Return-path: Received: from smtp-out26.alice.it ([85.33.2.26]:3334 "EHLO smtp-out26.alice.it" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752233AbXEXVg1 (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 May 2007 17:36:27 -0400 From: Matteo Croce To: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: airo works badly Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 23:22:18 +0200 References: <200705060231.28480.rootkit85@yahoo.it> <20070514182336.GC6999@tuxdriver.com> In-Reply-To: <20070514182336.GC6999@tuxdriver.com> Cc: "John W. Linville" , Dan Williams , Michal Schmidt MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Message-Id: <200705242322.18761.rootkit85@yahoo.it> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Monday 14 May 2007 20:23:36 you wrote: > On Sun, May 06, 2007 at 02:31:28AM +0200, Matteo Croce wrote: > > Now I get another error while ifdown && ifup again: > > > > airo(eth0): Max tries exceeded when issueing command > > airo(eth0): enable_MAC: Cannot enable MAC, err=65535 > > airo(eth0): Max tries exceeded when issueing command > > Per our IRC conversation, it seems that this problem emerged for you > between 2.6.16 and 2.6.17. Please try using git-bisect to determine > exactly which patch caused this issue for you. > > Thanks, > > John Just before teh network goes down i notice a slowdown, i investigated and i discovered that the card drops big (not _so_ big) packets: [~]$ ping 192.168.0.2 -c 6 -s 482 PING 192.168.0.2 (192.168.0.2) 482(510) bytes of data. 490 bytes from 192.168.0.2: icmp_seq=1 ttl=127 time=5.65 ms 490 bytes from 192.168.0.2: icmp_seq=2 ttl=127 time=2.66 ms 490 bytes from 192.168.0.2: icmp_seq=3 ttl=127 time=2.69 ms 490 bytes from 192.168.0.2: icmp_seq=4 ttl=127 time=2.67 ms 490 bytes from 192.168.0.2: icmp_seq=5 ttl=127 time=2.66 ms 490 bytes from 192.168.0.2: icmp_seq=6 ttl=127 time=2.66 ms --- 192.168.0.2 ping statistics --- 6 packets transmitted, 6 received, 0% packet loss, time 5021ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 2.663/3.169/5.659/1.115 ms [~]$ ping 192.168.0.2 -c 6 -s 483 PING 192.168.0.2 (192.168.0.2) 483(511) bytes of data. --- 192.168.0.2 ping statistics --- 6 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 5001ms [~]$ Note: 192.168.0.2 is the Access point, so it is teh first node in the net.