends_on_package_base_url>http://www.pfsense.org/packages/All/</depends_on_package_base_url>
                <depends_on_package>ntop-3.2_2.tbz</depends_on_package>
                <version>3.2_2</version>
                <status>BETA</status>
                <required_version>1.0</required_version>
                <config_file>http://www.pfsense.com/packages/config/ntop.xml</config_file>
                <configurationfile>ntop.xml</configurationfile></package>
                <package><name>Lightsquid</name>
                <descr>High perfomance web proxy Report. Required squid.</descr>
                <website>http://lightsquid.sf.net/</website>
                <category>Network</category>
                <version>1.7.1_1</version>
                <maintainer>dv_serg@mail.ru</maintainer>
                <depends_on_package_base_url>http://ftp.lv.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/packages/All/</depends_on_package_base_url>
                <depends_on_package>lightsquid-1.7.1_1.tbz</depends_on_package>
                <status>Beta1</status>
                <required_version>1.2</required_version>
                <config_file>http://www.pfsense.com/packages/config/lightsquid/lightsquid.xml</config_file>
                <configurationfile>lightsquid.xml</configurationfile></package>
                <package><name>bandwidthd</name>
                <website>http://bandwidthd.sourceforge.net/</website>
                <descr>BandwidthD tracks usage of TCP/IP network subnets and builds html files with graphs to display utilization. Charts are built by individual IPs, and by default display utilization over 2 day, 8 day, 40 day, and 400 day periods. Furthermore, each ip address's utilization can be logged out at intervals of 3.3 minutes, 10 minutes, 1 hour or 12 hours in cdf format, or to a backend database server. HTTP, TCP, UDP, ICMP, VPN, and P2P traffic are color coded.</descr>
                <category>System</category>
                <version>2.0.1.1</version>
                <status>BETA</status>
                <required_version>1.0</required_version>
                <depends_on_package_base_url>ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-6.2-release/All/</depends_on_package_base_url>
                <depends_on_package>bandwidthd-2.0.1.tbz</depends_on_package>
                <config_file>http://www.pfsense.org/packages/config/bandwidthd/bandwidthd.xml</config_file>
                <configurationfile>bandwidthd.xml</configurationfile></package>
                <package><name>iperf</name>
                <website>http://dast.nlanr.net/Projects/Iperf/</website>
                <descr>Iperf is a tool for measuring maximum TCP and UDP bandwidth, reminiscent of ttcp and nettest. It has been written to overcome the shortcomings of those aging tools. Iperf can also test UDP bandwidth, loss, and jitter.</descr>
                <category>Network Management</category>
                <config_file>http://www.pfsense.com/packages/config/iperf.xml</config_file>
                <depends_on_package_base_url>ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-6-stable/All</depends_on_package_base_url>
                <depends_on_package>iperf-2.0.2_1.tbz</depends_on_package>
                <version>2.0.2_1</version>
                <status>ALPHA</status>
                <required_version>1.0</required_version>
                <configurationfile>iperf.xml</configurationfile></package>
                <package><name>squid</name>
                <descr>High performance web proxy cache.</descr>
                <website>http://www.squid-cache.org/</website>
                <category>Network</category>
                <version>2.6.5_1-p15</version>
                <status>BETA</status>
                <required_version>1.0</required_version>
                <maintainer>fernando@netfilter.com.br seth.mos@xs4all.nl</maintainer>
                <depends_on_package_base_url>http://www.pfsense.org/packages/All</depends_on_package_base_url>
                <depends_on_package>squid-2.6.5.tbz</depends_on_package>
                <depends_on_package>squid_radius_auth-1.0.8.tbz</depends_on_package>
                <config_file>http://www.pfsense.org/packages/config/squid/squid.xml</config_file>
                <configurationfile>squid.xml</configurationfile></package>
                <package><name>darkstat</name>
                <website>http://dmr.ath.cx/net/darkstat/</website>
                <descr>darkstat is a network statistics gatherer. It's a packet sniffer that runs as a background process on a cable/DSL router, gathers all sorts of statistics about network usage, and serves them over HTTP.</descr>
                <category>Network Management</category>
                <depends_on_package_base_url>http://www.pfsense.org/packages/All/</depends_on_package_base_url>
                <depends_on_package>darkstat-3.0.619.tbz</depends_on_package>
                <depends_on_package>gettext-0.14.5_2.tbz</depends_on_package>
                <version>3.0.619</version>
                <status>Stable</status>
                <required_version>1.0</required_version>
                <maintainer>geekgod@geekgod.com</maintainer>
                <config_file>http://www.pfsense.com/packages/config/darkstat/darkstat.xml</config_file>
                <configurationfile>darkstat.xml</configurationfile></package>
                <package><name>routed</name>
                <descr>RIP v1 and v2 daemon - NOTE: As of 3/18/2007 this package is no longer necessary, it's included in pfSense base and will be removed when 1.0.1 is no longer the current release.</descr>
                <website>http://www.pfsense.com/</website>
                <maintainer>billm@pfsense.org</maintainer>
                <category>Network Management</category>
                <version>1.1</version>
                <status>Stable</status>
                <required_version>1.0</required_version>
                <config_file>http://www.pfsense.com/packages/config/routed/routed.xml</config_file>
                <configurationfile>routed.xml</configurationfile></package>

