ath started misbehaving really bad recently. it works for a couple of minutes and then i have to do ifconfig ath0 scan, and starts working again. i know ath support is very picky, but this one is an older one, and except a hiccup here and there, i dont recall frustration on this scale. any ideas?
$ ifconfig ath0 ath0: flags=28863<UP,BROADCAST,NOTRAILERS,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST,NOINET6> mtu 1500 lladdr xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx priority: 4 groups: wlan egress media: IEEE802.11 autoselect (DS11 mode 11b) status: active ieee80211: nwid xxxxxxxx chan 6 bssid 00:22:b0:a2:6a:c0 wpakey <not displayed> wpaprotos wpa1,wpa2 wpaakms psk wpaciphers tkip,ccmp wpagroupcipher tkip inet 10.10.10.60 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 10.10.10.255 $ netstat -ni Name Mtu Network Address Ipkts Ierrs Opkts Oerrs Colls lo0 32768 <Link> 0 0 0 0 0 lo0 32768 ::1/128 ::1 0 0 0 0 0 lo0 32768 fe80::%lo0/ fe80::1%lo0 0 0 0 0 0 lo0 32768 127/8 127.0.0.1 0 0 0 0 0 em0* 1500 <Link> xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 0 0 0 0 0 ath0 1500 <Link> xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 32752 78 23751 11 0 ath0 1500 10.10.10/24 10.10.10.60 32752 78 23751 11 0 enc0* 0 <Link> 0 0 0 0 0 pflog0 33192 <Link> 0 0 4 0 0 OpenBSD 5.6-current (GENERIC.MP) #368: Sun Oct 5 21:44:34 MDT 2014 dera...@i386.openbsd.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC.MP cpu0: Intel(R) Core(TM) Duo CPU L2400 @ 1.66GHz ("GenuineIntel" 686-class) 1.67 GHz cpu0: FPU,V86,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,CFLUSH,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE,NXE,SSE3,MWAIT,VMX,EST,TM2,xTPR,PDCM,PERF real mem = 2137354240 (2038MB) avail mem = 2090033152 (1993MB) mpath0 at root scsibus0 at mpath0: 256 targets mainbus0 at root bios0 at mainbus0: AT/286+ BIOS, date 04/18/07, BIOS32 rev. 0 @ 0xfd690, SMBIOS rev. 2.4 @ 0xe0010 (67 entries) bios0: vendor LENOVO version "7BETC9WW (2.10 )" date 04/18/2007 bios0: LENOVO 1705CTO acpi0 at bios0: rev 2 acpi0: sleep states S0 S3 S4 S5 acpi0: tables DSDT FACP SSDT ECDT TCPA APIC MCFG HPET SLIC BOOT SSDT SSDT SSDT SSDT acpi0: wakeup devices LID_(S3) SLPB(S3) DURT(S3) EXP0(S4) EXP1(S4) EXP2(S4) EXP3(S4) PCI1(S4) USB0(S3) USB1(S3) USB2(S3) USB7(S3) HDEF(S4) acpitimer0 at acpi0: 3579545 Hz, 24 bits acpiec0 at acpi0 acpimadt0 at acpi0 addr 0xfee00000: PC-AT compat cpu0 at mainbus0: apid 0 (boot processor) mtrr: Pentium Pro MTRR support, 8 var ranges, 88 fixed ranges cpu0: apic clock running at 166MHz cpu0: mwait min=64, max=64, C-substates=0.2.2.2.2, IBE cpu1 at mainbus0: apid 1 (application processor) cpu1: Intel(R) Core(TM) Duo CPU L2400 @ 1.66GHz ("GenuineIntel" 686-class) 1.67 GHz cpu1: