Re: Odd error messages on wireless 11a connection

Sam Leffler <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.os.freebsd.devel.mobile
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Sam Leffler wrote:
> Kevin Oberman wrote:
>> I am at a major networking conference and my wireless, while working, is
>> logging lots of errors that I don't understand at all.
>>
>> +update_stats: bogus ndx0 7, max 7, mode 1
>>
>> Can anyone explain what these are? Do I need to be concerned?
>>
>> Atheros 5212 on FreeBSD current as of Oct. 5, i386, single processor
>> system. ath0: <Atheros 5212> mem 0xb4000000-0xb400ffff irq 11 at 
>> device 2.0 on pci11
>> ath0: [ITHREAD]
>> ath0: using obsoleted if_watchdog interface
>> ath0: Ethernet address: 00:14:a4:60:f2:e3
>> ath0: mac 5.9 phy 4.3 radio 3.6
>>   
> Update your ath driver.  You've found an ap that is beaconing a 
> "pureg" rate set and a recent change to the sample rate code broke that.

Actually your interface is marked "pureb" and the ap is sending an 11g 
rate set but the answer is the same--update ath_rate/sample.c.

    Sam

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