Re: [Madwifi-users] Packet loss

[Jason R. <ja...@ro...>]

Any status on the packet loss?  I know you had someone testing the problem
to determine the issue.

Jason

On 4/23/04 11:50 AM, "Greg Chesson" <ma...@at...> wrote:

> I believe that most of these problems are caused by a botch I made
> with the WME checkin.   It is also known that the rate adaptation
> algorithm needs work, but the WME botch aggravates things.
> 
> g
> 
> Jason Romo wrote:
>> I have two Linux boxes 2.6.5 kernel, Aries 5434 cards that create a
>> wireless link between two locations.  The link is up but I have about
>> 4-33% packet loss all the time.  I also had this problem with the 2.6.0
>> kernel and the madwifi drivers 20030802 version.  NOTE:  When I test I
>> have the same kernel and madwifi version on both ends.
>> 
>> Old version that shows the same problem on a 2.6.0 kernel:
>> 
>> ath_hal 0.9.6.3
>> ath_pci 0.8.4.3 Beta
>> wlan 0.7.2.0 Beta
>> 
>> Currently I am using the latest CVS build as of two weeks ago with
>> kernel 2.6.5:
>> 
>> ath_hal 0.9.8.6
>> ath_pci 0.8.5.4 Beta
>> wlan 0.7.3.1 Beta
>> 
>> So I am not sure if it is a version issue or  something else.  I have
>> seen that other people have reported packet loss too, but no resolution.
>>  I have see one case that it turned out to be a channel issue the user
>> changed the channel from 1 to 6 and the problem went away.
>> 
>> If someone  knows a resolution to this issue please let me know?
>> 
>> Thanks in advance,
>> Jason
> 
> 
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