I have the same issue with different Atheros based routers, namely: TP-Link
WDR4300, WDR4900, TL-WR841ND V1 and TL-WR841ND V2.

WiFi it's quite unstable and I don't know where to look for debugging this
issue.


On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 8:17 AM, Steven Haigh <net...@crc.id.au> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I've been trying to debug this for quite a while with little success.
>
> It seems that the AR9344 (2.4GHz side only) on the WD N600 routers is
> rather unstable. At random intervals, the 2.4GHz side of things
> completely stops passing traffic.
>
> Stations remain associated, however no data is processed.
>
> My Android devices show the network as ok - but no network connectivity.
> I cannot ping the router, nor access the luci interface.
>
> If I use the same device and connect to the 5GHz side of the device, I
> can access things fine. I am unable to switch back to the 2.4GHz side of
> the AP once disconnected.
>
> Some of the time, using 'wifi down && wifi up' will restore connectivity
> on the 2.4GHz side, other times I need to do a full restart of the device.
>
> There are no obvious messages in dmesg or logread that would point to a
> hang or certain module / device not responding anymore.
>
> Currently running:
> root@OpenWrt:~# cat /proc/version
> Linux version 3.10.13 (openwrt@openwrt) (gcc version 4.6.4
> (OpenWrt/Linaro GCC 4.6-2013.05 r38259) ) #2 Thu Oct 10 20:25:10 EDT 2013
>
> Device info:
> http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/wd/n600
>
> I have heard multiple reports from other people - enough that this seems
> to be a common problem with this device / driver / something.
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions on this?
>
> --
> Steven Haigh
>
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