[ath9k-devel] Weird Atheros 9485 http connecting problems

[Rajkumar Manoharan <rmanohar@qti.qualcomm.com>]

On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 10:46:22AM -0300, Arkh4mKn1ght wrote:
> Hello
> 
> I'm having a problem for some time with an atheros card 9485 using the 
> ath9k driver. My computer has linux kernel 3.12.13 and i'm using ath9k 
> driver from backports 3.15.
> 
> The problem that i have is that after some hours of using the computer, 
> the wireless connection starts
> to give problems only with HTTP and HTTPS connections. If i try to load 
> a page it just stays in "connecting..." but after some minutes its does 
> load the pages albeit slowly. Its weird because pings work fine, SSH 
> access to external servers is also fine. I thought that it could be a 
> DNS thing but if i try to load an http address by IP it also stalls in 
> connecting....(although i can ping or ssh a external machine by domain 
> without issues)
Oskar,

Can you please share your lspci output. (lspci -vvvv)?

Please send me kernel log with debug logs.

echo 0x649 >/sys/kernel/debug/ieee80211/phy*/ath9k/debug

OR

sudo modprobe -r ath9k
sudo modprobe -v ath9k debug=0x649

> This problem happens with both GUI browsers and console browsers like 
> lynx. The only way to
> resolve this is to reboot the computer or power it off. I have also 
> noticed that if i disable the network connection to my wireless router 
> when the problem appears and connect to my smartphone with hotspot 
you mean disconnecting from your AP and connecting to hotspot works fine.
isn't it?

What mode AP is configured with (HT20/HT40)?

-Rajkumar