Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 17:35:58 -0700 From: Sam Leffler <sam@errno.com> To: Alex Burke <alexjeffburke@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD STABLE <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: atheros 'device timeout' Message-ID: <448F59EE.9030801@errno.com> In-Reply-To: <a8b8bb510606131521w9711890p2af69c3b2babdec9@mail.gmail.com> References: <448F36CB.6000604@cs.okstate.edu> <a8b8bb510606131521w9711890p2af69c3b2babdec9@mail.gmail.com>
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Alex Burke wrote: > Hi, > > Just to chime in and say that I have seen device timeout messages too > - the behaviour for me was (ok, maybe a bit random but...) having > mounted an NFS exported /usr/src and hammering it with a buildworld. > So really, I guess I can only say that I have seen this when the > wireless card was under some very heavy load. > > Symptoms where I would notice things just stop, it dissociates...and > sure enough, on the console was an ath0: device timeout message. I was > using WPA2-PSK, and the card I have is a Netgear WPN511 (Cardbus), > which i think defines itself as a 5212 chip. I was running FreeBSD 6.0 > with all security patches at the time. > > Anyways, it does appear that it can happen, and glad I am not the only > one hititng it - would be interested to find out how hard you were > working it when it occured though. > > If anoybody needs any furhter information, I will put 6.1 on my laptop > and see if I can reproduce and/or retrieve anything that may help. You are operating in station mode; the original poster reported an issue when operating in ap mode. I believe problems of the sort you report have been resolved in 6.1 or at the very least they are an annoyance and do not significantly disturb operation. Sam
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