Re: ath card problem

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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