On Thursday 31 July 2014 14:29:55 Adrian Chadd wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Yeah, run athstats 1 on both to see what kind of difference(s) there
> are in transmit/receive statistics.
> 
> I wonder if it's changes in the ANI code.

Forgot to mention that I only see the problem on cards with an Atheros 9220 
chipset and not on older ones with an Atheros 5413 chipset.

> 
> 
> -a
> 
> 
> On 31 July 2014 14:14, Johann Hugo <jh...@meraka.csir.co.za> wrote:
> > On Thursday 31 July 2014 13:43:34 Adrian Chadd wrote:
> >
> >> I think the idle counter there is the receive idle counter. Ie, it's
> >
> >> not hearing frames from them.
> >
> >>
> >
> >> See if you can figure out what frames it isn't hearing.
> >
> >
> >
> > tcpdump for the last couple of minutes.
> >
> >
> >
> > mesh-6c9a:~ # tcpdump -i wlan1 -n -e -y IEEE802_11_RADIO | grep
> > 00:21:a4:35:83:1b
> >
> > tcpdump: data link type IEEE802_11_RADIO
> >
> > tcpdump: WARNING: wlan1: no IPv4 address assigned
> >
> > tcpdump: verbose output suppressed, use -v or -vv for full protocol decode
> >
> > listening on wlan1, link-type IEEE802_11_RADIO (802.11 plus radiotap
> > header), capture size 65535 bytes
> >
> > 23:24:45.046188 16985251046258410120us tsft short preamble 6.0 Mb/s -82dB
> > signal -96dB noise antenna 1 5520 MHz 11a BSSID:02:8c:ca:fe:ca:05
> > DA:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff SA:00:21:a4:35:83:1b Beacon (mesh05) [6.0* 9.0 12.0*
> > 18.0 24.0* 36.0 48.0 54.0 Mbit] IBSS CH: 104
> >
> > 23:27:14.360001 16985251046409245942us tsft short preamble 6.0 Mb/s -84dB
> > signal -96dB noise antenna 1 5520 MHz 11a BSSID:02:8c:ca:fe:ca:05
> > DA:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff SA:00:21:a4:35:83:1b Beacon (mesh05) [6.0* 9.0 12.0*
> > 18.0 24.0* 36.0 48.0 54.0 Mbit] IBSS CH: 104
> >
> > 23:31:40.129098 16985251046677723213us tsft short preamble 6.0 Mb/s 54dBm 
tx
> > power antenna 1 5520 MHz 11a CF +QoS DA:00:21:a4:35:83:1b
> > SA:00:21:a4:35:6c:a9 BSSID:02:8c:ca:fe:ca:05
> >
> > 23:31:55.139074 16985251046692886125us tsft short preamble 6.0 Mb/s 54dBm 
tx
> > power antenna 1 5520 MHz 11a CF +QoS DA:00:21:a4:35:83:1b
> > SA:00:21:a4:35:6c:a9 BSSID:02:8c:ca:fe:ca:05
> >
> > 23:34:37.437525 16985251046856837656us tsft short preamble 6.0 Mb/s -83dB
> > signal -96dB noise antenna 1 5520 MHz 11a BSSID:02:8c:ca:fe:ca:05
> > DA:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff SA:00:21:a4:35:83:1b Beacon (mesh05) [6.0* 9.0 12.0*
> > 18.0 24.0* 36.0 48.0 54.0 Mbit] IBSS CH: 104
> >
> > 23:35:31.060875 16985251046911007901us tsft short preamble 6.0 Mb/s -83dB
> > signal -96dB noise antenna 1 5520 MHz 11a BSSID:02:8c:ca:fe:ca:05
> > DA:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff SA:00:21:a4:35:83:1b Beacon (mesh05) [6.0* 9.0 12.0*
> > 18.0 24.0* 36.0 48.0 54.0 Mbit] IBSS CH: 104
> >
> > 23:35:42.921206 16985251046922989068us tsft short preamble 6.0 Mb/s -83dB
> > signal -96dB noise antenna 1 5520 MHz 11a BSSID:02:8c:ca:fe:ca:05
> > DA:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff SA:00:21:a4:35:83:1b Beacon (mesh05) [6.0* 9.0 12.0*
