My NIC is an Atheros AR928X using the ath9k driver.


Heres my syslog after a bad startup:

May 11 06:25:11 ml-linux NetworkManager: <info>  starting... 
May 11 06:25:11 ml-linux avahi-daemon[3060]: Found user 'avahi' (UID 108) and group 'avahi' (GID 120).
May 11 06:25:11 ml-linux avahi-daemon[3060]: Successfully dropped root privileges.
May 11 06:25:11 ml-linux avahi-daemon[3060]: avahi-daemon 0.6.23 starting up.
May 11 06:25:11 ml-linux avahi-daemon[3060]: Successfully called chroot().
May 11 06:25:11 ml-linux avahi-daemon[3060]: Successfully dropped remaining capabilities.
May 11 06:25:11 ml-linux NetworkManager: <info>  (eth0): new Ethernet device (driver: 'r8169') 
May 11 06:25:11 ml-linux NetworkManager: <info>  (eth0): exported as /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/net_00_1e_68_f5_0d_98 
May 11 06:25:11 ml-linux NetworkManager: <info>  (wlan0): driver supports SSID scans (scan_capa 0x01). 
May 11 06:25:11 ml-linux NetworkManager: <info>  (wlan0): new 802.11 WiFi device (driver: 'ath9k') 
May 11 06:25:11 ml-linux NetworkManager: <info>  (wlan0): exported as /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/net_00_23_4d_56_ff_02 
May 11 06:25:11 ml-linux NetworkManager: <info>  Trying to start the supplicant... 
May 11 06:25:11 ml-linux NetworkManager: <info>  Trying to start the system settings daemon... 
May 11 06:25:11 ml-linux avahi-daemon[3060]: No service file found in /etc/avahi/services.
May 11 06:25:11 ml-linux avahi-daemon[3060]: Network interface enumeration completed.
May 11 06:25:11 ml-linux avahi-daemon[3060]: Registering HINFO record with values 'I686'/'LINUX'.
May 11 06:25:11 ml-linux avahi-daemon[3060]: Server startup complete. Host name is ml-linux.local. Local service cookie is 265270164.
May 11 06:25:11 ml-linux mt-daapd[2955]: Client running 
May 11 06:25:11 ml-linux mt-daapd[2955]: Client registering 
May 11 06:25:11 ml-linux mt-daapd[2955]: Client running
May 11 06:26:13 ml-linux dhclient: Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.1.1
May 11 06:26:13 ml-linux dhclient: Copyright 2004-2008 Internet Systems Consortium.
May 11 06:26:13 ml-linux dhclient: All rights reserved.
May 11 06:26:13 ml-linux dhclient: For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/
May 11 06:26:13 ml-linux dhclient: 
May 11 06:26:13 ml-linux avahi-daemon[3060]: Registering new address record for fe80::223:4dff:fe56:ff02 on wlan0.*.
May 11 06:26:14 ml-linux NetworkManager: <info>  DHCP: device wlan0 state changed (null) -> preinit 
May 11 06:26:14 ml-linux dhclient: Listening on LPF/wlan0/00:23:4d:56:ff:02
May 11 06:26:14 ml-linux dhclient: Sending on   LPF/wlan0/00:23:4d:56:ff:02
May 11 06:26:14 ml-linux dhclient: Sending on   Socket/fallback
May 11 06:26:17 ml-linux dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 3
May 11 06:26:18 ml-linux dhclient: DHCPOFFER of 192.168.1.101 from 192.168.1.1
May 11 06:26:18 ml-linux dhclient: DHCPREQUEST of 192.168.1.101 on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
May 11 06:26:18 ml-linux dhclient: DHCPACK of 192.168.1.101 from 192.168.1.1
May 11 06:26:18 ml-linux dhclient: bound to 192.168.1.101 -- renewal in 37315 seconds.
May 11 06:26:18 ml-linux NetworkManager: <info>  DHCP: device wlan0 state changed preinit -> bound 
May 11 06:26:18 ml-linux NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (wlan0) Stage 4 of 5 (IP Configure Get) scheduled... 
May 11 06:26:18 ml-linux NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (wlan0) Stage 4 of 5 (IP Configure Get) started... 
May 11 06:26:18 ml-linux NetworkManager: <info>    address 192.168.1.101 
May 11 06:26:18 ml-linux NetworkManager: <info>    prefix 24 (255.255.255.0) 
May 11 06:26:18 ml-linux NetworkManager: <info>    gateway 192.168.1.1 
May 11 06:26:18 ml-linux NetworkManager: <info>    nameserver '208.67.222.222' 
May 11 06:26:18 ml-linux NetworkManager: <info>    nameserver '208.67.220.220' 
May 11 06:26:18 ml-linux NetworkManager: <info>    nameserver '24.200.241.37' 
May 11 06:26:18 ml-linux NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (wlan0) Stage 5 of 5 (IP Configure Commit) scheduled... 
May 11 06:26:18 ml-linux NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (wlan0) Stage 4 of 5 (IP Configure Get) complete. 
May 11 06:26:18 ml-linux NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (wlan0) Stage 5 of 5 (IP Configure Commit) started... 
May 11 06:26:18 ml-linux avahi-daemon[3060]: Joining mDNS multicast group on interface wlan0.IPv4 with address 192.168.1.101.
May 11 06:26:18 ml-linux avahi-daemon[3060]: New relevant interface wlan0.IPv4 for mDNS.
May 11 06:26:18 ml-linux avahi-daemon[3060]: Registering new address record for 192.168.1.101 on wlan0.IPv4.
May 11 06:26:19 ml-linux NetworkManager: <info>  (wlan0): device state change: 7 -> 8 
May 11 06:26:19 ml-linux NetworkManager: <info>  Policy set 'Auto Boudoir' (wlan0) as default for routing and DNS. 
May 11 06:26:19 ml-linux NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (wlan0) successful, device activated. 
May 11 06:26:19 ml-linux NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (wlan0) Stage 5 of 5 (IP Configure Commit) complete. 

