[ath9k-devel] n-mode problems(ongoing issue)

[Dmitri Seletski <drjoms@gmail.com>]

Sorry, i am a bit sleepy, couple of comments to what i have written...

Well first of all, stability issue seem to be gone. Driver seem to be
very stable now

Dmitri Seletski wrote:
> Hello guys.
> Fresh drivers are installed.(compat wireless, downloaded them today
> couple of hours ago)
> Bellow is line from my start up scripts:
>
> wpa_supplicant -i wlan0 -c /root/wpa.conf&
>
> Below is wpa .conf
>
> network={
>     ssid="dlink"
>     priority=4
>     key_mgmt=NONE
> }
>
> To remind you my lay out: home server, eth1 - internet, eth0 - lan.
> from server there is cable to switch. from switch: 1 cable goes to
> wireless access point(abg mode set on daily basis.couple of people connected to it on daily basis), 1 cable goes to my
> computer(when no one is at home, unfortunately i cant have cable around
> house)
>
>
>
> Error I am getting when router is switched to N only mode.
>
> wpa_supplicant -i wlan0 -c /root/wpa.conf
> CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-RESULTS
> Trying to associate with 00:1e:58:b4:f6:83 (SSID='dlink' freq=2442 MHz)
> Association request to the driver failed
> CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-RESULTS
> Authentication with 00:1e:58:b4:f6:83 timed out.
> CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-RESULTS
> Trying to associate with 00:1e:58:b4:f6:83 (SSID='dlink' freq=2442 MHz)
> Association request to the driver failed
> CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-RESULTS
> Authentication with 00:1e:58:b4:f6:83 timed out.
> CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-RESULTS
> Trying to associate with 00:1e:58:b4:f6:83 (SSID='dlink' freq=2442 MHz)
> Association request to the driver failed
> CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-RESULTS
>
>
> I have noticed also couple of things, and it is kinda weird.
> IPV6 doesnt work on my wifi. no matter what i do.
it works flawlessly and worked flawlessly before over cables. ip address
is magically autoconfigured and works 100%.
> I run radvd on server,
> so everything should work automatically. However, wifi doesnt pick up
> advertisements.
I can see over tcpdump that server sends advertisements, however, they dont appear on incoming (wlan0) interface, not unless i assign ipv6 manually, then advertisments go through, but that inda defeats purpose, after a while IPV6 is gone again. I am not sure now what errors i get when i ping6 from server to my machine, but something very similar to: "echo ipv6 reply error".

That is another problem. its quite annoying one as well. IPV6 and
tunnels dont seem to work properly anymore.
> When i set up ipv6 address and routing manually it works for some
> time(from minute to 10 minutes) then connectivity for ipv6 disappears.
> ipv4 works fine.
>
> Also, tunnels (like gre tunel for example) dont work over ath9k. virtual
> networks dont work over it as well. it seems only ipv4 works over it,
> havent tried ipx or anything that exotic, since i hav eno clients or
> reasons for that.
>
> I can pretty confidently say, its not my fault(and i do things correctly
> and with understanding), since everything I want to set up, like
> tunnels(lets say between virtual machine on my pc and router) - work.
(i meant over ethernet cable, ethernet, and not wireless card)
>  So
> i am confident it's not my screwy hands.
>
> Please advice on following actions.
> Regards
> Dmitri
>
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