"ext Frederic Crozat" <fred@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: >> Why is PSM so fragile then? Since I can't sleep (jet lag, argh), I'll >> write a bit about this. > > <snip> > > wow, thanks for the detail explanations. I kind of better understand > PSM issues. Excellent. >>> A first bug was found in ralink proprietary driver which was losing >>> AP association after some time in PSM mode, which was fixed by >>> Ralink. >> >> Hmm, I would first suspect that the AP is not really buffering all >> frames. I have seen APs which periodically send Null frames to check >> that the client is really alive. Maybe the AP vendor forgot to check >> if the client is sleeping when they send the Null frame? Wouldn't be >> the first. > > I've forwarded your email to Freebox engineer ;) Thanks. >> But what I could do is to analyse the problem myself. It would take >> only an hour or two, including writing a small report about the >> problem which I can send everyone interested (hopefully this includes >> the vendor). So if you would be able to convince the vendor to send >> the AP for a loan? If that's not possible, are you coming to Maemo >> Summit? If I manage to come and you can take the AP with you, I could >> take a look at it onsite. > > Unfortunately, it won't be possible because Freebox (the name of > set-top-box = ADSL modem + wifi mimo router + many other nice things) > can only work when they are synchronized over ADSL with Free ISP > DSLAM. So, even if we could send you a Freebox, you couldn't do > anything with it :( This is getting difficult. So if your ADSL line is dead for a day your WLAN AP will not work, did I understand this right? If yes, that sucks big time. > Anyway, I've pinged Freebox engineer in hope they might have a clue on > the issue. That's your only chance, unfortunately. I would assume now that WLAN is getting more popular in mobile phones they would get more pressure to fix this. Let's hope for the best. >> BTW, is there a bug about this? If not, please file one. I'll forward >> it to our IOP testers so that they could try get access to the AP as >> well. > > Done : https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3481 Thanks a lot. -- Kalle Valo _______________________________________________ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@xxxxxxxxx https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
