Please, anyone?? If im asking in the wrong place, can you advise me as to where i should be asking?
Thanks! On 4 December 2010 15:09, Mark Williams <m...@mwp.id.au> wrote: > Hi all, > > I have an eeePC with the "Atheros Communications Inc. AR5001 Wireless > Network Adapter". > Im running emdebian with a custom 2.6.35.7 built kernel. > > I connect to my WAP using: > modprobe -r ath5k > modprobe ath5k > wpa_supplicant -B -c/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf -iwlan0 > ifconfig wlan0 192.168.2.9 up > route add default gw 192.168.2.1 > > Which works fine. > But i find after a few minutes of idle, the connection fails. > However, if i keep packets flowing over the connection (ie, pinging), > the connection will keep working for any amount of time. > > Now i also use this card in adhoc mode using: > modprobe -r ath5k > modprobe ath5k > iw dev wlan0 set type ibss > ifconfig wlan0 192.168.3.1 up > iw dev wlan0 ibss join eeedash 2442 > > This has exactly the same problem. > If i connect to the adhoc within a few mins of running the above > commands, and then keep pinging the eeepc, the connection will > continue to work. > If i dont connect within a few mins, or let the connection idle for a > few mins, the connection fails and the adhoc network becomes > unconnectable. > > There are no strange messages or errors in the sys logs / dmesg. > > Any ideas whats going on here? > Any suggestions on different settings, etc i could try? > > Thanks in advance! > Mark Williams. > _______________________________________________ ath5k-devel mailing list ath5k-devel@lists.ath5k.org https://lists.ath5k.org/mailman/listinfo/ath5k-devel