 


After a good (manual) startup (restart):

May 11 06:39:56 ml-linux avahi-daemon[4597]: Got SIGTERM, quitting.
May 11 06:39:56 ml-linux avahi-daemon[4597]: Leaving mDNS multicast group on interface wlan0.IPv4 with address 192.168.1.101.
May 11 06:39:56 ml-linux mt-daapd[2955]: Client failure 
May 11 06:39:56 ml-linux mt-daapd[2955]: Server disconnected, reconnecting 
May 11 06:39:56 ml-linux mt-daapd[2955]: Client connecting 
May 11 06:39:56 ml-linux avahi-daemon[4676]: Found user 'avahi' (UID 108) and group 'avahi' (GID 120).
May 11 06:39:56 ml-linux avahi-daemon[4676]: Successfully dropped root privileges.
May 11 06:39:56 ml-linux avahi-daemon[4676]: avahi-daemon 0.6.23 starting up.
May 11 06:39:56 ml-linux avahi-daemon[4676]: Successfully called chroot().
May 11 06:39:56 ml-linux avahi-daemon[4676]: Successfully dropped remaining capabilities.
May 11 06:39:56 ml-linux avahi-daemon[4676]: No service file found in /etc/avahi/services.
May 11 06:39:56 ml-linux avahi-daemon[4676]: Joining mDNS multicast group on interface wlan0.IPv4 with address 192.168.1.101.
May 11 06:39:56 ml-linux avahi-daemon[4676]: New relevant interface wlan0.IPv4 for mDNS.
May 11 06:39:56 ml-linux avahi-daemon[4676]: Network interface enumeration completed.
May 11 06:39:56 ml-linux avahi-daemon[4676]: Registering new address record for fe80::223:4dff:fe56:ff02 on wlan0.*.
May 11 06:39:56 ml-linux avahi-daemon[4676]: Registering new address record for 192.168.1.101 on wlan0.IPv4.
May 11 06:39:56 ml-linux avahi-daemon[4676]: Registering HINFO record with values 'I686'/'LINUX'.
May 11 06:39:56 ml-linux mt-daapd[2955]: Client registering 
May 11 06:39:57 ml-linux avahi-daemon[4676]: Server startup complete. Host name is ml-linux.local. Local service cookie is 3127269354.
May 11 06:39:57 ml-linux mt-daapd[2955]: Client running 
May 11 06:40:01 ml-linux /USR/SBIN/CRON[4696]: (root) CMD ([ -x /usr/sbin/update-motd ] && /usr/sbin/update-motd 2>/dev/null)