On 6 December 2010 18:06, Bruno Randolf <b...@einfach.org> wrote: > On Mon December 6 2010 16:22:49 Mark Williams wrote: >> Please, anyone?? >> If im asking in the wrong place, can you advise me as to where i >> should be asking? > > This is the right place for ath5k related things, but since you are running a > custom emdebian kernel nobody here knows what's going on with that kernel > (addition patches, which compat-wireless version etc...). You could try to ask > on the emdebian mailinglists or whatever they use. You can also try a > wireless-testing kernel or a recent compat-wireless package and report back > here. Also maybe nobody has the answer or time to look at this.
Ah, sorry... when i said "custom kernel" i meant its not the standard emdebian kernel package. Its normal kernel.org source release 2.6.35.7 just configured/compiled by me. No patches, etc. Thanks. >> Thanks! >> >> On 4 December 2010 15:09, Mark Williams <m...@mwp.id.au> wrote: >> > Hi all, >> > >> > I have an eeePC with the "Atheros Communications Inc. AR5001 Wireless >> > Network Adapter". >> > Im running emdebian with a custom 2.6.35.7 built kernel. >> > >> > I connect to my WAP using: >> > modprobe -r ath5k >> > modprobe ath5k >> > wpa_supplicant -B -c/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf -iwlan0 >> > ifconfig wlan0 192.168.2.9 up >> > route add default gw 192.168.2.1 >> > >> > Which works fine. >> > But i find after a few minutes of idle, the connection fails. >> > However, if i keep packets flowing over the connection (ie, pinging), >> > the connection will keep working for any amount of time. >> > >> > Now i also use this card in adhoc mode using: >> > modprobe -r ath5k >> > modprobe ath5k >> > iw dev wlan0 set type ibss >> > ifconfig wlan0 192.168.3.1 up >> > iw dev wlan0 ibss join eeedash 2442 >> > >> > This has exactly the same problem. >> > If i connect to the adhoc within a few mins of running the above >> > commands, and then keep pinging the eeepc, the connection will >> > continue to work. >> > If i dont connect within a few mins, or let the connection idle for a >> > few mins, the connection fails and the adhoc network becomes >> > unconnectable. >> > >> > There are no strange messages or errors in the sys logs / dmesg. >> > >> > Any ideas whats going on here? >> > Any suggestions on different settings, etc i could try? >> > >> > Thanks in advance! >> > Mark Williams. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> ath5k-devel mailing list >> ath5k-devel@lists.ath5k.org >> https://lists.ath5k.org/mailman/listinfo/ath5k-devel > _______________________________________________ ath5k-devel mailing list ath5k-devel@lists.ath5k.org https://lists.ath5k.org/mailman/listinfo/ath5k-devel