                <menu>
                <name>phpsysinfo</name>
                <tooltiptext>Status
                <url>/pkg_edit.php?xml=phpsysinfo.xml&id=0</url></tooltiptext> </menu>

                <menu>
                <name>pfflowd</name>
                <tooltiptext>Modify pfflowd settings.</tooltiptext>
                Services
                <configfile>pfflowd.xml</configfile>
                <url>/pkg_edit.php?xml=pfflowd.xml&id=0</url>
                </menu>

                <menu>
                <name>ntop Settings</name>
                <tooltiptext>Set ntop settings such as password and port.</tooltiptext>
                Diagnostics
                <url>/pkg_edit.php?xml=ntop.xml&id=0</url>
                </menu>

                <menu>
                <name>ntop</name>
                <tooltiptext>Access ntop</tooltiptext>
                Diagnostics
                <url>http://$myurl:3000</url>
                <depends_on_service>ntop</depends_on_service>
                </menu>

                <menu>
                <name>Proxy report</name>
                <tooltiptext>Proxy server statistic report</tooltiptext>
                Status
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                  covex
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                  is there a resolution to this problem? …or should i just ignore these errors since i don't have any problems with connection speed or stability?

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                    werneman
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                    Hello covex and all,
                    I have got still many In/Out errors  on WLAN(ath0),I tried wlan card in by another PCI slots.I have got  reduction mini-PCI to PCI  this  http://www.i4wifi.cz/?cls=stoitem&stiid=190      and  mini-PCI  card  CM9

                    Please help me. Ladislav

                    WLAN1 interface (ath0)
                    Status associated
                    DHCP down 
                    MAC address 00:0b:6b:4e:35:b5
                    Media autoselect mode 11g <hostap>Channel 6
                    SSID LadaWerneman3
                    In/out packets 4518/5459 (895 KB/3.82 MB)
                    In/out errors 72552/0
                    Collisions 0
                    Bridge (bridge0) learning

                    athstats

                    3563 tx management frames
                    157 tx frames discarded prior to association
                    2 tx stopped 'cuz no xmit buffer
                    33 tx discarded empty frame
                    97 tx failed 'cuz FIFO underrun
                    25 long on-chip tx retries
                    831 tx failed 'cuz bogus xmit rate
                    122 tx frames with rts enabled
                    3511 tx frames with an alternate rate
                    515 tx frames with 11g protection and bursting
                    49652 rx failed 'cuz of FIFO overrun
                    5 rx failed 'cuz frame too short
                    3021 rx management frames
                    3624 beacon setup failed 'cuz no mbuf
                    379591708 beacons transmitted
                    35 periodic calibration failures
                    1 rate control checks
                    1 tx used alternate antenna
                    Antenna profile:
                    [2] tx    3617 rx    4607
                    [3] tx        3 rx        0

                    configuration from shell

                    sysctl dev.ath.0

                    dev.ath.0.%desc: Atheros 5212
                    dev.ath.0.%driver: ath
                    dev.ath.0.%location: slot=15 function=0
                    dev.ath.0.%pnpinfo: vendor=0x168c device=0x0013 subvendor=0x185f subdevice=0x1012 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: 0
                    dev.ath.0.slottime: 20
                    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: 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: 0
                    dev.ath.0.tpc: 0
                    dev.ath.0.tpack: 63
                    dev.ath.0.tpcts: 63
                    dev.ath.0.rfsilent: 1
                    dev.ath.0.rfkill: 1
                    dev.ath.0.monpass: 24</hostap>

