Bug 171235

Summary:	[ath] ath loses connection, system freezes on netif restart
Product:	Base System	Reporter:	Marko Cupac <marko.cupac>
Component:	wireless	Assignee:	freebsd-wireless (Nobody) <wireless>
Status:	Open ---
Severity:	Affects Only Me
Priority:	Normal
Version:	10.0-CURRENT
Hardware:	Any
OS:	Any

Description Marko Cupac 2012-09-01 16:50:06 UTC

Problem first started on 9.0-RELEASE, i upgraded first to 9-STABLE, then to 10.0-CURRENT but the problem remains.

On a daily basis, my wireless NIC AR9285 looses connection. I use it on two APs, home and work, both of which are configured with WPA2-PSK. Issuing /etc/rc.d/netif restart sometimes restarts computer. Issuing ifconfig wlan0 destroy sometimes hangs computer. I suspect this could be related to vboxnet.ko kernel module, as problems seem to be more frequent when having virtual machine with bridged ethernet on.

How-To-Repeat: Wait for the lost connection.
Issue /etc/rc.d/netif restart or
Issue ifconfig wlan0 destroy

Comment 1 Mark Linimon freebsd_committer

2012-09-01 19:25:37 UTC

Responsible Changed
From-To: freebsd-bugs->freebsd-wireless

relcassify.

Comment 2 Eitan Adler freebsd_committer

2018-05-28 19:49:21 UTC

batch change:

For bugs that match the following
-  Status Is In progress 
AND
- Untouched since 2018-01-01.
AND
- Affects Base System OR Documentation

DO:

Reset to open status.


Note:
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