On Wednesday 14 January 2009 08:30:03 Nick Kossifidis wrote:
> 2009/1/14 Glenn Burkhardt <gbburkhardt@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
> > I just upgraded my system to Suse 11.1, and it installed the ath5k
> > driver. I started having trouble with network access, and found that the
> > response time to the wireless router in my house was lousy:
> >
> > glenn@DepotRd:~> ping 192.168.2.1
> > PING 192.168.2.1 (192.168.2.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
> > 64 bytes from 192.168.2.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=1233 ms
> > 64 bytes from 192.168.2.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=1901 ms
> > 64 bytes from 192.168.2.1: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=1550 ms
> >
> > So I pulled the madwifi-0.9.4-1.src.rpm, and re-configured to use the
> > ath_pci driver. The results were much better:
> >
> > glenn@DepotRd:~> ping 192.168.2.1
> > PING 192.168.2.1 (192.168.2.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
> > 64 bytes from 192.168.2.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.493 ms
> > 64 bytes from 192.168.2.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.485 ms
> > 64 bytes from 192.168.2.1: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=0.501 ms
> > 64 bytes from 192.168.2.1: icmp_seq=4 ttl=64 time=0.518 ms
> >
> > The card I have is the Netgear WG311T, which reports with PCI ID
> > 0x168c:0x0013, and in the log as "Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros
> > AR5001X+ Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)".
> >
> > I'd be happy to try to help figure out why the response time is so bad
> > with the ath5k driver, but I'm completely new to this code set.
>
> Can you please post the dmesg output from when ath5k loads ?
With ath_pci driver:
glenn@DepotRd:~> ping 192.168.2.1
PING 192.168.2.1 (192.168.2.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 192.168.2.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.974 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.2.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.946 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.2.1: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=0.964 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.2.1: icmp_seq=4 ttl=64 time=1.39 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.2.1: icmp_seq=5 ttl=64 time=0.964 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.2.1: icmp_seq=6 ttl=64 time=0.956 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.2.1: icmp_seq=7 ttl=64 time=0.948 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.2.1: icmp_seq=8 ttl=64 time=0.963 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.2.1: icmp_seq=9 ttl=64 time=0.957 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.2.1: icmp_seq=10 ttl=64 time=1.71 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.2.1: icmp_seq=11 ttl=64 time=3.62 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.2.1: icmp_seq=12 ttl=64 time=0.958 ms
^C
--- 192.168.2.1 ping statistics ---
12 packets transmitted, 12 received, 0% packet loss, time 11043ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.946/1.279/3.624/0.744 ms
glenn@DepotRd:~> iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
wifi0 no wireless extensions.
ath0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"Belkin_N_Wireless_A99331"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: 00:1C:DF:A9:93:31
Bit Rate:54 Mb/s Tx-Power:15 dBm Sensitivity=1/1
Retry:off RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality=25/70 Signal level=-70 dBm Noise level=-95 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
eth0 no wireless extensions.
Shortly thereafter, with ath5k loaded:
DepotRd:/home/gbb-suse # modprobe ath5k
DepotRd:/home/gbb-suse # /etc/init.d/network restart
Shutting down network interfaces:
eth0 device: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+
(rev 10)
No configuration found for eth0
Nevertheless the interface will be shut down. done
wlan0 device: Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5001X+ Wireless
Network Adapter (rev 01) done
Shutting down service network . . . . . . . . . done
Hint: you may set mandatory devices in /etc/sysconfig/network/config
Setting up network interfaces:
eth0 device: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+
(rev 10)
No configuration found for eth0 unused
wlan0 device: Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5001X+ Wireless
Network Adapter (rev 01)
wlan0 warning: WPA configured but may be unsupported
wlan0 warning: by this device
wlan0 starting wpa_supplicant
wlan0 Starting DHCP4 client. . . . . . . .
