Subject: Re: ath(4) packet loss problem
To: NetBSD current-users <current-users@NetBSD.org>
From: David Young <dyoung@pobox.com>
List: current-users
Date: 07/11/2007 16:15:54
On Wed, Jul 11, 2007 at 04:38:00PM -0400, Andreas Wrede wrote:
> 
> On Jul 11, 2007, at 15:59 , David Young wrote:
> 
> >ifconfig -v ath0 | grep -v ': 0$'
> 
> # ifconfig -v ath0 | grep -v ': 0$'
> ath0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
>         ssid Planix -frag nwkey 65536:"", 
> 0x5a5f2b45f816925fead885174f485f71,0xd4e8eaea44dbee833e922a782a59a9b2,""
>         powersave off
>         bssid 00:19:e3:33:c7:1b chan 1
>         address: 00:02:6f:20:f5:4a
>         media: IEEE802.11 autoselect (OFDM12 mode 11g)
>         status: active
>         input: 531874 packets, 54761325 bytes, 440569 multicasts,  
> 155647 errors
>         output: 91659 packets, 8982475 bytes, 5 multicasts, 148 errors
>         rx from wrong bssid: 915
>         rx discard 'cuz dup: 1537
>         rx discard 'cuz mcast echo: 17
>         rx discard mgt frames: 56
>         rx discard ctrl frames: 35
>         rx beacon frames: 7041100
>         rx element unknown: 14083044
>         rx frame chan mismatch: 357
>         rx w/ incorrect keyid: 6
>         rx seq# violation (TKIP): 32
>         tx failed 'cuz no defkey: 7
>         active scans started: 7
>         inet 10.99.254.240 netmask 0xffff0000 broadcast 10.99.255.255
>         inet6 fe80::202:6fff:fe20:f54a%ath0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x4

Is it possible to turn off crypto on the AP and on your client, and
try again?

Is your client very near your AP?  Within 3 feet?  10 feet?

Dave

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