From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mtiwmhc11.worldnet.att.net ([204.127.131.115]:37358 "EHLO mtiwmhc11.worldnet.att.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751139AbYLAXUc (ORCPT ); Mon, 1 Dec 2008 18:20:32 -0500 Message-ID: <4934713E.8060500@lwfinger.net> (sfid-20081202_002037_180953_B39FE574) Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:20:30 -0600 From: Larry Finger MIME-Version: 1.0 To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Mart=EDn_Ernesto_Barreyro?= CC: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Problem with rtl8187 References: <4933EEBC.3030105@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4933EEBC.3030105@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Mart=EDn Ernesto Barreyro wrote: > Hello I'm using the latest revision of compat wireless on a Debian Le= nny > with a 2.6.27.7 kernel downloaded from kernel.org. >=20 > uname -ra > Linux notebook 2.6.27.7 #1 SMP Thu Nov 27 15:12:29 ARST 2008 i686 GNU= /Linux >=20 > My notebook is fabricated in Argentina by Bangh=F3. It has a rtl8187 = usb > wireless card. >=20 > lsusb | grep Realtek >=20 > Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0bda:8187 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8187 > Wireless Adapter >=20 > The thing is that when I'm downloading something using a bit torrent > client the connection falls. Network Manager (v0.7.0) still shows the > connection as active showing the intensity of the signal, but I can't > use the network. > I've search in the syslogs, messages and daemon.log and I can't find > anything unusual. At least form me. >=20 > When the connection stops I've to reload the driver with >=20 > rmmod rtl8187 > modprobe rtl8187 >=20 > I'm a little far from de AP but it becames stable at 11Mb/s and it on= ly > falls with the bit torrent client. > The time it takes to fall is radom, and sometimes it happens after 10 > minutes less or more. > I've tried to limit the torrent bitrate to 100KB/s and 80 KB/s and > nothing. Also tried to use a 5.5Mb/s connection to the Ap, but nothin= g > improves. I have had the driver fail for my RTL8187B, but it usually takes 18-24 = hours. It is good to know that a torrent client makes it happen more frequently. = Perhaps I can capture the wireless packets and see where it fails. Thanks for your report, Larry -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireles= s" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html