Subject: Re: timeout problems with certain APs and b43
From: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
To: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@sisk.pl>
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	Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>,
	linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, Michael Buesch <mb@bu3sch.de>
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> > > It seems that I can reproduce something similar on demand with an SMC=
 wireless
> > > router by moving my box sufficiently far away from it. :-)
> >=20
> > Well, yeah, that's expected though, you lose signal at some point. Not
> > expected is that it happens without moving anything. Unless the
> > calibration code is wrong which wouldn't really surprise me either.
>=20
> In my case, everything works just fine when the box is 6 meters away from=
 the
> AP (including a thick wall in between), but when I move it another 5-6 me=
ters
> away from the AP, things break down ...
>=20
> I'd expect it to work at longer distances, but well. :-)

Yeah, but keep in mind we reverse engineered all the calibration code.

johannes

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