Return-path: Received: from mail-fx0-f158.google.com ([209.85.220.158]:36312 "EHLO mail-fx0-f158.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755696AbZEKVxb (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 May 2009 17:53:31 -0400 Message-ID: <4A089E49.7080403@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 23:53:13 +0200 From: Jiri Slaby MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Justin Mattock CC: Linux Kernel Mailing List , ath9k-devel@lists.ath9k.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: ath9k seems to be broken on 2.6.30-rc4 with a macbook pro References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Adding some CCs. On 05/11/2009 07:02 PM, Justin Mattock wrote: > I've been trying to diagnose an issue > with 2.6.30-rc4. At first thinking it > was not the kernel, but the network manager > (in my case I use wicd). > with 2.6.29-rc8 the system starts up, > connects no problem. > but as soon as I load 2.6.30-rc4 > I get limited connection to none. > in dmesg I see: > > [ 36.337419] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:1e:2a:00:67:f0 try 1 > [ 36.530106] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:1e:2a:00:67:f0 try 2 > [ 36.730100] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:1e:2a:00:67:f0 try 3 > [ 36.930101] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:1e:2a:00:67:f0 timed out > [ 44.421728] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:1e:2a:00:67:f0 try 1 > [ 44.620080] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:1e:2a:00:67:f0 try 2 > [ 44.820080] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:1e:2a:00:67:f0 try 3 > [ 45.020076] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:1e:2a:00:67:f0 timed out > > The type of encryption used is just > a standard WEP key(no WPA). > > has this been resolved already? > > Also I'm noticing(but not that big of a deal) > if I set in sysctl.conf: > > net.ipv4.conf.all.arp_ignore=8 > net.ipv4.conf.wlan0.arp_ignore=8 > net.ipv4.conf.wmaster0.arp_ignore=8 > net.ipv4.conf.lo.arp_ignore=8 > net.ipv4.conf.all.arp_announce=2 > net.ipv4.conf.wlan0.arp_announce=2 > net.ipv4.conf.wmaster0.arp_announce=2 > net.ipv4.conf.lo.arp_announce=2 > > watching a movie on hulu, about 15/20 minuets > into enjoyment, hulu craps out(starts re-buffering) > then re initializes after about 30 secs later. > but if I comment those out(set back to default) > hulu will run fine. >