ath card problem

Tue Jul 27 16:16:54 PDT 2004

thanks again about this tip..

now what happens is that whenever i do this procedure the card stays up
for about 10
- 15 min and then i get the dmesg of:
ath0: device timeout
ath0: ath_reset: unable to reset hardware; hal status 3
ath0: device timeout
ath0: ath_reset: unable to reset hardware; hal status 3
ath0: device timeout

it's not to much fun to do that every 10 minutes or so. is there a refresh
rate that has to be set up somewhere that will take care of that? i looked
at the ifconfig manual but nothing from that sort...
i use either ifconfig or dhclient - they both seem to work..

thanks

> I had this same problem on my laptop with an rl card and the ath as a
> pcmcia card, if I use the rc.conf to setup the ath0 card and not do
> anything with the rl0 then all is fine.
> When you take the xl0 down, you will also need to redefine your default
> gateway route as that seems to get associated with a particular card, so
> what I would have to do is take the rl0 card down with ifconfig, then
> bring the ath0 up and set its ip, netmask, ssid, wepkey and so on then
> modify the default route entry by
> route change default <ipaddress of router>
>
> if that doesnt work then
> route flush
> route add default <ipaddress of router>
>
> you can see the default route by entering
> netstat -rn
> It should be called default and have a G as one of its flags.
>
> Hope that helps
> - Geoff
>
> kalin mintchev wrote:
>> now this is what i do:
>> both cards come up;
>> i turn xl0 down - if i don't and try to associate ath0 i get:
>> ifconfig: ioctl (SIOCAIFADDR): File exists ;
>> with the xl0 down i do:
>> ifconfig ath0 inet 192.168.1.21 netmask 255.255.255.0 ssid apname; ping
>> to
>> 192.168.1.1 works;
>> ping to anywhere outside does NOT work i get:
>> ping: sendto: Network is down
>> !?!?
>> i don't know why..
>>
>> then i bring the xl0 up ping outside works fine with it.
>>
>> help?!
>>
>>
>>
>>>some additional information from the log
>>> kernel: arp: 192.168.1.3 is on ath0 but got reply from
>>
>> 00:0b:5f:32:72:48
>>
>>>on xl0
>>>Jul 24 18:39:50 host kernel: ath0: hardware error; resetting
>>>Jul 24 18:39:50 host kernel: ath0: ath_reset: unable to reset hardware;
>>
>> hal status 3
>>
>>>Jul 24 18:39:53 host kernel: arp: 192.168.1.3 is on ath0 but got reply
>>
>> from 00:0b:5f:32:72:48 on xl0
>>
>>>Jul 24 18:40:23 host last message repeated 4 times
>>>Jul 24 18:42:23 host last message repeated 17 times
>>>output from arp -a returns only:
>>>? (192.168.1.1) at 00:0f:66:8b:60:13 on xl0 [ethernet]
>>>and arp -i ath0 -a returns nothing
>>>both cards have the same irq 11 at boot. i took 11 out of the
>>
>> pccard.conf
>>
>>>but it still comes up as 11
>>>can anybody help please...
>>>thanks
>>>more:
>>>about xl0 from dmesg:
>>>xl0: <3Com 3c556B Fast Etherlink XL> port 0x1800-0x18ff mem
>>>0xe8101000-0xe810107f,0xe8101400-0xe810147f irq 11 at device 3.0 on pci0
>>
>> xl0: chip is in D3 power mode -- setting to D0
>>
>>>xl0: Ethernet address: 00:00:86:43:54:46
>>>miibus0: <MII bus> on xl0
>>>about ath0 from dmesg:
>>>ath0: <Atheros 5212> mem 0x88000000-0x8800ffff irq 11 at device 0.0 on
>>
>> cardbus0
>>
>>>ath0: mac 5.6 phy 4.1 5ghz radio 1.7 2ghz radio 2.3
>>>ath0: 11a rates: 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
>>
>> ath0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps
>>
>>>ath0: 11g rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps
>>
>> 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
>>
>>>ath0: turbo rates: 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
>>
>> ath0: 802.11 address: 00:80:c8:16:eb:4b
>>
>>>>hi all..
>>>>i'm having trouble getting an ath card to work properly
>>>>ifconfig output:
>>>>ath0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
>>>>	inet6 fe80::280:c8ff:fe16:eb4b%ath0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x4
>>>>	ether 00:80:c8:16:eb:4b
>>>>	media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (DS/11Mbps)
>>>>	status: associated
>>>>	ssid accesspoint 1:accesspoint
>>>>	channel 6 authmode OPEN powersavemode OFF powersavesleep 100
>>>>	wepmode OFF weptxkey 1
>>>>output of wicontrol:
>>>>C serial number:			[  ]
>>>>Station name:				[ myhost ]
>>>>SSID for IBSS creation:			[ accesspoint ]
>>>>Current netname (SSID):			[ accesspoint ]
>>>>Desired netname (SSID):			[ accesspoint ]
>>>>Current BSSID:				[ 00:0f:66:8b:60:13 ]
>>>>Channel list:				[ ffe 0 1510 1515 1 0 0 0 0 2320 23 ]
>>>>IBSS channel:				[ 6 ]
>>>>Current channel:			[ 6 ]
>>>>Comms quality/signal/noise:		[ 0 32 0 ]
>>>>Promiscuous mode:			[ Off ]
>>>>Intersil-Prism2 based card:		[ 1 ]
>>>>Port type (1=BSS, 3=ad-hoc):		[ 1 ]
>>>>MAC address:				[ 00:80:c8:16:eb:4b ]
>>>>TX rate (selection):			[ 0 ]
>>>>TX rate (actual speed):			[ 11 ]
>>>>RTS/CTS handshake threshold:		[ 2312 ]
>>>>Create IBSS:				[ Off ]
>>>>Access point density:			[ 1 ]
>>>>Power Mgmt (1=on, 0=off):		[ 0 ]
>>>>Max sleep time:				[ 100 ]
>>>>WEP encryption:				[ Off ]
>>>>TX encryption key:			[ 1 ]
>>>>Encryption keys:			[  ][  ][  ][  ]
>>>>it dies see the router because it has status: associated and the
>>
>> channel
>>
>>>>setting is the one off the accesspoint.
>>>>when i turn the nic off and try to ping out i get:
>>>>ping: sendto: Network is down.
>>>>network is not down because if i turn the nic on again i can do the
>>>> ping.
>>>>the router is common syslink one and the wireless setup is the
>>>>basic/default one with no wep yet.
>>>>i should say that the card was able to ping th router when the nic card
>>
>> didn't come up - that happens sometimes on this machine - t20 thinkpad.
>> freebsd 5.2.1
>>
>>>>is it an irq thing between the two cards?
>>>>what else needs to be done in order to get the card working?
>>>>thanks...
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