> > 18.0 24.0* 36.0 48.0 54.0 Mbit] IBSS CH: 104
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > mesh-6c9a:~ # athstats -i ath1
> >
> > 13114 data frames received
> >
> > 1021 data frames transmit
> >
> > 75 long on-chip tx retries
> >
> > 9 tx failed 'cuz too many retries
> >
> > 54M current transmit rate
> >
> > 1 watchdog timeouts
> >
> > 925 tx frames with no ack marked
> >
> > 21 rx failed 'cuz of bad CRC
> >
> > 39 periodic calibrations
> >
> > -0/+0 TDMA slot adjust (usecs, smoothed)
> >
> > 43 rssi of last ack
> >
> > 44 avg recv rssi
> >
> > -96 rx noise floor
> >
> > 30 tx frames through raw api
> >
> > 6 spur immunity level
> >
> > 1 OFDM weak signal detect
> >
> > 220 listen time
> >
> > 6 ANI increased spur immunity
> >
> > 4 ANI disabled OFDM weak signal detect
> >
> > 4 ANI disabled CCK weak signal threshold
> >
> > 426767 cumulative OFDM phy error count
> >
> > 24 ANI forced listen time to zero
> >
> > 75 missing ACK's
> >
> > 60 bad FCS
> >
> > 11323 beacons received
> >
> > 44 average rssi (beacons only)
> >
> > Antenna profile:
> >
> > [0] tx 1012 rx 0
> >
> > [1] tx 0 rx 13114
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>
> >
> >> The RSSI's look fine. So there's likely something else odd going on
> >
> >>
> >
> >>
> >
> >> -a
> >
> >>
> >
> >>
> >
> >> On 31 July 2014 13:00, Johann Hugo <jh...@meraka.csir.co.za> wrote:
> >
> >> > Hi
> >
> >> >
> >
> >> > After an upgrade from FreeBSD 9.0 to 11.0 I'm losing comms to some of
> >> > the wifi
> >
> >> > clients that worked when I was using FreeBSD 9.0 (long distance links 
in
> >> > mesh)
> >
> >> >
> >
> >> > On CURRENT the devices are still showing with list sta, but the idle
> >> > counter
> >
> >> > keeps growing + no comms to them.
> >
> >> >
> >
> >> >
> >
> >> > FreeBSD 9.0-STABLE
> >
> >> >
> >
> >> > mesh-6c9a:~ # ifconfig wlan1 list sta
> >
> >> > ADDR AID CHAN RATE RSSI IDLE TXSEQ RXSEQ CAPS FLAG
> >
> >> > 00:21:a4:35:6c:a9 0 104 0M 9.5 0 421 60496 I A
> >
> >> > 00:21:a4:35:6c:96 0 104 54M 21.0 0 98 10496 I AQ WME
> >
> >> > 00:21:a4:35:83:38 0 104 6M 6.5 0 28 448 I AQ WME
> >
> >> > 00:21:a4:35:83:1b 0 104 9M 8.0 0 4680 37056 I AQ WME
> >
> >> > 00:80:48:62:e1:0f 0 104 6M 9.5 0 50 47136 I AQ WME
> >
> >> >
> >
> >> >
> >
> >> > FreeBSD 11.0-CURRENT
> >
> >> >
> >
> >> > mesh-6c9a:~ # ifconfig wlan1 list sta
> >
> >> > ADDR AID CHAN RATE RSSI IDLE TXSEQ RXSEQ CAPS FLAG
> >
> >> > 00:21:a4:35:6c:a9 0 104 0M 13.5 0 142 38384 I A
> >
> >> > 00:21:a4:35:6c:96 0 104 54M 22.0 0 11 18048 I AQ WME
> >
> >> > 00:21:a4:35:83:1b 0 104 6M 8.0 60 0 0 I AQ WME
> >
> >> > 00:80:48:62:e1:0f 0 104 6M 11.5 30 0 41248 A
> >
> >> > 00:21:a4:35:83:38 0 104 6M 7.0 60 0 0 I AQ WME
> >
> >> >
> >
> >> >
> >
> >> >
> >> > 
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> >> > FreeBSD 9.0-STABLE
> >
> >> >
> >
> >> > mesh-6c9a:~ # uname -a
> >
> >> > FreeBSD mesh-6c9a 9.0-STABLE FreeBSD 9.0-STABLE #1 r229528:231308: Wed
> >> > Nov 27
> >
> >> > 12:21:54 SAST 2013 r...@magrathea.meraka.csir.co.za:/scratch/9-stable-
> >
> >> > old/obj/arm.armeb/var/scratch/9-stable-old/src/sys/SMALL-CAMBRIA arm
