On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 7:42 PM, Niels Mayer <[email protected]> wrote:
> https://bugs.meego.com/show_bug.cgi?id=13778
> Bug 13778 - Wireless connection loses "router" setting for Static-IP
> https://bugs.meego.com/show_bug.cgi?id=13780
> Bug 13780 - Wired connection stops working when transferring lots of data

According to the comments in the bugs, these issues are "hardware
specific" and people aren't seeing this issue on their netbooks.
However, my understanding is that the Lenovo S10-3t is a "reference
platform" for MeeGo; therefore,  testing should be done on this
specific reference platform with its specific wireless interfaces:
ath9k                  65616  0
ath9k_common            1977  1 ath9k
ath9k_hw              243231  2 ath9k,ath9k_common

Anybody else having networking issues with the Lenovo S10-3t, or other
netbooks with Atheros9K wireless drivers?

I'm seeing the same kinds of problems in issues others have reported.
This indicates the problem is more widespread than just a specific
driver and points to some problems and instabilities in the
applications and middleware layer:

https://bugs.meego.com/show_bug.cgi?id=7529
https://bugs.meego.com/show_bug.cgi?id=11083
https://bugs.meego.com/show_bug.cgi?id=5202

Also, I set the issues I reported as "release blocker" because I don't
think 1.2 should be released with networking not working correctly,
unless we change the release name from "netbook" to "book" :-/ ;
Alternately, if this isn't considered the "showstopper" that I believe
it is, then the Lenovo S10-3t should be removed from the list of
reference platforms for MeeGo 1.2, since the networking doesn't work
correctly on the platform, either for wireless or wired connections.

Niels
http://nielsmayer.com

PS: One hunch I have is that power-management is turning off the
networking interfaces, even while they're being used. See, I rarely
have a problem with a simple "outgoing connection" like browsing the
web. The issue I'm seeing are with long-running connections, such as
SSH sessions, SSH-based file transfers of 30gigs of media-files, etc.
In fact, the network interface isn't visible to the outside world
unless I make an outgoing conenction first (like browsing a web page).
Then I can SSH in briefly before it appears like the network has
disappeared again -- as if the networking hardware went to sleep
between connections.

Next time I reboot (which I don't like to do, because it's so iffy
getting back online) I'll check the BIOS settings and see if the
networking interfaces are being put to sleep to save power. At least
on a desktop mobo (ASUS), such settings are available, I never even
looked at the bios on the s10-3t to see if there's any obvious changes
that need to be done before installing MeeGo.
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