FPU,V86,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,CFLUSH,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE,NXE,SSE3,MWAIT,VMX,EST,TM2,xTPR,PDCM,PERF ioapic0 at mainbus0: apid 1 pa 0xfec00000, version 20, 24 pins ioapic0: misconfigured as apic 2, remapped to apid 1 acpimcfg0 at acpi0 addr 0xf0000000, bus 0-63 acpihpet0 at acpi0: 14318179 Hz acpiprt0 at acpi0: bus 0 (PCI0) acpiprt1 at acpi0: bus -1 (AGP_) acpiprt2 at acpi0: bus 2 (EXP0) acpiprt3 at acpi0: bus 3 (EXP1) acpiprt4 at acpi0: bus 4 (EXP2) acpiprt5 at acpi0: bus 12 (EXP3) acpiprt6 at acpi0: bus 21 (PCI1) acpicpu0 at acpi0: C3, C2, C1, PSS acpicpu1 at acpi0: C3, C2, C1, PSS acpipwrres0 at acpi0: PUBS, resource for USB0, USB2, USB7 acpitz0 at acpi0: critical temperature is 127 degC acpitz1 at acpi0: critical temperature is 97 degC acpibtn0 at acpi0: LID_ acpibtn1 at acpi0: SLPB acpibat0 at acpi0: BAT0 model "42T4629" serial 327 type LION oem "SANYO" acpibat1 at acpi0: BAT1 not present acpibat2 at acpi0: BAT2 not present acpiac0 at acpi0: AC unit online acpithinkpad0 at acpi0 acpidock0 at acpi0: GDCK not docked (0) bios0: ROM list: 0xc0000/0xea00! 0xcf000/0x1000 0xd0000/0x1000 0xdc000/0x4000! 0xe0000/0x10000! cpu0: Enhanced SpeedStep 1663 MHz: speeds: 1667, 1333, 1000 MHz pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0: configuration mode 1 (bios) pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 "Intel 82945GM Host" rev 0x03 vga1 at pci0 dev 2 function 0 "Intel 82945GM Video" rev 0x03 intagp0 at vga1 agp0 at intagp0: aperture at 0xd0000000, size 0x10000000 inteldrm0 at vga1 drm0 at inteldrm0 inteldrm0: 1024x768 wsdisplay0 at vga1 mux 1: console (std, vt100 emulation) wsdisplay0: screen 1-5 added (std, vt100 emulation) "Intel 82945GM Video" rev 0x03 at pci0 dev 2 function 1 not configured azalia0 at pci0 dev 27 function 0 "Intel 82801GB HD Audio" rev 0x02: msi azalia0: codecs: Analog Devices AD1981HD, 0x0000/0x0000, using Analog Devices AD1981HD audio0 at azalia0 ppb0 at pci0 dev 28 function 0 "Intel 82801GB PCIE" rev 0x02: apic 1 int 20 pci1 at ppb0 bus 2 em0 at pci1 dev 0 function 0 "Intel 82573L" rev 0x00: msi, address 00:16:d3:b6:19:57 ppb1 at pci0 dev 28 function 1 "Intel 82801GB PCIE" rev 0x02: apic 1 int 21 pci2 at ppb1 bus 3 ath0 at pci2 dev 0 function 0 "Atheros AR5212" rev 0x01: apic 1 int 17 ath0: AR5424 10.3 phy 6.1 rf5424 10.2 eeprom 5.3, WOR2W, address 00:19:7e:4c:f7:1f ppb2 at pci0 dev 28 function 2 "Intel 82801GB PCIE" rev 0x02: apic 1 int 22 pci3 at ppb2 bus 4 ppb3 at pci0 dev 28 function 3 "Intel 82801GB PCIE" rev 0x02: apic 1 int 23 pci4 at ppb3 bus 12 uhci0 at pci0 dev 29 function 0 "Intel 82801GB USB" rev 0x02: apic 1 int 16 uhci1 at pci0 dev 29 function 1 "Intel 82801GB USB" rev 0x02: apic 1 int 17 uhci2 at pci0 dev 29 function 2 "Intel 82801GB USB" rev 0x02: apic 1 int 18 uhci3 at pci0 dev 29 function 3 "Intel 82801GB USB" rev 0x02: apic 1 int 19 ehci0 at pci0 