> >
> >> >
> >
> >> > dmesg
> >
> >> > ath1: <Atheros 9280> irq 27 at device 2.0 on pci0
> >
> >> > [ath] enabling AN_TOP2_FIXUP
> >
> >> > ath1: AR9280 mac 128.2 RF5133 phy 13.0
> >
> >> >
> >
> >> > mesh-6c9a:~ # ifconfig -v wlan1
> >
> >> > wlan1: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu
> >> > 1500
> >
> >> > ether 00:21:a4:35:6c:a9
> >
> >> > inet6 fe80::221:a4ff:fe35:6ca9%wlan1 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0xb
> >
> >> > inet6 fd35:ac5b:b116:10:221:a4ff:fe35:6ca9 prefixlen 64
> >
> >> > nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
> >
> >> > media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11a <adhoc>
> >
> >> > status: running
> >
> >> > ssid mesh05 channel 104 (5520 MHz 11a) bssid 02:8c:ca:fe:ca:05
> >
> >> > regdomain NONE country ZA anywhere ecm authmode OPEN -wps -tsn
> >
> >> > privacy OFF deftxkey UNDEF powersavemode OFF powersavesleep 100
> >
> >> > txpower 27 txpowmax 50.0 -dotd rtsthreshold 2346 fragthreshold 2346
> >
> >> > bmiss 7
> >
> >> > 11a ucast NONE mgmt 6 Mb/s mcast 6 Mb/s maxretry 6
> >
> >> > 11b ucast NONE mgmt 1 Mb/s mcast 1 Mb/s maxretry 6
> >
> >> > 11g ucast NONE mgmt 1 Mb/s mcast 1 Mb/s maxretry 6
> >
> >> > turboA ucast NONE mgmt 6 Mb/s mcast 6 Mb/s maxretry 6
> >
> >> > turboG ucast NONE mgmt 1 Mb/s mcast 1 Mb/s maxretry 6
> >
> >> > sturbo ucast NONE mgmt 6 Mb/s mcast 6 Mb/s maxretry 6
> >
> >> > 11na ucast NONE mgmt 12 MCS mcast 12 MCS maxretry 6
> >
> >> > 11ng ucast NONE mgmt 2 MCS mcast 2 MCS maxretry 6
> >
> >> > half ucast NONE mgmt 3 Mb/s mcast 3 Mb/s maxretry 6
> >
> >> > quarter ucast NONE mgmt 1 Mb/s mcast 1 Mb/s maxretry 6
> >
> >> > scanvalid 60 -bgscan bgscanintvl 300 bgscanidle 250
> >
> >> > roam:11a rssi 7dBm rate 12 Mb/s
> >
> >> > roam:11b rssi 7dBm rate 1 Mb/s
> >
> >> > roam:11g rssi 7dBm rate 5 Mb/s
> >
> >> > roam:turboA rssi 7dBm rate 12 Mb/s
> >
> >> > roam:turboG rssi 7dBm rate 12 Mb/s
> >
> >> > roam:sturbo rssi 7dBm rate 12 Mb/s
> >
> >> > roam:11na rssi 7dBm MCS 1
> >
> >> > roam:11ng rssi 7dBm MCS 1
> >
> >> > roam:half rssi 7dBm rate 6 Mb/s
> >
> >> > roam:quarter rssi 7dBm rate 3 Mb/s
> >
> >> > -pureg protmode CTS -ht -htcompat -ampdu ampdulimit 8k ampdudensity 8
> >
> >> > -amsdu -shortgi htprotmode RTSCTS -puren smps -rifs wme burst -dwds
> >
> >> > roaming AUTO bintval 100
> >
> >> > AC_BE cwmin 4 cwmax 10 aifs 3 txopLimit 0 -acm ack
> >
> >> > cwmin 4 cwmax 10 aifs 3 txopLimit 0 -acm
> >
> >> > AC_BK cwmin 4 cwmax 10 aifs 7 txopLimit 0 -acm ack
> >
> >> > cwmin 4 cwmax 10 aifs 7 txopLimit 0 -acm
> >
> >> > AC_VI cwmin 3 cwmax 4 aifs 2 txopLimit 94 -acm ack
> >
> >> > cwmin 3 cwmax 4 aifs 2 txopLimit 94 -acm
> >
> >> > AC_VO cwmin 2 cwmax 3 aifs 2 txopLimit 47 -acm ack
> >
> >> > cwmin 2 cwmax 3 aifs 2 txopLimit 47 -acm
> >
> >> > groups: wlan
> >
> >> >
> >
> >> >
> >> > 
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> >> > FreeBSD 11.0
> >
> >> >
> >
> >> > dmesg
> >
> >> > ath1: <Atheros 9220> irq 27 at device 2.0 on pci0
> >
> >> > [ath] enabling AN_TOP2_FIXUP
> >
> >> > ath1: AR9220 mac 128.2 RF5133 phy 13.0
