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Re: ath9k seems to be broken on 2.6.30-rc4 with a macbook pro

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On Mon, 2009-05-11 at 23:53 +0200, Jiri Slaby wrote:
> Adding some CCs.
> 
> On 05/11/2009 07:02 PM, Justin Mattock wrote:
> > I've been trying to diagnose an issue
> > with 2.6.30-rc4. At first thinking it
> > was not the kernel, but the network manager
> > (in my case I use wicd).
> > with 2.6.29-rc8 the system starts up,
> > connects no problem.
> > but as soon as I load 2.6.30-rc4
> > I get limited connection to none.
> > in dmesg I see:
> > 
> > [   36.337419] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:1e:2a:00:67:f0 try 1
> > [   36.530106] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:1e:2a:00:67:f0 try 2
> > [   36.730100] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:1e:2a:00:67:f0 try 3
> > [   36.930101] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:1e:2a:00:67:f0 timed out
> > [   44.421728] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:1e:2a:00:67:f0 try 1
> > [   44.620080] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:1e:2a:00:67:f0 try 2
> > [   44.820080] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:1e:2a:00:67:f0 try 3
> > [   45.020076] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:1e:2a:00:67:f0 timed out
> > 
> > The type of encryption used is just
> > a standard WEP key(no WPA).
> > 
> > has this been resolved already?
> > 
> > Also I'm noticing(but not that big of a deal)
> > if I set in sysctl.conf:
> > 
> > net.ipv4.conf.all.arp_ignore=8
> > net.ipv4.conf.wlan0.arp_ignore=8
> > net.ipv4.conf.wmaster0.arp_ignore=8
> > net.ipv4.conf.lo.arp_ignore=8
> > net.ipv4.conf.all.arp_announce=2
> > net.ipv4.conf.wlan0.arp_announce=2
> > net.ipv4.conf.wmaster0.arp_announce=2
> > net.ipv4.conf.lo.arp_announce=2
> > 
> > watching a movie on hulu, about 15/20 minuets
> > into enjoyment, hulu craps out(starts re-buffering)
> > then re initializes after about 30 secs later.
> > but if I comment those out(set back to default)
> > hulu will run fine.
> > 
> 

Cool.
Another odd thing Ive experienced as well
with 2.6.29-rc8 is if my iphone is
connected to the router I'll have a hard time connecting
to anything until I disconnect the iphone
from the router.(my guess is the router is getting
old).

regards,

Justin P. Mattock

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