Yes, it is a module and yes I did a reboot. I can remember having specified minstrel when compiling the kernel instead of pid so perhaps I need to reconfigure/recompile the kernel?
----- 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 11:38 PM Subject: Re: [zd1211-devs] Problem with MTU > 500 the modprobe line only take effect after unload/reloading the mac80211 module (i.e. reboot or do modprobe -r then modprobe mac80211), also you need to have built mac80211 as a module for this to work. lsmod should list it, if it isn't listed, you have it built into the kernel... I think it is possible to pass parameters to built-in's, but it has to be at the boot parameter stage... not sure about the syntax for that, but it is possible. --- On Sat, 13/2/10, Ernst J. Oud <ernst...@euronet.nl> wrote: > 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
