--- On Mon, 11/24/08, Pavel Roskin <proski@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Pavel Roskin <proski@xxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: ath5k: can't browse at all.
> To: "Irwan Siajadi" <dev.bahamot@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-wireless@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Monday, November 24, 2008, 6:53 PM
> On Mon, 2008-11-24 at 09:41 -0800, Irwan Siajadi wrote:
> > The AR2425 is able to obtain IP address from the
> router,
> > able to ping with good results, but can't browse
> at all.
> > Below are the info on my setup, if you need more info
> please let me know.
>
> That's unlikely to be a driver problem. The driver
> doesn't distinguish
> pings from other packets. The only significant difference
> could be in
> the packet size. You can try ping with larger packets to
> check if
> that's the problem.
Ping with large packet size doesn't seem to be a problem.
[root@localhost staff]# ping 192.168.1.254 -s 1500
PING 192.168.1.254 (192.168.1.254) 1500(1528) bytes of data.
1508 bytes from 192.168.1.254: icmp_seq=1 ttl=128 time=2.75 ms
1508 bytes from 192.168.1.254: icmp_seq=2 ttl=128 time=2.61 ms
...
1508 bytes from 192.168.1.254: icmp_seq=13 ttl=128 time=2.69 ms
1508 bytes from 192.168.1.254: icmp_seq=14 ttl=128 time=2.72 ms
^C
--- 192.168.1.254 ping statistics ---
14 packets transmitted, 14 received, 0% packet loss, time 13574ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 2.586/2.692/2.781/0.091 ms
>
> I suggest that you use normal network troubleshooting
> procedures and not
> assume the driver to be a problem unless you have a better
> evidence.
> Check routing, check if the nameservers in /etc/resolv.conf
> are working.
> I'm sure there are detailed guides how to troubleshoot
> networks.
I believe the problem is in the driver because I can browse normally as soon as I change the driver to ndiswrapper. Tracepath shows there's nothing wrong with routing or nameservers.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Pavel Roskin
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