Return-path: Received: from charlotte.tuxdriver.com ([70.61.120.58]:51358 "EHLO smtp.tuxdriver.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754039Ab0GMSpU (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Jul 2010 14:45:20 -0400 Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2010 14:38:52 -0400 From: "John W. Linville" To: Alejandro Riveira =?iso-8859-1?Q?Fern=E1ndez?= Cc: Stefan Richter , Martin Steigerwald , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Johannes Berg , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: rt2x00: slow wifi with correct basic rate bitmap (was Re: stable? quality assurance?) Message-ID: <20100713183851.GD3835@tuxdriver.com> References: <201007110918.42120.Martin@lichtvoll.de> <201007111651.42963.Martin@lichtvoll.de> <20100713131112.26a3da54@varda> <4C3C6106.3000909@s5r6.in-berlin.de> <20100713153530.GC3835@tuxdriver.com> <20100713201927.78674c4a@varda> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 In-Reply-To: <20100713201927.78674c4a@varda> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 08:19:27PM +0200, Alejandro Riveira Fern?ndez wrote: > El Tue, 13 Jul 2010 11:35:31 -0400 > "John W. Linville" escribi?: > > > > > > The patch (7e0986c1) corrects an obvious error. Reverting it might > > improve your (i.e. Alejandro) performance, but it seems likely to > > cause connectivity problems for others. > > > > The fact that reverting 7e098c1 helps you suggests that rt2500usb > > my card is pci so it would be rt2500pci Sorry, typo... > > isn't using the basic_rates map properly. But after reviewing the > > code and the data I have, I can't see what would be causing that. > > It is at least possible that your AP is sending bad rate information. > > Have you tried this device with other APs? > > No; this is a desktop pc that connects to my home router/AP. A new wifi > card is cheaper than a new AP ... Perhaps you could capture some beacons from that AP? -- John W. Linville Someday the world will need a hero, and you linville@tuxdriver.com might be all we have. Be ready.