On 26/02/2008, John W. Linville <linville@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 07:11:39PM +0000, Chris Clayton wrote: > > > Sorry, but that's not the case. I find the same results as without the > > patches. With the parameter set to 'pid', the network connection fails very > > quickly, but with it set to 'simple' I can ping and ftp files to and from my > > laptop as much as I like and the connection stays up. In fact, if anything > > the patches seem to have made the network even more fragile, in that it fails > > almost instantly once I start some network activity ( < 10 pings). > > > > I'm sure this is not the hardware - it works perfectly with Windows XP, with > > 2.6.23.14 plus the out-of-tree rt61 driver from serialmonkey, with the > > in-tree driver from 2.6.24.x and with 2.6.25-rc3 with the mac82011's > > ieee80211_default_rc_algo parameter set to 'simple'. > > > At last! Vindication for insisting that we keep 'simple' around! > Bwahahaha! :-) > It's nice to be able to make someone happy :-) > So, am I to understand that 'pid' works find for you with rtl8180? Yes John, using the rtl8180 driver I get reliable network performance with either 'pid' or 'simple'. With the rt61pci driver, I find that 'simple' provides a reliable network, but 'pid' simply does not work. So keeping 'simple' around gets my vote too. > If so, then I wonder if Stefano and Ivo can help us figure-out > what kind of problem is sensitive to both driver _and_ rate control > algorithm? > And I will help in any way I can, providing diagnostics and trying patches. > Thanks, > > John > > -- > John W. Linville > linville@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > -- Beauty is in the eye of the beerholder. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