dev 29 function 7 "Intel 82801GB USB" rev 0x02: apic 1 int 19 usb0 at ehci0: USB revision 2.0 uhub0 at usb0 "Intel EHCI root hub" rev 2.00/1.00 addr 1 ppb4 at pci0 dev 30 function 0 "Intel 82801BAM Hub-to-PCI" rev 0xe2 pci5 at ppb4 bus 21 cbb0 at pci5 dev 0 function 0 "Ricoh 5C476 CardBus" rev 0xb4: apic 1 int 16 "Ricoh 5C552 Firewire" rev 0x09 at pci5 dev 0 function 1 not configured sdhc0 at pci5 dev 0 function 2 "Ricoh 5C822 SD/MMC" rev 0x18: apic 1 int 18 sdmmc0 at sdhc0 cardslot0 at cbb0 slot 0 flags 0 cardbus0 at cardslot0: bus 22 device 0 cacheline 0x0, lattimer 0xb0 pcmcia0 at cardslot0 ichpcib0 at pci0 dev 31 function 0 "Intel 82801GBM LPC" rev 0x02: PM disabled pciide0 at pci0 dev 31 function 1 "Intel 82801GB IDE" rev 0x02: DMA, channel 0 configured to compatibility, channel 1 configured to compatibility pciide0: channel 0 disabled (no drives) pciide0: channel 1 ignored (disabled) ahci0 at pci0 dev 31 function 2 "Intel 82801GBM AHCI" rev 0x02: msi, AHCI 1.1 scsibus1 at ahci0: 32 targets sd0 at scsibus1 targ 0 lun 0: <ATA, HTS721010G9SA00, MCZI> SCSI3 0/direct fixed t10.ATA_HTS721010G9SA00_MPCZN7Y0HUXNHL sd0: 95396MB, 512 bytes/sector, 195371568 sectors ichiic0 at pci0 dev 31 function 3 "Intel 82801GB SMBus" rev 0x02: apic 1 int 23 iic0 at ichiic0 usb1 at uhci0: USB revision 1.0 uhub1 at usb1 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 usb2 at uhci1: USB revision 1.0 uhub2 at usb2 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 usb3 at uhci2: USB revision 1.0 uhub3 at usb3 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 usb4 at uhci3: USB revision 1.0 uhub4 at usb4 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 isa0 at ichpcib0 isadma0 at isa0 pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60/5 pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot) pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slot wskbd0 at pckbd0: console keyboard, using wsdisplay0 pms0 at pckbc0 (aux slot) pckbc0: using irq 12 for aux slot wsmouse0 at pms0 mux 0 pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61 spkr0 at pcppi0 aps0 at isa0 port 0x1600/31 npx0 at isa0 port 0xf0/16: reported by CPUID; using exception 16 uhidev0 at uhub3 port 1 configuration 1 interface 0 "Areson USB Device" rev 1.10/0.01 addr 2 uhidev0: iclass 3/1 ums0 at uhidev0: 5 buttons, Z dir wsmouse1 at ums0 mux 0 uhidev1 at uhub3 port 1 configuration 1 interface 1 "Areson USB Device" rev 1.10/0.01 addr 2 uhidev1: iclass 3/0, 1 report id uhid0 at uhidev1 reportid 1: input=7, output=7, feature=0 ugen0 at uhub4 port 2 "STMicroelectronics Biometric Coprocessor" rev 1.00/0.01 addr 2 vscsi0 at root scsibus2 at vscsi0: 256 targets softraid0 at root scsibus3 at softraid0: 256 targets root on sd0a (ab6490cad9e8c797.a) swap on sd0b dump on sd0b -f -- love sometimes expresses itself in sacrifice.