Also tried /etc/modprobe.d/options.conf with the setting as stated below; still minstrel is used... weird.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Ernst J. Oud" <ernst...@euronet.nl> To: "Hin-Tak Leung" <hintak_le...@yahoo.co.uk>; <zd1211-devs@lists.sourceforge.net> Sent: Saturday, February 13, 2010 11:21 PM Subject: Re: [zd1211-devs] Problem with MTU > 500 > Ok. I tried, apparantly modprobe.conf is deprecated. So, I created > /etc/modprobe.d/mac80211.conf with: > > options mac80211 ieee80211_default_rc_algo=pid > > but that doesn't work; dmesg still shows minstrel is used. > > Putting the same line in modprobe.conf gives the same result; minstrel is > still used. > > Bit of a newbie here; never changed modprobe.conf, so I am unsure whether > adding anything to that file still works since it is deprecated and if not > what the filename in /etc/modprobe.d/ should be... > > Perhaps it helps to know that the iwconfig output is also rather minimal: > > wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID: [esside deleted] > Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: [mac address > deleted] > Bit Rate=1 Mb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm > Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off > Encryption key: [key deleted] > Power Management:off > Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0 > Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 > Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0 > > So no link quality, signal level and noise level indicated and the Bit > Rate > is not correct; I get speeds that fit with 24 Mb/s or higher... > > So something weird is happening with this setup here. > > Relevant part of dmesg (mac address of AP masked): > > usb 1-1: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 2 > phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'minstrel' > zd1211rw 1-1:1.0: phy0 > usbcore: registered new interface driver zd1211rw > usb 1-1: firmware: requesting zd1211/zd1211b_ub > usb 1-1: firmware: requesting zd1211/zd1211b_uphr > zd1211rw 1-1:1.0: firmware version 4725 > zd1211rw 1-1:1.0: zd1211b chip 0ace:1215 v4810 high 00-25-86 MAXIM_NEW_RF > pa0 -7--- > cfg80211: Calling CRDA for country: DE > wlan0: direct probe to AP --:--:--:--:--:-- (try 1) > wlan0: direct probe responded > wlan0: authenticate with AP --:--:--:--:--:-- (try 1) > wlan0: authenticated > wlan0: associate with AP --:--:--:--:--:-- (try 1) > wlan0: RX AssocResp from --:--:--:--:--:-- (capab=0x411 status=0 aid=4) > wlan0: associated > > Any clues? > > TIA > > Ernst > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Hin-Tak Leung" <hintak_le...@yahoo.co.uk> > To: <zd1211-devs@lists.sourceforge.net>; "Ernst J. Oud" > <ernst...@euronet.nl> > Sent: Saturday, February 13, 2010 9:47 PM > Subject: Re: [zd1211-devs] Problem with MTU > 500 > > > Hmm, the default(?) is 1500 - MTU=500 is way too low for normal usage. > > since zd1211rw is also a mac80211 driver, can you give the pid > modprobe.conf > a try to see if it helps? See > http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14168 > > --- On Sat, 13/2/10, Ernst J. Oud <ernst...@euronet.nl> wrote: > >> L.S. >> >> I am running Slackware 13.0 (kernel 2.6.32) on an RDC >> (=i486 compatible) >> small embedded system and using a ZD1211b usb stick for >> wlan (client) access >> using the standard zd1211rw (module). Firmware version is >> 1.4 >> >> This works fine as long as I specify an MTU >> smaller than 500 for >> wlan0. >> >> With a larger MTU the connection aborts when sending >> larger amounts of >> information, for instance in a telnet session doing an ls >> of a large directory. >> I can log in and I can do an ls on a small >> directory... >> >> This is not an USB WLAN stick problem; I tried three >> separate sticks from >> different vendors and they all exhibit this problem. >> >> With an MTU of say 448, wlan speed is half of what it >> could be so any help >> would be appreciated. >> >> TIA >> >> Ernst > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > SOLARIS 10 is the OS for Data Centers - provides features such as DTrace, > Predictive Self Healing and Award Winning ZFS. Get Solaris 10 NOW > http://p.sf.net/sfu/solaris-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Zd1211-devs mailing list - http://zd1211.wiki.sourceforge.net/ > Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/zd1211-devs ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SOLARIS 10 is the OS for Data Centers - provides features such as DTrace, Predictive Self Healing and Award Winning ZFS. Get Solaris 10 NOW http://p.sf.net/sfu/solaris-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Zd1211-devs mailing list - http://zd1211.wiki.sourceforge.net/ Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/zd1211-devs
