Re: ath9k seems to be broken on 2.6.30-rc4 with a macbook pro

[Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@gmail.com>]

Adding some CCs.

On 05/11/2009 07:02 PM, Justin Mattock wrote:
> I've been trying to diagnose an issue
> with 2.6.30-rc4. At first thinking it
> was not the kernel, but the network manager
> (in my case I use wicd).
> with 2.6.29-rc8 the system starts up,
> connects no problem.
> but as soon as I load 2.6.30-rc4
> I get limited connection to none.
> in dmesg I see:
> 
> [   36.337419] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:1e:2a:00:67:f0 try 1
> [   36.530106] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:1e:2a:00:67:f0 try 2
> [   36.730100] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:1e:2a:00:67:f0 try 3
> [   36.930101] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:1e:2a:00:67:f0 timed out
> [   44.421728] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:1e:2a:00:67:f0 try 1
> [   44.620080] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:1e:2a:00:67:f0 try 2
> [   44.820080] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:1e:2a:00:67:f0 try 3
> [   45.020076] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:1e:2a:00:67:f0 timed out
> 
> The type of encryption used is just
> a standard WEP key(no WPA).
> 
> has this been resolved already?
> 
> Also I'm noticing(but not that big of a deal)
> if I set in sysctl.conf:
> 
> net.ipv4.conf.all.arp_ignore=8
> net.ipv4.conf.wlan0.arp_ignore=8
> net.ipv4.conf.wmaster0.arp_ignore=8
> net.ipv4.conf.lo.arp_ignore=8
> net.ipv4.conf.all.arp_announce=2
> net.ipv4.conf.wlan0.arp_announce=2
> net.ipv4.conf.wmaster0.arp_announce=2
> net.ipv4.conf.lo.arp_announce=2
> 
> watching a movie on hulu, about 15/20 minuets
> into enjoyment, hulu craps out(starts re-buffering)
> then re initializes after about 30 secs later.
> but if I comment those out(set back to default)
> hulu will run fine.
>