amd64/156327: bwn driver causes 20%-50% packet loss

Yuri G yuri.gorchakov at ittomsk.ru
Mon Apr 11 05:10:12 UTC 2011


>Number:         156327
>Category:       amd64
>Synopsis:       bwn driver causes 20%-50% packet loss
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-amd64
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Apr 11 05:10:11 UTC 2011
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Yuri G
>Release:        8.2-RELEASE
>Organization:
ittomsk.ru
>Environment:
FreeBSD alienware.local 8.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASE #1: Mon Apr 11 08:58:21 NOVST 2011     root at alienware.local:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/ALIENWARE_8_2  amd64
>Description:
Dell Vostro 3500 with Broadcom BCM4312 (as siba reports) accessing AP with WPA-PSK encryption enabled. AP is 2m away from notebook,directly visible. 

Loaded modules: 
if_bwn.ko 
siba_bwn.ko 
wlan.ko 
wlan_amrr.ko 
wlan_wep.ko 
wlan_ccmp.ko 
wlan_tkip.ko 
bwn_v4_lp_ucode.ko. 

Within first 1-2 mins after boot I get "bwn0: RX decryption attempted (old 0 keyidx 0x2)" errors at tty0. Pinging access point with 1000 packages gives 20% to 50% packet loss.

Loading Ubuntu LiveCD at the same conditions and installing offered 802.11 Linux STA driver gives 0% packet loss.
>How-To-Repeat:
grep -E "wlan|bwn" /boot/loader.conf 
wlan_load="YES"
wlan_wep_load="YES"
wlan_ccmp_load="YES"
wlan_tkip_load="YES"
wlan_amrr_load="YES"
if_bwn_load="YES"
siba_bwn_load="YES"
bwn_v4_lp_ucode_load="YES"

grep -E "wlan|bwn" /etc/rc.conf
ifconfig_wlan0="WPA DHCP"
wlans_bwn0="wlan0"

cat /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf 
network={
	ssid="ittomsk.ru"
	psk="******"
}

ping 192.168.0.1 (AP address)
>Fix:


>Release-Note:
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