intrepid madwifi ath5k with AR242x not detecting all wireless networks and link speed is very poor
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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linux-backports-modules-2.6.27 (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
madwifi-tools (Ubuntu) |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
I'm testing Intrepid on laptop with atheros AR242x chipset
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01)
The madwifi driver, Intrepid is using detects the chipset and it's working but not so good.
1. It only detects AP broadcasting on channels 1-10, my wifi was working on channel 13 and i had to change the channel to lower one.
2. the AP is in the same room I am, but:
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:"lod.air"
Bit Rate=24 Mb/s Tx-Power=27 dBm
Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2352 B
Power Management:off
Link Quality=78/100 Signal level:-55 dBm Noise level=-105 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
pan0 no wireless extensions.
my Rate is only 24Mb/s and the real speed is not more than 300kb/s. It's killing me..
I've tried the old madwifi driver I was using in Hardy but it can't compile.
I will provide any info you want..
Changed in linux-backports-modules-2.6.27: | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
noticed in dmesg:
[ 24.625953] ath5k_pci 0000:02:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
[ 24.625966] ath5k_pci 0000:02:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 24.626005] ath5k_pci 0000:02:00.0: registered as 'phy0'
[ 24.630376] ath5k phy0: Support for RF2425 is under development.
[ 24.700788] phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'pid'
[ 24.843889] ath5k phy0: Atheros AR2425 chip found (MAC: 0xe2, PHY: 0x70)
[ 24.869624] ath_hal: 0.9.18.0 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413, RF5413)
[ 24.882592] wlan: 0.9.4
[ 24.890582] ath_pci: 0.9.4
[ 614.303734] ath5k phy0: noise floor calibration timeout (2447MHz)
[ 966.303846] ath5k phy0: noise floor calibration timeout (2447MHz)
[ 997.004026] ath5k phy0: noise floor calibration timeout (2447MHz)
[ 1018.301430] ath5k phy0: noise floor calibration timeout (2447MHz)
[ 1079.299800] ath5k phy0: noise floor calibration timeout (2447MHz)
[ 1141.299828] ath5k phy0: noise floor calibration timeout (2447MHz)
[ 1152.299895] ath5k phy0: noise floor calibration timeout (2447MHz)
[ 1163.004029] ath5k phy0: noise floor calibration timeout (2447MHz)
[ 1184.004033] ath5k phy0: noise floor calibration timeout (2447MHz)
[ 1195.004032] ath5k phy0: noise floor calibration timeout (2447MHz)
[ 1307.299800] ath5k phy0: noise floor calibration timeout (2447MHz)
[ 1318.300934] ath5k phy0: noise floor calibration timeout (2447MHz)
[ 1329.299819] ath5k phy0: noise floor calibration timeout (2447MHz)
[ 1410.303746] ath5k phy0: noise floor calibration timeout (2447MHz)
[ 1451.299862] ath5k phy0: noise floor calibration timeout (2447MHz)
[ 1492.299814] ath5k phy0: noise floor calibration timeout (2447MHz)
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