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                      borko1945
                      last edited by

                      Same thing with my pfsense box using TP-LINK TL-WN551G (atheros 5212).
                      Tried changing transmit power, channel, diversity, rx/txantenna … got the same big amount of error packages.
                      The wifi card is working just fine under winxp. I suppose it's a driver issue.

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                        borko1945
                        last edited by

                        Now tried IPCOP using the same wifi card and everything works perfect 0/0 errors.
                        I'll be waiting for a future version with a better wifi driver, pfsense is just better than ipcop.

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                          sullrich
                          last edited by

                          @borko1945:

                          Now tried IPCOP using the same wifi card and everything works perfect 0/0 errors.
                          I'll be waiting for a future version with a better wifi driver, pfsense is just better than ipcop.

                          Try FreeBSD and submit a bug report to the respective list.  This will help it get attention.  Simply waiting will result in no action and you just hope that someone happens to fix whatever issue there is.

                          PS: 99% of the time the errors are caused by the antenna setting.  Make sure it using the right antenna.

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                            neonsigns
                            last edited by

                            @sullrich:

                            @borko1945:

                            Now tried IPCOP using the same wifi card and everything works perfect 0/0 errors.
                            I'll be waiting for a future version with a better wifi driver, pfsense is just better than ipcop.

                            Try FreeBSD and submit a bug report to the respective list.  This will help it get attention.  Simply waiting will result in no action and you just hope that someone happens to fix whatever issue there is.

                            PS: 99% of the time the errors are caused by the antenna setting.  Make sure it using the right antenna.

                            I am having in/out errors on a Atheros 5212 based PCI card. Here is athstats

                            athstats

                            80321 tx management frames
                            1232 tx frames discarded prior to association
                            2 tx stopped 'cuz no xmit buffer
                            900 tx failed 'cuz FIFO underrun
                            24742 tx failed 'cuz bogus xmit rate
                            1138 tx frames with rts enabled
                            79321 tx frames with an alternate rate
                            5242 tx frames with 11g protection
                            151167 rx failed 'cuz of FIFO overrun
                            1 rx failed 'cuz frame too short
                            58247 rx management frames
                            51043 beacon setup failed 'cuz no mbuf
                            195044131 beacons transmitted
                            219 periodic calibration failures
                            1307 tx used alternate antenna
                            Antenna profile:
                            [2] tx    38946 rx    40764
                            [3] tx    41701 rx    36158

                            I am trying to change the antenna settings, but it does not allow me to change it. Actually the rxantenna changes between 1 and 2 every so often:

                            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: 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: 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

                            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: 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: 2700
                            dev.ath.0.txantenna: 0
                            dev.ath.0.rxantenna: 2
                            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

                            When I try to change the antenna to 0, it keeps changing back to 1 and 2. Any help is greatly appreciated.

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                              GoldServe
                              last edited by

                              I'm curious, change your rxbug and txbuf to 2000 instead of 40 and 100 by default.

                              sysctl hw.ath

                              hw.ath.hal.version: 0.9.17.2
                              hw.ath.hal.dma_brt: 2
                              hw.ath.hal.sw_brt: 10
                              hw.ath.hal.swba_backoff: 0
                              hw.ath.dwell: 200
                              hw.ath.calibrate: 30
                              hw.ath.outdoor: 1
                              hw.ath.xchanmode: 1
                              hw.ath.countrycode: 0
                              hw.ath.regdomain: 0
                              hw.ath.rxbuf: 4000
                              hw.ath.txbuf: 4000

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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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