On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 11:21:47PM +0000, seno wrote: > Herton Ronaldo Krzesinski <herton@...> writes: > > > The excessive retries etc. should be another issue. The patch from Thadeu > > really improves the driver. > > Well, I tried once more today, maybe I'm doing something wrong? > > - I run "./scripts/driver-select rtl818x" in compat-wireless-2010-10-28 > - then "patch -p1 rtl8187_dev.c rtl8187b-do-not-do-per-packet-TX-AGC.patch" > - then "make" > - then "sudo make install" > - then reboot > > "dmesg |grep compat" gives "Compat-wireless backport release: compat- > wireless-2010-10-22-5-g69fdc09" so the new module is used. > > On speedtest.net, max speed is ~ 1mbit (on 10 mbit cable internet @10 meters > distance) > The router reports an improved "Signal Quality", but iwconfig now shows: > > "Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0" > "Tx excessive retries:2589 Invalid misc:17686 Missed beacon:0" > > Herton: If I make something wrong, can you please post your rtl8187.ko.gz > (Mandriva 2010.1 / 2.6.33.7-desktop-2mnb x86_64)? > > Thank you. Hello, seno. Perhaps, the problem is related to using compat-wireless. Have you tried using the module without the patch, using this same compat-wireless version in the same linux version you are using? Regards, Cascardo.
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