I AGREE 100%!

On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 8:57 PM, Colin Zwiebel <[email protected]> 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.
>
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-RickG KyWiFi
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