[ath9k-devel] ath9k constantly drops network connection

[Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com>]

On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 03:30:24PM -0700, Partha Bagchi wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 1:43 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 2:59 AM, Partha Bagchi <partha1b@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Update:
> >>
> >> The new code
> >
> > Please elaborate on what new code is. Did you take
> > compat-wireless-old, upgrade to compat-wireless's ath9k and apply the
> > new group key patch posted?
> >
> >> actually more unstable on my machine which you may recall is:
> >>
> >> Linux Bordeaux 2.6.26.3-29.fc9.i686 #1 SMP Wed Sep 3 03:42:27 EDT 2008
> >> i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
> >
> > Oh you mean you're using compat-wireless-old.
> >
> >  Luis
> >
> 
> Hi Luis,
> 
> Sorry about the ambiguity. I downloaded
> compat-wireless-2008-09-17.tar.bz2 from
> http://linuxwireless.org/download/compat-wireless-2.6/
> 
> Then as you had suggested, I took the ath9k subdirectory from the
> compat-wireless-2.6.tar.bz2 and replaced the original ath9k in the
> compat-wireless-2.6-old directory. Then I applied the patch from Mats
> email http://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=122163541519736&q=raw.
> 
> The patch applied fine, compiled and installed fine. The output that I
> posted was the result of using this new driver.
> 
> BTW, as a (sort of) comparison, I am using an USB d-link wireless card
> with rt73 and the connection is rock solid.
> 
> Thanks for all your help!
> 
> Partha

Thanks for the clarification. Can you try disabling NetworkManager
completely and then try connecting manually?

Please see here how to completely stop Network Manager:

http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Reporting_bugs#ReportingbugsinNetworkManager

(this is how:

sudo /sbin/service NetworkMananger stop
sudo killall -TERM wpa_supplicant

)

Then, provide the logs of your session. What is your environment like?
WEP, WPA, WPA2, or no encryption? You will need to run wpa_supplicant manually
if you disable Network Manager and have encryption using WPA or WPA2. If
you just have WEP you can use iwconfig.

  Luis