Return-path: Received: from mail-gg0-f174.google.com ([209.85.161.174]:59486 "EHLO mail-gg0-f174.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752671Ab2IMVhF (ORCPT ); Thu, 13 Sep 2012 17:37:05 -0400 Message-ID: <505251FD.2090901@lwfinger.net> (sfid-20120913_233729_185351_C38BA86D) Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2012 16:37:01 -0500 From: Larry Finger MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Norbert Preining CC: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Borislav Petkov Subject: Re: rtl8192se: ping router gives mdev of 25387.102??? References: <20120913101828.GA3309@gandalf.dynalias.org> In-Reply-To: <20120913101828.GA3309@gandalf.dynalias.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 09/13/2012 05:18 AM, Norbert Preining wrote: > Hi everyone, > > (please cc) > > see $subject ... > > No warning, nothing in the logs, but pinging my router I get > things like: > --- 192.168.0.1 ping statistics --- > 376 packets transmitted, 315 received, +33 errors, 16% packet loss, time 405164ms > rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.873/10077.793/95935.698/25387.102 ms, pipe 68 > > or > --- 192.168.0.1 ping statistics --- > 1252 packets transmitted, 1225 received, 2% packet loss, time 1252976ms > rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.941/764.171/19929.265/2758.225 ms, pipe 20 > > > Has anyone *ever* seen a mdev of 25387.102 ms ??? No, but packets that are not returned for 19+ or 95+ seconds are usually counted as lost. I have 4 different cards that use rtl8192se. With the current wireless-testing git, I get the following: Card 1: Antenna config not known -------------------------------- Network controller [0280]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8191SEvB Wireless LAN Controller [10ec:8172] (rev 10) 100 packets transmitted, 100 received, 0% packet loss, time 99138ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 1.106/2.824/107.634/10.684 ms Card 2: Labeled 1x1 ------------------- Network controller [0280]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8191SEvA Wireless LAN Controller [10ec:8171] (rev 10) 100 packets transmitted, 100 received, 0% packet loss, time 99139ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.986/1.954/26.982/3.005 ms Card 3: Labeled 1x2 ------------------- Network controller [0280]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8191SEvB Wireless LAN Controller [10ec:8172] (rev 10) 100 packets transmitted, 100 received, 0% packet loss, time 99141ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.996/2.507/50.636/5.989 ms Card 4: Labeled 2x2 ------------------- Network controller [0280]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8192SE Wireless LAN Controller [10ec:8174] (rev 10) 100 packets transmitted, 99 received, 1% packet loss, time 99146ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.974/1.768/31.183/3.016 ms My AP is a Netgear WNDR3300 with a max rate of 270 Mbps in the 2.4 GHz band. The distance between my laptop and the AP is about 2m. The card is on an Express Card PCIe extender, and I have 2 7 dBi antennas connected. They likely boost the signal more than the ordinary laptop antennas would. The iwconfig output for card 4 is wlan26 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:"lwfdjf-n" Mode:Managed Frequency:2.422 GHz Access Point: C0:3F:0E:BE:2B:44 Bit Rate=270 Mb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm Retry long limit:7 RTS thr=2347 B Fragment thr:off Power Management:off Link Quality=70/70 Signal level=-35 dBm Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0 From what you posted earlier, I think your card is like my Cards 1 & 3, but the PCI ID will tell for sure. These tests were run with commit 0a92aec2f22d of wireless-testing. There are some test patches installed, but non of them affect rtl8192se. Larry