I can confirm 1 & 2, i have the same problems on my aspire one. Also wrt: 1
The reported signal strength is much lower than running say madwifi on the same hardware/os. On 1 Jun 2009, at 21:43, Maxim Levitsky wrote: > Hi, > > Just like ath9k thread, here is the list of bugs, I have seen on my > aspire one (with ath5k). > > This is an AR2425 device. > > > #1) - Data transfer often stalls, sometimes for few seconds, sometimes > for much longer periods. > > Transfer rate doesn't affect this, nether does network load (happens > much more often when it is high, but also happens, while it is > medium to > low). > > I observed that, resetting the phy by triggering a scan, sometimes > help, > although running the scan inside a 2 second per iteration loop, > doesn't > prevent this stall to occur. > > Also encryption doesn't play any role in this, I have seen same > scenario on open network configuration as well. > > > #2) - Driver sometimes doesn't wake the device up, after resume from > ram/disk. It happens not much often, but when it does, only a power > cycle (reboot or poweroff) helps to recover the device, and nether > s2ram > nor s2disk do anything. > > > > #3) Ath5k often panics the kernel when it is in ibss/ap mode. This > reported to be fixed, but I use latest wireless-testing (less that 3 > day > old, on average) > > > #4) Ath5k doesn't send beacons, when hostapd is run for the first > time. > > > #5) Can't send any frames between AP (ath5k) and a client. > But If I create a second monitor iface (in addition to the one hostapd > have created) I do see the frames from client on AP. > > > I especially hate bug #1, and would be happy to see bug #2 fixed. > I don't use AP mode much yet, but it would be nice if it were in > working > state. > > > > Best regards, > Maxim Levitsky > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux- > wireless" in > the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html _______________________________________________ ath5k-devel mailing list ath5k-devel@lists.ath5k.org https://lists.ath5k.org/mailman/listinfo/ath5k-devel
