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SubjectRe: Problems with WLAN orinoco_pci
Matthias Jim Knopf wrote:
> Hi!
>
> My WLAN net goes down from time to time. I cannot ping the wlan/dsl-router
> (T-Sinus 111) and the only thing that helps is re-load the kernel-driver
> (ifconfig eth1 down; modprobe -r orinoco_pci;
> sleep 8; ifconfig eth1 up; iwconfig ...)
>
> Changing speed (down to 1 Mb/s) does no better
>
> Bisides this, I have annother problem: This f***ing router mentioned
> above cannot handle at least one connection per second in the long run
> (>30 minutes) and crashes in the way, that it still may be pinged, but
> I cannot access the router's web-interface, nor can I get to the internet
> and have to power-cyle it (official advice from the company selling it!)
> I tried hard to see these problems as one, but it seems, they ARE
> two (see logs)
>
>
> Here is, what I can offer you as info:
> WLAN is a Netgear PCI MA311 (using hermes, orinoco)
>
> # iwconfig
> eth1 IEEE 802.11-DS ESSID:"WLAN" Nickname:"jim"
> Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437GHz Access Point: 00:30:F1:xx:xx:xx
> Bit Rate:11Mb/s Tx-Power=15 dBm Sensitivity:1/3
> Retry min limit:8 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
> Encryption key:xxxx-xxxx-xx Security mode:open
> Power Management:off
> Link Quality:20/92 Signal level:-76 dBm Noise level:-136 dBm
> Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:1
> Tx excessive retries:2 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
>
> # ping -c 5 router
> PING wlan-router (192.168.2.1): 56 data bytes
> --- wlan-router ping statistics ---
> 5 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet loss
>
> # uname -a
> Linux laura 2.4.22 #2 Sun Dec 21 17:14:01 MET 2003 i686 unknown
>
> # lsmod
> Module Size Used by
> orinoco_pci 3056 1 (autoclean)
> orinoco 31808 0 (autoclean) [orinoco_pci]
> hermes 5232 0 (autoclean) [orinoco_pci orinoco]
> [...]
>
> ---{ /var/log/warn }----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Mar 5 15:41:43 laura kernel: eth1: Error -110 writing Tx descriptor to BAP
> Mar 5 15:42:15 laura last message repeated 59 times
> Mar 5 15:42:22 laura last message repeated 12 times
> [...]
> Mar 5 15:44:34 laura kernel: eth1: error -110 reading info frame. Frame dropped.
> Mar 5 15:44:34 laura kernel: eth1: Error -110 writing Tx descriptor to BAP
> Mar 5 15:44:41 laura last message repeated 14 times
> Mar 5 15:45:33 laura kernel: .....<7>orinoco_lock() called with hw_unavailable (dev=e3c82800)
> Mar 5 15:45:33 laura kernel: ......<7>orinoco_lock() called with hw_unavailable (dev=e3c82800)
> Mar 5 15:45:33 laura last message repeated 4 times
> Mar 5 15:45:33 laura kernel: .....<7>orinoco_lock() called with hw_unavailable (dev=e3c82800)
> Mar 5 15:45:33 laura kernel: ......<7>orinoco_lock() called with hw_unavailable (dev=e3c82800)
> Mar 5 15:45:33 laura last message repeated 4 times
> Mar 5 15:45:34 laura kernel: .........;
> [...]
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> Thanks in advance for any help you can give me!

I'm having similar problems with a PCMCIA orinoco wlan device. Works
perfectly with various 2.4.X kernels but keeps (partially) dropping the
connection with 2.6.X kernels. By partially, I mean connections are
lost and pings report target hosts as unreachable but netstat -r reports
make it look like the connection is still valid. Doing an ifup (without
a preceding ifdown) seems to fix the problem.

If more information would be helpful or testing is required don't
hesitate to ask.

Peter
--
Dr Peter Williams, Chief Scientist peterw@aurema.com
Aurema Pty Limited Tel:+61 2 9698 2322
PO Box 305, Strawberry Hills NSW 2012, Australia Fax:+61 2 9699 9174
79 Myrtle Street, Chippendale NSW 2008, Australia http://www.aurema.com

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