Interface Assigment Problem - ath0_wlan - kernel: ath0: stuck beacon; resetting

[hirschferkel]

Hi there,

i'm using a brand new OPNsense AMD APU2C4 with WLAN (10.05.16).
I tried to use two different Wifis and both will be assigned an interface with ath0_wlan1 or ath0_wlan2

What i realized now, when i set up a second WLAN the signal strength of this WLAN1 and WLAN2 may sometimes become very very week at the iPhone(?). AND: It will not be possible to connect to any other WLAN than that one assigned to ath0_wlan1.

After deleting all Wifis, rebooting, setting up the first Wifi again, it is o.k. the WLAn which is assigned to ath0_wlan1, with a very strong signal strength. But after a second one is beeing set up - even not activated! - the stength may do down BUT i always get an error message, that the password would be wrong on the iPhone, for the second WLAN. And it is not, and in the logs i can see:

WPA: EAPOL-Key timeout

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Dec 8 16:25:33 hostapd: ath0_wlan1: STA 68:fb:7e:b9:10:ea IEEE 802.1X: unauthorizing port
Dec 8 16:25:33 hostapd: ath0_wlan1: STA 68:fb:7e:b9:10:ea WPA: event 2 notification
Dec 8 16:25:33 hostapd: ath0_wlan1: STA 68:fb:7e:b9:10:ea IEEE 802.11: disassociated
Dec 8 16:25:33 hostapd: ath0_wlan1: STA 68:fb:7e:b9:10:ea MLME: MLME-DELETEKEYS.request(68:fb:7e:b9:10:ea)
Dec 8 16:25:33 hostapd: ath0_wlan1: STA 68:fb:7e:b9:10:ea MLME: MLME-DEAUTHENTICATE.indication(68:fb:7e:b9:10:ea, 2)
Dec 8 16:25:33 hostapd: ath0_wlan1: STA 68:fb:7e:b9:10:ea IEEE 802.1X: unauthorizing port
Dec 8 16:25:33 hostapd: ath0_wlan1: STA 68:fb:7e:b9:10:ea WPA: event 3 notification
Dec 8 16:25:33 hostapd: ath0_wlan1: STA 68:fb:7e:b9:10:ea WPA: PTKSTART: Retry limit 4 reached
Dec 8 16:25:33 hostapd: ath0_wlan1: STA 68:fb:7e:b9:10:ea WPA: EAPOL-Key timeout
Dec 8 16:25:32 hostapd: ath0_wlan1: STA 68:fb:7e:b9:10:ea WPA: sending 1/4 msg of 4-Way Handshake
Dec 8 16:25:32 hostapd: ath0_wlan1: STA 68:fb:7e:b9:10:ea WPA: EAPOL-Key timeout
Dec 8 16:25:31 hostapd: ath0_wlan1: STA 68:fb:7e:b9:10:ea WPA: sending 1/4 msg of 4-Way Handshake
Dec 8 16:25:31 hostapd: ath0_wlan1: STA 68:fb:7e:b9:10:ea WPA: EAPOL-Key timeout
Dec 8 16:25:30 hostapd: ath0_wlan1: STA 68:fb:7e:b9:10:ea WPA: sending 1/4 msg of 4-Way Handshake
Dec 8 16:25:30 hostapd: ath0_wlan1: STA 68:fb:7e:b9:10:ea WPA: EAPOL-Key timeout
Dec 8 16:25:29 hostapd: ath0_wlan1: STA 68:fb:7e:b9:10:ea WPA: sending 1/4 msg of 4-Way Handshake
Dec 8 16:25:29 hostapd: ath0_wlan1: STA 68:fb:7e:b9:10:ea IEEE 802.1X: unauthorizing port
Dec 8 16:25:29 hostapd: ath0_wlan1: STA 68:fb:7e:b9:10:ea WPA: start authentication
Dec 8 16:25:29 hostapd: ath0_wlan1: STA 68:fb:7e:b9:10:ea WPA: event 1 notification
Dec 8 16:25:29 hostapd: ath0_wlan1: STA 68:fb:7e:b9:10:ea IEEE 802.11: associated
similar log entries to this thread: https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=58187.0


i also got sometimes kernel: ath0: stuck beacon; resetting (bmiss count 4) system logs. But they disappeared after i deleted all Wifis and rebooted the router.

