On Tue, 2009-04-14 at 10:34 +0000, "Jóhann B. Guðmundsson" wrote: > Jack Howarth wrote: > > Is anyone else having problems with the ath9k wireless > > drivers in current rawhide? I find that for all of the > > kernels recently in rawhide that the wireless throughput > > with dry up periodically. For example, if I do a yum update, > > the downloads will periodically hang and then yum will > > time out to a series of alternate servers. During this > > period of time no network access is possible (dns/ftp/ssh) > > from the machine in question. I am seeing this on a > > MacBook Pro v2,1 connecting to an Apple Airport > > Extreme Gigabyte wireless router that is configured for > > N protocol on 5MHz frequencies only with wide channels > > and a 6Mbps multicast rate. The same machine under > > Mac OS X 10.5.6 has rock solid connectivity. During > > these network dead periods, the NetworkManager in > > the menu bar continues to show the signal level at > > maximum level and there are no error messages in > > the system log related to the ath9k driver in use. > > This bug basically makes linux unusable over wireless > > connections. > > > Hum I can confirm similar or same experience on my T61p with F11 64 bit > installed. > > Which suggest that the driver is not the problem but some other > underlying cause.. I'm using a wireless connection on Rawhide on my main system and it has no problems, it's using the 'wl' driver though, which is a bit of an oddball (and not part of Fedora). My laptop uses ath9k, but it's not on Rawhide, and won't be, so I can't tell about that one till 11 final. -- Adam Williamson Fedora QA Community Monkey IRC: adamw | Fedora Talk: adamwill AT fedoraproject DOT org http://www.happyassassin.net -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list
