Atheros ath0: device timeout errors
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Hi all
I have installed pfsense 2.2.6-RELEASE on a PC Engines APU2C4 board, with a Compex WLE200NX WiFi mini-PCIe adapter.The WLE200NX is detected as ath0 but the card doesn't seem to transmit any SSID I configure, and I'm getting regular 'ath0: device timeout' errors - maybe one every minute or so, but it does successfully pick up my home Wifi SSID using the pfSense UI Status/WiFi/Rescan.
Some information that might be useful below.
From what I've read it looks like the Atheros AR9280 chipset is supported but I don't really know where to go from here. Any help or advice very much appreciated.
Thanks,
enabling HT modes ath0: [HT] 1 stream STBC receive enabled ath0: [HT] 1 stream STBC transmit enabled ath0: [HT] 2 RX streams; 2 TX streams ath0: AR9280 mac 128.2 RF5133 phy 13.0 ath0: 2GHz radio: 0x0000; 5GHz radio: 0x00c0 wlan0: changing name to 'ath0_wlan0' ath0_wlan0: promiscuous mode enabled ath0: device timeout ath0: device timeout ath0: device timeoutAlso, athstats gives me this output. Not sure if the ioctl errors at the beginning are normal or not
[2.2.6-RELEASE][admin@pfSense.localdomain]/var/log: athstats athstats: ioctl: ath0: Invalid argument athstats: ioctl: ath0: Invalid argument 1108 data frames received 2740 data frames transmit 1M current transmit rate 28 watchdog timeouts 9 tx stopped 'cuz no xmit buffer 2729 tx frames with no ack marked 69 rx failed 'cuz of bad CRC 17 periodic calibrations -0/+0 TDMA slot adjust (usecs, smoothed) 2 rssi of last ack 57 avg recv rssi -96 rx noise floor 11 tx frames through raw api 1044 raw tx failed 'cuz interface/hw down 5 Half-GI frames received 78 CRC errors for non-last A-MPDU subframes 15 CRC errors for last subframe in an A-MPDU Antenna profile: [0] tx 2508 rx 0 [1] tx 0 rx 1108 -
Did you ever get this going?? I just noticed your post it is a bit old but hey I wanted to reply and see if you got it going.
https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/wireless/configuration-ap.html
I got mine to work well with Wifi 802.11AN with it set to -40 ht. 802.11ng was really bad for my connection.
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@JonathanLee FWIW, that user had a many versions back install. I use a 200 just fine.
Also, FWIW,I have read 40ht isn't recommended for 2.4ng. -
@provels 802.11NG 20ht was really bad for me. It only works well with 802.11NA on -40ht with a 5dbi antenna set. The 8dbi was like a laser or point to point. The 5dbi is like an oval shape for coverage.