> >
> >> > ath1: 2GHz radio: 0x0000; 5GHz radio: 0x00c0
> >
> >> >
> >
> >> >
> >
> >> > mesh-6c9a:~ # uname -a
> >
> >> > FreeBSD mesh-6c9a 11.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 11.0-CURRENT #1 r269182M: Mon 
Jul
> >> > 28
> >
> >> > 14:51:06 SAST 2014 r...@magrathea.meraka.csir.co.za:/var/scratch/11-
> >
> >> > current/obj/arm.armeb/var/scratch/11-current/src/sys/SMALL-CAMBRIA arm
> >
> >> >
> >
> >> > mesh-6c9a:~ # ifconfig -v wlan1
> >
> >> > wlan1: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu
> >> > 1500
> >
> >> > ether 00:21:a4:35:6c:a9
> >
> >> > inet6 fe80::221:a4ff:fe35:6ca9%wlan1 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x8
> >
> >> > inet6 fd35:ac5b:b116:10:221:a4ff:fe35:6ca9 prefixlen 64
> >
> >> > groups: wlan
> >
> >> > ssid mesh05 channel 104 (5520 MHz 11a) bssid 02:8c:ca:fe:ca:05
> >
> >> > regdomain NONE country ZA anywhere ecm authmode OPEN -wps -tsn
> >
> >> > privacy OFF deftxkey UNDEF powersavemode OFF powersavesleep 100
> >
> >> > txpower 27 txpowmax 50.0 -dotd rtsthreshold 2346 fragthreshold 2346
> >
> >> > bmiss 7
> >
> >> > 11a ucast NONE mgmt 6 Mb/s mcast 6 Mb/s maxretry 6
> >
> >> > 11b ucast NONE mgmt 1 Mb/s mcast 1 Mb/s maxretry 6
> >
> >> > 11g ucast NONE mgmt 1 Mb/s mcast 1 Mb/s maxretry 6
> >
> >> > turboA ucast NONE mgmt 6 Mb/s mcast 6 Mb/s maxretry 6
> >
> >> > turboG ucast NONE mgmt 1 Mb/s mcast 1 Mb/s maxretry 6
> >
> >> > sturbo ucast NONE mgmt 6 Mb/s mcast 6 Mb/s maxretry 6
> >
> >> > 11na ucast NONE mgmt 12 MCS mcast 12 MCS maxretry 6
> >
> >> > 11ng ucast NONE mgmt 2 MCS mcast 2 MCS maxretry 6
> >
> >> > half ucast NONE mgmt 3 Mb/s mcast 3 Mb/s maxretry 6
> >
> >> > quarter ucast NONE mgmt 1 Mb/s mcast 1 Mb/s maxretry 6
> >
> >> > scanvalid 60 -bgscan bgscanintvl 300 bgscanidle 250
> >
> >> > roam:11a rssi 7dBm rate 12 Mb/s
> >
> >> > roam:11b rssi 7dBm rate 1 Mb/s
> >
> >> > roam:11g rssi 7dBm rate 5 Mb/s
> >
> >> > roam:turboA rssi 7dBm rate 12 Mb/s
> >
> >> > roam:turboG rssi 7dBm rate 12 Mb/s
> >
> >> > roam:sturbo rssi 7dBm rate 12 Mb/s
> >
> >> > roam:11na rssi 7dBm MCS 1
> >
> >> > roam:11ng rssi 7dBm MCS 1
> >
> >> > roam:half rssi 7dBm rate 6 Mb/s
> >
> >> > roam:quarter rssi 7dBm rate 3 Mb/s
> >
> >> > -pureg protmode CTS -ht -htcompat -ampdu ampdulimit 8k ampdudensity 8
> >
> >> > -amsdu -shortgi htprotmode RTSCTS -puren smps -rifs wme burst -dwds
> >
> >> > roaming AUTO bintval 100
> >
> >> > AC_BE cwmin 4 cwmax 10 aifs 3 txopLimit 0 -acm ack
> >
> >> > cwmin 4 cwmax 10 aifs 3 txopLimit 0 -acm
> >
> >> > AC_BK cwmin 4 cwmax 10 aifs 7 txopLimit 0 -acm ack
> >
> >> > cwmin 4 cwmax 10 aifs 7 txopLimit 0 -acm
> >
> >> > AC_VI cwmin 3 cwmax 4 aifs 2 txopLimit 94 -acm ack
> >
> >> > cwmin 3 cwmax 4 aifs 2 txopLimit 94 -acm
> >
> >> > AC_VO cwmin 2 cwmax 3 aifs 2 txopLimit 47 -acm ack
> >
> >> > cwmin 2 cwmax 3 aifs 2 txopLimit 47 -acm
> >
> >> > media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11a <adhoc>
> >
> >> > status: running
> >
> >> > nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
> >
> >> >
> >
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