Return-path: Received: from mail-qy0-f179.google.com ([209.85.221.179]:54895 "EHLO mail-qy0-f179.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751177Ab0DJTky convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Sat, 10 Apr 2010 15:40:54 -0400 Received: by qyk9 with SMTP id 9so2558540qyk.1 for ; Sat, 10 Apr 2010 12:40:53 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: <4BB7660A.3030900@lwfinger.net> <4BB773A9.2070703@lwfinger.net> Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2010 16:40:53 -0300 Message-ID: Subject: Re: RTL 8187b - naughty behaviour From: Rogerio Luz Coelho To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?G=E1bor_Stefanik?= Cc: Larry Finger , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, Herton Ronaldo Krzesinski Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 2010/4/10 Gábor Stefanik : > On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 2:07 PM, Rogerio Luz Coelho > wrote: >> 2010/4/3 Rogerio Luz Coelho : >>> 2010/4/3 Larry Finger : >>>> On 04/03/2010 11:49 AM, Rogerio Luz Coelho wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I have a MS-Win7 instalation on this Laptop and it works 100% even at >>>>> longer distances than you report,even with walls in between. >>>>> >>>>> Will do the tcpperf test as soon as I get home. There are other with >>>>> the same problem with my exact chip here in Brasil , that is because >>>>> one of our leading Laptop vendors uses this config. >>>> >>>> What is the exact make and model of the device? It might be difficult >>>> for me to get one in the US, but one of the rtl8187 developers lives in >>>> Brazil. He should be able to find one. >>>> >>> >>> It愀 a POSITIVO R430L - Core 2 Duo 4GB RAM >>> >>> >>>>> Does it matter that the USB port used in this setting is a connected >>>>> to a USB HUB and then to the mother board? >>>> >>>> Is the hub passive, or is it powered? If the hub is good and not >>>> underpowered, it should be OK. >>>> >>>>> More details and tests will come your way in a day or two ... will >>>>> reinstall Mandriva 2010 and do some tests with older kernels. >>>> >>>> If you can download an openSUSE 11.2 Live CD and burn it, you would not >>>> even have to do an installation. That one has a 2.6.31 kernel. >>>> >>>> Larry >> >> >> Downloaded and installed: >> >> OpenSuse 11.2 - LiveCD  result: Gnome Network-Manager tells me there >> is connection but no ping resposes, Firefox complains about conections >> errors. >> >> Mandriva 2010.0 (kernel 2.6.31-12) result: concection comes and goes >> ... generally the first boot of the day connects, but it lasts less >> than 5min. The error code is the "deauthentication by local reason >> (reason=3) again. >> >> MS-Win7 : connects and is as fast as ever. >> >> -- Any other suggestions? >> >> Rogerio >> >> PS: Will give OpenSuse a HD install atempt and will try to debug the >> Mandriva for some time, future tries involve Debian Stable (old >> kernel) and some Fedora (any suggestions?) and the NDISwrapper drive >> in a Debian Testing (the Distro I need working) > > Hi, > > Please also test Realtek's official r8187b driver. If possible, please > do an mmiotrace on that driver. Ok ... The official Realtek is only for 32bits systems right ? ( At least the guys at Realtek support told me so... ) and this mmiotrace can be accomplished how? Is it a program, a command, a debug message in some form? Sorry, as I said earlier I am NOT a kernel programer. Rogerio