From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ivo Ugrina Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2008 14:39:57 +0100 Subject: [ath9k-devel] connection keeps dropping: AR928X, 2.6.27.4 Message-ID: <491C2E2D.6050006@iugrina.com> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: ath9k-devel@lists.ath9k.org Hi, I have Asus x51l with Atheros AR928X chip inside and I've compiled vanilla-kernel 2.6.27.4 to enable support for this chip. And here comes the problem: my connection keeps dropping off every few minutes. sometimes it works fine for few hours and then starts dropping off. It's the same with WEP and WPA. Also, sometimes I lose connection completely and I am not even able to do "iwlist scan". The only thing that helps is "modprobe -r ath9k && modprobe ath9k". So, I believe it's ath9k error. Here's some tech info: I use Gentoo, vanilla kernel 2.6.27.4. For WEP I use iwconfig and for WPA wpa_supplicant. # (only wifi) $ lspci -vnn Network controller [0280]: Atheros Communications, Inc. Device [168c:002a] (rev 01) Subsystem: Device [1a3b:1067] Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17 Memory at fdef0000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K] Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2 Capabilities: [50] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit- Queue=0/0 Enable- Capabilities: [60] Express Legacy Endpoint, MSI 00 Capabilities: [90] MSI-X: Enable- Mask- TabSize=1 Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting Capabilities: [140] Virtual Channel Capabilities: [160] Device Serial Number 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00 Kernel driver in use: ath9k Kernel modules: ath9k # (after $modprobe -r ath9k && modprobe ath9k) $ dmesg ath9k 0000:04:00.0: PCI INT A disabled ath9k: driver unloaded ath9k: 0.1 ath9k 0000:04:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17 ath9k 0000:04:00.0: setting latency timer to 64 phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'ath9k_rate_control' phy0: Atheros 9280: mem=0xf8e60000, irq=17 ForceXPAon: 0 ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready ForceXPAon: 0 ForceXPAon: 0 ForceXPAon: 0 ForceXPAon: 0 ForceXPAon: 0 wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:1d:7e:55:af:db wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:1d:7e:55:af:db wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:1d:7e:55:af:db wlan0: authentication with AP 00:1d:7e:55:af:db timed out ForceXPAon: 0 ForceXPAon: 0 ForceXPAon: 0 ForceXPAon: 0 ForceXPAon: 0 wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:1d:7e:55:af:db wlan0: authenticated wlan0: associate with AP 00:1d:7e:55:af:db wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:1d:7e:55:af:db (capab=0x11 status=0 aid=1) wlan0: associated ForceXPAon: 0 ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlan0: link becomes ready wlan0: no IPv6 routers present wlan0: deauthenticated wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:1d:7e:55:af:db wlan0: authenticated wlan0: associate with AP 00:1d:7e:55:af:db wlan0: RX ReassocResp from 00:1d:7e:55:af:db (capab=0x11 status=0 aid=1) wlan0: associated ForceXPAon: 0 ForceXPAon: 0 . . . -- Ivo Ugrina ICQ: 47508335 Jabber: iugrina at jabber.org