Return-path: Received: from mail-vx0-f174.google.com ([209.85.220.174]:49277 "EHLO mail-vx0-f174.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751349Ab1JSGLd convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Wed, 19 Oct 2011 02:11:33 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: <20111019060108.GA11588@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2011 09:11:32 +0300 Message-ID: (sfid-20111019_081150_769017_FDDC6A70) Subject: Re: iwlagn is getting very shaky From: Pekka Enberg To: David Rientjes Cc: Norbert Preining , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, ipw3945-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, Wey-Yi Guy , ilw@linux.intel.com, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 9:09 AM, David Rientjes wrote: > On Wed, 19 Oct 2011, Norbert Preining wrote: > >> Hi everyone >> >> (please Cc), >> >> I am currently running 3.1.0-rc10, and I am having a hard time with >> the wlan network here at the university. >> >> For quite some time, like 10min, it is fine, then suddently the >> iwlagn driver gives up on me and connection is dropped. >> >> In the log file I see: >> [ ?172.137011] iwlagn 0000:06:00.0: Tx aggregation enabled on ra = 00:24:c4:ab:bd:ef tid = 0 >> [ ?821.841016] iwlagn 0000:06:00.0: Tx aggregation enabled on ra = 00:24:c4:ab:bd:ef tid = 6 >> [ 1095.580735] wlan0: direct probe to 00:24:c4:ab:bd:e0 (try 1/3) >> [ 1095.780076] wlan0: direct probe to 00:24:c4:ab:bd:e0 (try 2/3) >> [ 1095.980101] wlan0: direct probe to 00:24:c4:ab:bd:e0 (try 3/3) >> [ 1096.180117] wlan0: direct probe to 00:24:c4:ab:bd:e0 timed out >> [ 1105.255464] wlan0: deauthenticating from 00:24:c4:ab:bd:ef by local choice (reason=2) >> [ 1105.255519] iwlagn 0000:06:00.0: Stopping AGG while state not ON or starting >> [ 1105.265581] cfg80211: Calling CRDA for country: JP >> [ 1105.271476] wlan0: authenticate with 00:24:c4:ab:bd:e0 (try 1) >> [ 1105.468105] wlan0: authenticate with 00:24:c4:ab:bd:e0 (try 2) >> [ 1105.668110] wlan0: authenticate with 00:24:c4:ab:bd:e0 (try 3) >> [ 1105.868090] wlan0: authentication with 00:24:c4:ab:bd:e0 timed out >> [ 1113.667890] wlan0: direct probe to 00:24:c4:ab:bd:e0 (try 1/3) >> [ 1113.864116] wlan0: direct probe to 00:24:c4:ab:bd:e0 (try 2/3) >> [ 1114.064095] wlan0: direct probe to 00:24:c4:ab:bd:e0 (try 3/3) >> [ 1114.264109] wlan0: direct probe to 00:24:c4:ab:bd:e0 timed out >> >> Somewhere around 1100 the connection is gone and never comes back again. >> >> I tried removing the driver module from the kernel and reinserting it, >> tried to turn on and off the hardware swithc (rfkill), all without >> no success, the wlan connection remains dead until I reboot. >> >> I am not sure exactely when it started, I guess somewhere in the >> 3.1 cycle, before I was permanently working wiht wlan, now I always >> plug in the cable. >> >> If there is any way to track down this, or any suggestions how I can >> debug it, please let me know. >> >> Hardware: Sony VGN-Z11, Intel(R) WiFi Link 5100 AGN, REV=0x54 >> L1 Enabled; Disabling L0S >> device EEPROM VER=0x11e, CALIB=0x4 >> Device SKU: 0Xf0 >> Tunable channels: 13 802.11bg, 24 802.11a channels >> loaded firmware version 8.83.5.1 build 33692 (EXP) >> >> >> On the other hand, the same laptop with the very same configuration >> works very nicely in my flat's wlan, which is some dirt cheap Japanese >> only wlan router. >> > > There have been recent issues in 3.1-rc9 reported with iwlagn, see the > thread at https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/10/15/107 even though you have > different hardware. ?Adding Wey-Yi Guy from Intel and the linux-wireless > mailing list to the cc. I'm seeing very similar problems with 3.1-rc9 when my laptop is connected to an iPhone WiFi hotspot. Works just fine at home where I use Airport Express. Pekka