I tried a lot, resetted the network settings of the phone, changed channel of Wifi, name, password and many other things, but it doesn't work for more than one Wifi. All additional Wifis will never connect to the iPhone and often result in a significantly reduced signal strength immediately.

Does anybody have an idea, what can be done?
It's wired, because the first Wifi is always working like expected and i do not understand, why the same settings applied to a second WLAN causes failing of login and lowering of the signal strength of both Wifis at iPhones?

So when there is more than one WLAN interface set up on the router it will not allow the iphone to connect all later WLANs but the first one.

Any other device (OSX) has no problems to connect to all ath0_wlan2 and higher Wifis...


And after trying to change the 802.11 standard from b to na or ng the error message will be

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7:08:34 kernel: ieee80211_new_state_locked: pending RUN -> SCAN transition lost
Dec 8 17:08:34 kernel: ath0_wlan1:
Dec 8 17:01:37 configd.py: [b8af2c4e-a6a6-4023-8153-204cdfc798a6] Reloading filter
Dec 8 17:01:36 configd.py: [5ad2a0b9-630c-4ba4-885f-5d8ffd6bedba] updating dyndns opt2
Dec 8 17:01:33 kernel: ath0: stuck beacon; resetting (bmiss count 4)
Dec 8 17:01:32 kernel: ath0: ath_chan_set: concurrent reset! Danger!
Dec 8 17:01:32 kernel: ath0: ath_reset_grablock: warning, recursive reset path!
Dec 8 17:01:32 kernel: ath0: ath_reset_grablock: didn't finish after 10 iterations
and all Wifi signals are week again...
I would appreciate any help, best hirschferkel

[franco]

FWIW, ath0 works a lot better on 17.1-BETA with the newer FreeBSD.

[hirschferkel]

Troied the 2.4 snapshot of PFsense meanwhile, but nothing has changed:

Jan 9 12:05:51    kernel       ath0: stuck beacon; resetting (bmiss count 4)
Jan 9 12:06:02    kernel       ath0: stuck beacon; resetting (bmiss count 4)
Jan 9 12:06:08    kernel       ath0: stuck beacon; resetting (bmiss count 4)
Jan 9 12:10:50    kernel       ath0: stuck beacon; resetting (bmiss count 4)
Jan 9 12:10:57    kernel       ath0: stuck beacon; resetting (bmiss count 4)
Jan 9 12:10:57    kernel       ath0: bb hang detected (0x4)
Jan 9 12:10:57    kernel       ath0: stuck beacon; resetting (bmiss count 4)
Jan 9 12:11:01    kernel       ath0: stuck beacon; resetting (bmiss count 4)
Jan 9 12:11:03    kernel       ath0: stuck beacon; resetting (bmiss count 4)
Jan 9 12:11:46    kernel       ath0: stuck beacon; resetting (bmiss count 4)
Jan 9 12:13:12    kernel       ath0: stuck beacon; resetting (bmiss count 4)
Jan 9 12:13:13    kernel       ath0: stuck beacon; resetting (bmiss count 4)
Jan 9 12:14:07    kernel       ath0: stuck beacon; resetting (bmiss count 4)
Jan 9 12:14:19    kernel       ath0: stuck beacon; resetting (bmiss count 4)
Jan 9 12:14:20    kernel       ath0: stuck beacon; resetting (bmiss count 4)
Jan 9 12:14:25    kernel       ath0: stuck beacon; resetting (bmiss count 4)