Looks like the command can't handle so many frequencies, 5.5.10 exceeded
the size.

Josh Luthman
Office: 937-552-2340
Direct: 937-552-2343
1100 Wayne St
Suite 1337
Troy, OH 45373
On Oct 28, 2014 9:05 AM, "Matt Hoppes" <[email protected]> wrote:

> You know there were no changes made to XM v5.5.10 other than adding new
> frequencies, right?
>
> On 10/27/14, 8:57 PM, Colin Zwiebel wrote:
> > We are having serious problems with v5.5.10 with 5GHz XM hardware and
> > have decided this firmware is not production ready. We using *v5.5.10
> > only for links that require UNII-1* frequencies and avoiding in all
> > other situations. There is some sort of a bug with scanning for
> > available networks, so if your area has few networks, you might observe
> > different behavior.
> >
> >
> http://community.ubnt.com/t5/Installation-Troubleshooting/v5-5-10-major-bug-no-SSIDs-in-scan-print-scanning-info-buffer/m-p/1072997#U1072997
> >
> > *AirOS v5.5.10 is not production ready!*
> >
> > Ubiquiti, it appears you have a major bug and need to revoke the
> > release, remove from website, until you get this fixed.
> >
> >
> >
> > We have now had 3 clients -- 2 Nanobridges and 1 Rocket M5 -- disconnect
> > from their AP with the same behavior: NO SSIDs appear in scan list.
> > Downgrade to v5.5.8, no changes to config, radio once against sees SSID
> > and connects perfectly.
> >
> >
> >
> > *Workaround: Frequency Scan List*
> >
> > I cannot fully confirm this, but it appears, v5.5.10 plus frequency scan
> > list has this problem less. It also might be that this pares down the
> > amount of data coming from the atheros driver (by not scanning all
> > frequencies), and scan list doesn't actually fix the issue, just reduces
> > the scan data to something that doesn't break the radio.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > *iwlist ath0 scan -- print_scanning_info: buffer too large(65535) for
> > realocating*
> >
> > In our most recent incident, I was able to SSH into the failed v5.5.10
> STA
> >
> > XM.v5.5.10# iwlist ath0 scan
> > print_scanning_info: buffer too large(65535) for realocating
> >
> > XM.v5.5.10# wlanconfig ath0 list scan
> > ioctl[unknown???]: Argument list too long
> > wlanconfig: unable to get scan results
> >
> >
> >
> > We are running now with a frequency scan list (cannot downgrade this
> > radio) and both iwlist and wlanconfig commands are working properly.
> >
> >
> >
> > More details:
> >
> > APs: Problem happens with both Nanostation M5 APs and PowerBridge-M5 APs
> >
> >   - Seen with AP on v5.5.10
> >
> >   - Seen with AP on v5.5.8
> >
> > STAs: Problem observed with NB-22-M5 and Rocket-M5
> >
> > DFS: Problem observed on both DFS and non-DFS frequencies (5805)
> >
> >
> >
> > Most recent incident, Rocket was working fine for a few days, suddenly
> > died. It rebooted in the process (only 2min uptime when I got to
> > it). Let sit 10min, rebooted, made no difference, gave buffer too larger
> > error no matter how many reboots. Only enabling scan list patched it.
> >
> >
> >
> > Colin
> >   netBlazr <http://netblazr.com/> - free your broadband!
> >
> >
> > The wireless telegraph is not difficult to understand. The ordinary
> > telegraph is like a very long cat. You pull the tail in New York, and it
> > meows in Los Angeles. The wireless is the same, only without the cat.
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Ubnt_users mailing list
> > [email protected]
> > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/ubnt_users
> >
> _______________________________________________
> Ubnt_users mailing list
> [email protected]
> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/ubnt_users
>
_______________________________________________
Ubnt_users mailing list
[email protected]
http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/ubnt_users

Reply via email to