Hi Zaki, On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 11:11:26AM +0800, Zaki wrote: > Hi, > > > I would like to highlight some observation that i notice in my mesh > network. Setting up 10 nodes is easy, so they are now working 24/7. The > exercise i did is for them to ping each other. While mostly they are > stable, there are moments where Ping Timeout happen for some seconds before > the ping resumes. It happened in all the 10 nodes randomly. Then, i use > Fluke Aircheck WiFi Tester to see what is happening during that time. The > results are quite surprising to me : > 1) The beacon detection (beeps on the device) is very random interval and > most of its interval is almost around 1 sec each. Sometimes a long pause > between the beeps.
Assuming you're using some ath9k cards for testing, this patch: https://github.com/cozybit/open80211s/commit/380bf3ad4c2ccd92658943e978f8d942611a3d6d might help with a more stable beacon interval. If you do test and notice an improvement, please let us know. > 2) 2.4G and 5G are having the same behaviour. > 3) When i tuned the Fluke to detect my normal AP, the beeps are > consistently in a very fast interval. No pause at all in between. > > I was testing it using 0.5release and changed to the latest compat-wireless > available and all the settings are default. Both gave the same result. I am > suspecting some issue on the beacon generation but not sure which part is > causing the problem. Is there anybody else experience the same observation > like me?. > > Rgds, > Zack. > _______________________________________________ > Devel mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.open80211s.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devel _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.open80211s.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devel
