#1343: Atheros AR5212 has awful reception, trouble holding connections
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Reporter: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Owner:
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: major | Milestone:
Component: madwifi: driver | Version: v0.9.3
Resolution: | Keywords: atheros, ath_pci,
sensitivity
Patch_attached: 0 |
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Comment (by [EMAIL PROTECTED]):
good news ... finally ... YES !!!!
I installed subversion, checked out the latest trunk version,
make clean; make all; make reinstall
Reboot
And it worked ! I'm writing this entry over the WiFi link :)
The Transmit Power seems to be stable high (17 dBm), maybe other changes
also helped solve the problem.
Just posting this back to let people know how 'easy' it is to fix this
annoying issue :)
Geert
Some details :
#athstats
{{{
204 tx management frames
15 long on-chip tx retries
185 tx frames with no ack marked
855 tx frames with short preamble
1 rx failed due to bad CRC
434 periodic calibrations
rssi of last ack: 26
rssi of last rcv: 26
3 switched default/rx antenna
Antenna profile:
[1] tx 886 rx 5265
[2] tx 17 rx 15
}}}
#iwconfig
{{{
ath0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"Clarion"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point:
00:0F:24:8C:26:20
Bit Rate:11 Mb/s Tx-Power=17 dBm Sensitivity=1/1
Retry:off RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality=26/70 Signal level=-60 dBm Noise level=-86 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:6 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
}}}
# iwlist ath0 txpower
{{{
ath0 8 available transmit-powers :
0 dBm (1 mW)
5 dBm (3 mW)
7 dBm (5 mW)
9 dBm (7 mW)
11 dBm (12 mW)
13 dBm (19 mW)
15 dBm (31 mW)
17 dBm (50 mW)
Current Tx-Power=17 dBm (50 mW)
}}}
#grep -r . /proc/sys/dev/{wifi0,ath}/*
{{{
/proc/sys/dev/wifi0/ackrate:0
/proc/sys/dev/wifi0/acktimeout:48
/proc/sys/dev/wifi0/countrycode:0
/proc/sys/dev/wifi0/ctstimeout:48
/proc/sys/dev/wifi0/debug:0
/proc/sys/dev/wifi0/diversity:1
/proc/sys/dev/wifi0/fftxqmin:3
/proc/sys/dev/wifi0/ledpin:0
/proc/sys/dev/wifi0/regdomain:98
/proc/sys/dev/wifi0/rxantenna:1
/proc/sys/dev/wifi0/slottime:9
/proc/sys/dev/wifi0/softled:1
/proc/sys/dev/wifi0/txantenna:0
/proc/sys/dev/wifi0/txintrperiod:5
/proc/sys/dev/wifi0/xrpollcount:32
/proc/sys/dev/wifi0/xrpollperiod:100
/proc/sys/dev/ath/calibrate:1
/proc/sys/dev/ath/countrycode:0
/proc/sys/dev/ath/debug:0
/proc/sys/dev/ath/hal/swba_backoff:0
/proc/sys/dev/ath/hal/sw_beacon_response_time:10
/proc/sys/dev/ath/hal/dma_beacon_response_time:2
/proc/sys/dev/ath/outdoor:0
/proc/sys/dev/ath/xchanmode:1
}}}
good news ... finally ... YES !!!!
Installed subversion, checked out the latest trunk version,
make clean; make all; make reinstall
Reboot
And it worked ! I'm writing this entry over the WiFi link :)
The Transmit Power seems to be consistently high (17 dBm now, 50 mW),
maybe other changes also helped solve the problem.
Just posting this back to let people know how 'easy' it is to fix this
annoying issue :)
Geert
Some details :
#athstats
{{{
204 tx management frames
15 long on-chip tx retries
185 tx frames with no ack marked
855 tx frames with short preamble
1 rx failed due to bad CRC
434 periodic calibrations
rssi of last ack: 26
rssi of last rcv: 26
3 switched default/rx antenna
Antenna profile:
[1] tx 886 rx 5265
[2] tx 17 rx 15
}}}
#iwconfig
{{{
ath0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"Clarion"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point:
00:0F:24:8C:26:20
Bit Rate:11 Mb/s Tx-Power=17 dBm Sensitivity=1/1
Retry:off RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality=26/70 Signal level=-60 dBm Noise level=-86 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:6 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
}}}
# iwlist ath0 txpower
{{{
ath0 8 available transmit-powers :
0 dBm (1 mW)
5 dBm (3 mW)
7 dBm (5 mW)
9 dBm (7 mW)
11 dBm (12 mW)
13 dBm (19 mW)
15 dBm (31 mW)
17 dBm (50 mW)
Current Tx-Power=17 dBm (50 mW)
}}}
#grep -r . /proc/sys/dev/{wifi0,ath}/*
{{{
/proc/sys/dev/wifi0/ackrate:0
/proc/sys/dev/wifi0/acktimeout:48
/proc/sys/dev/wifi0/countrycode:0
/proc/sys/dev/wifi0/ctstimeout:48
/proc/sys/dev/wifi0/debug:0
/proc/sys/dev/wifi0/diversity:1
/proc/sys/dev/wifi0/fftxqmin:3
/proc/sys/dev/wifi0/ledpin:0
/proc/sys/dev/wifi0/regdomain:98
/proc/sys/dev/wifi0/rxantenna:1
/proc/sys/dev/wifi0/slottime:9
/proc/sys/dev/wifi0/softled:1
/proc/sys/dev/wifi0/txantenna:0
/proc/sys/dev/wifi0/txintrperiod:5
/proc/sys/dev/wifi0/xrpollcount:32
/proc/sys/dev/wifi0/xrpollperiod:100
/proc/sys/dev/ath/calibrate:1
/proc/sys/dev/ath/countrycode:0
/proc/sys/dev/ath/debug:0
/proc/sys/dev/ath/hal/swba_backoff:0
/proc/sys/dev/ath/hal/sw_beacon_response_time:10
/proc/sys/dev/ath/hal/dma_beacon_response_time:2
/proc/sys/dev/ath/outdoor:0
/proc/sys/dev/ath/xchanmode:1
}}}
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