wlan0 DHCP4 continues in background waiting
Setting up service network . . . . . . . . . . done
DepotRd:/home/gbb-suse # ping 192.168.2.1
connect: Network is unreachable
DepotRd:/home/gbb-suse # ifconfig
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:62 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:62 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:4028 (3.9 Kb) TX bytes:4028 (3.9 Kb)
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0F:B5:1D:93:2B
inet addr:192.168.2.3 Bcast:192.168.2.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
wmaster0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr 00-0F-
B5-1D-93-2B-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
DepotRd:/home/gbb-suse # ping 192.168.2.1
connect: Network is unreachable
DepotRd:/home/gbb-suse # ping 192.168.2.1
PING 192.168.2.1 (192.168.2.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
ping: sendmsg: Network is unreachable
ping: sendmsg: Network is unreachable
ping: sendmsg: Network is unreachable
ping: sendmsg: Network is unreachable
ping: sendmsg: Network is unreachable
ping: sendmsg: Network is unreachable
ping: sendmsg: Network is unreachable
64 bytes from 192.168.2.1: icmp_seq=30 ttl=64 time=18.1 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.2.1: icmp_seq=31 ttl=64 time=4.25 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.2.1: icmp_seq=32 ttl=64 time=8.36 ms
ping: sendmsg: Network is unreachable
64 bytes from 192.168.2.1: icmp_seq=34 ttl=64 time=4.24 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.2.1: icmp_seq=35 ttl=64 time=10.1 ms
ping: sendmsg: Network is unreachable
64 bytes from 192.168.2.1: icmp_seq=37 ttl=64 time=6.25 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.2.1: icmp_seq=38 ttl=64 time=5.95 ms
ping: sendmsg: Network is unreachable
64 bytes from 192.168.2.1: icmp_seq=40 ttl=64 time=7.60 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.2.1: icmp_seq=41 ttl=64 time=5.36 ms
ping: sendmsg: Network is unreachable
64 bytes from 192.168.2.1: icmp_seq=43 ttl=64 time=7.49 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.2.1: icmp_seq=44 ttl=64 time=6.14 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.2.1: icmp_seq=45 ttl=64 time=1.06 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.2.1: icmp_seq=46 ttl=64 time=6.89 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.2.1: icmp_seq=47 ttl=64 time=6.74 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.2.1: icmp_seq=48 ttl=64 time=0.750 ms
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
wmaster0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr 00-0F-
B5-1D-93-2B-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
DepotRd:/home/gbb-suse # ping 192.168.2.1
connect: Network is unreachable
DepotRd:/home/gbb-suse # ping 192.168.2.1
PING 192.168.2.1 (192.168.2.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
ping: sendmsg: Network is unreachable
ping: sendmsg: Network is unreachable
ping: sendmsg: Network is unreachable
ping: sendmsg: Network is unreachable
ping: sendmsg: Network is unreachable
ping: sendmsg: Network is unreachable
ping: sendmsg: Network is unreachable
64 bytes from 192.168.2.1: icmp_seq=30 ttl=64 time=18.1 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.2.1: icmp_seq=31 ttl=64 time=4.25 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.2.1: icmp_seq=32 ttl=64 time=8.36 ms
ping: sendmsg: Network is unreachable
64 bytes from 192.168.2.1: icmp_seq=34 ttl=64 time=4.24 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.2.1: icmp_seq=35 ttl=64 time=10.1 ms
ping: sendmsg: Network is unreachable
64 bytes from 192.168.2.1: icmp_seq=37 ttl=64 time=6.25 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.2.1: icmp_seq=38 ttl=64 time=5.95 ms
ping: sendmsg: Network is unreachable
64 bytes from 192.168.2.1: icmp_seq=40 ttl=64 time=7.60 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.2.1: icmp_seq=41 ttl=64 time=5.36 ms
ping: sendmsg: Network is unreachable
64 bytes from 192.168.2.1: icmp_seq=43 ttl=64 time=7.49 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.2.1: icmp_seq=44 ttl=64 time=6.14 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.2.1: icmp_seq=45 ttl=64 time=1.06 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.2.1: icmp_seq=46 ttl=64 time=6.89 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.2.1: icmp_seq=47 ttl=64 time=6.74 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.2.1: icmp_seq=48 ttl=64 time=0.750 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.2.1: icmp_seq=49 ttl=64 time=6.25 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.2.1: icmp_seq=50 ttl=64 time=5.38 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.2.1: icmp_seq=51 ttl=64 time=0.734 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.2.1: icmp_seq=52 ttl=64 time=6.47 ms
ping: sendmsg: Network is unreachable
^C
--- 192.168.2.1 ping statistics ---
53 packets transmitted, 19 received, 64% packet loss, time 52164ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.734/6.228/18.178/3.726 ms
DepotRd:/home/gbb-suse # emacs /var/log/messages &
[1] 2236
DepotRd:/home/gbb-suse # iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
wmaster0 no wireless extensions.
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:"Belkin_N_Wireless_A99331"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: 00:1C:DF:A9:93:31
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=27 dBm
Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2352 B
Encryption key:713A-E283-4CAA-0D17-911E-A88E-B3AC-8C88-E5B3-
AE6C-0923-FC80-5AF4-444F-08EB-4D2E [2] Security mode:open
Power Management:off
Link Quality=37/100 Signal level:-66 dBm Noise level=-90 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
Output from dmesg:
NET: Registered protocol family 10
lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions
agpgart-sis 0000:00:00.0: AGP 3.5 bridge
agpgart-sis 0000:00:00.0: putting AGP V3 device into 8x mode
nvidia 0000:01:00.0: putting AGP V3 device into 8x mode
NET: Registered protocol family 17
ath0: no IPv6 routers present
bootsplash: status on console 0 changed to on
ath_pci 0000:00:07.0: PCI INT A disabled
ath_pci: driver unloaded
ath_rate_sample: unloaded
wlan: driver unloaded
ath_hal: driver unloaded
ath5k_pci 0000:00:07.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
ath5k_pci 0000:00:07.0: registered as 'phy0'
phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'pid'
ath5k phy0: Atheros AR5213A chip found (MAC: 0x59, PHY: 0x43)
ath5k phy0: RF2112A 2GHz radio found (0x46)
ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:1c:df:a9:93:31
wlan0: authenticated
wlan0: associate with AP 00:1c:df:a9:93:31
wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:1c:df:a9:93:31 (capab=0x411 status=0 aid=1)
wlan0: associated
ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlan0: link becomes ready
padlock: VIA PadLock not detected.
wlan0: no IPv6 routers present
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