Our "little friend" the stuck beacon is back.
lspci shows:
00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5212 802.11abg NIC ( rev 01)
and the logs show:
Nov 27 19:32:40 Deathwish kernel: ath_hal: module license 'Proprietary' taints
kernel.
Nov 27 19:32:40 Deathwish kernel: ath_hal: 0.9.16.3 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413, RF5413, DFS)
Nov 27 19:32:40 Deathwish kernel: wlan: 0.8.4.2 (Atheros/multi-bss)
Nov 27 19:32:40 Deathwish kernel: ath_rate_sample: 1.2
Nov 27 19:32:40 Deathwish kernel: ath_pci: 0.9.4.5 (Atheros/multi-bss)
Nov 27 19:32:40 Deathwish kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:0a.0[A] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 169
Nov 27 19:32:40 Deathwish kernel: wifi0: 11a rates: 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
Nov 27 19:32:40 Deathwish kernel: wifi0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps
Nov 27 19:32:40 Deathwish kernel: wifi0: 11g rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps
6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
Nov 27 19:32:40 Deathwish kernel: wifi0: turboA rates: 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
Nov 27 19:32:40 Deathwish kernel: wifi0: H/W encryption support: WEP AES AES_CCM TKIP
Nov 27 19:32:40 Deathwish kernel: wifi0: mac 5.6 phy 4.1 5ghz radio 1.7 2ghz radio 2.3
Nov 27 19:32:40 Deathwish kernel: wifi0: Use hw queue 1 for WME_AC_BE traffic
Nov 27 19:32:40 Deathwish kernel: wifi0: Use hw queue 0 for WME_AC_BK traffic
Nov 27 19:32:40 Deathwish kernel: wifi0: Use hw queue 2 for WME_AC_VI traffic
Nov 27 19:32:40 Deathwish kernel: wifi0: Use hw queue 3 for WME_AC_VO traffic
Nov 27 19:32:40 Deathwish kernel: wifi0: Use hw queue 8 for CAB traffic
Nov 27 19:32:40 Deathwish kernel: wifi0: Use hw queue 9 for beacons
Nov 27 19:32:40 Deathwish kernel: wifi0: Atheros 5212: mem=0xdffd0000, irq=169
.....
Nov 27 20:35:24 Deathwish kernel: wifi0: stuck beacon; resetting (bmiss count 4)
Nov 27 20:35:26 Deathwish kernel: wifi0: stuck beacon; resetting (bmiss count 4)
Nov 27 20:35:40 Deathwish kernel: wifi0: stuck beacon; resetting (bmiss count 4)
Nov 27 20:37:22 Deathwish kernel: wifi0: stuck beacon; resetting (bmiss count 4)
Nov 27 20:37:34 Deathwish kernel: wifi0: stuck beacon; resetting (bmiss count 4)
Nov 27 20:37:39 Deathwish kernel: wifi0: stuck beacon; resetting (bmiss count 4)
Nov 27 20:38:16 Deathwish kernel: wifi0: stuck beacon; resetting (bmiss count 4)
Nov 27 20:38:55 Deathwish kernel: wifi0: stuck beacon; resetting (bmiss count 4)
Nov 27 20:38:59 Deathwish kernel: wifi0: stuck beacon; resetting (bmiss count 4)
Nov 27 20:41:15 Deathwish kernel: wifi0: stuck beacon; resetting (bmiss count 4)
Nov 27 20:41:45 Deathwish kernel: wifi0: stuck beacon; resetting (bmiss count 4)