Return-path: Received: from yx-out-2324.google.com ([74.125.44.28]:55682 "EHLO yx-out-2324.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751439AbZANNaF (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 Jan 2009 08:30:05 -0500 Received: by yx-out-2324.google.com with SMTP id 8so217493yxm.1 for ; Wed, 14 Jan 2009 05:30:04 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <40f31dec0901140530n7ff2029em67687dcd1eab590f@mail.gmail.com> (sfid-20090114_143012_870261_36556A3A) Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 15:30:03 +0200 From: "Nick Kossifidis" To: "Glenn Burkhardt" Subject: Re: poor performance with ath5k; reverting to ath_pci Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <200901140003.31693.gbburkhardt@verizon.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 References: <200901140003.31693.gbburkhardt@verizon.net> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 2009/1/14 Glenn Burkhardt : > I just upgraded my system to Suse 11.1, and it installed the ath5k driver. I > started having trouble with network access, and found that the response time > to the wireless router in my house was lousy: > > glenn@DepotRd:~> ping 192.168.2.1 > PING 192.168.2.1 (192.168.2.1) 56(84) bytes of data. > 64 bytes from 192.168.2.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=1233 ms > 64 bytes from 192.168.2.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=1901 ms > 64 bytes from 192.168.2.1: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=1550 ms > > So I pulled the madwifi-0.9.4-1.src.rpm, and re-configured to use the ath_pci > driver. The results were much better: > > glenn@DepotRd:~> ping 192.168.2.1 > PING 192.168.2.1 (192.168.2.1) 56(84) bytes of data. > 64 bytes from 192.168.2.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.493 ms > 64 bytes from 192.168.2.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.485 ms > 64 bytes from 192.168.2.1: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=0.501 ms > 64 bytes from 192.168.2.1: icmp_seq=4 ttl=64 time=0.518 ms > > The card I have is the Netgear WG311T, which reports with PCI ID > 0x168c:0x0013, and in the log as "Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5001X+ > Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)". > > I'd be happy to try to help figure out why the response time is so bad with > the ath5k driver, but I'm completely new to this code set. Can you please post the dmesg output from when ath5k loads ? -- GPG ID: 0xD21DB2DB As you read this post global entropy rises. Have Fun ;-) Nick