#2102: SR5 not working properly with madwifi 0.9.4 r3837
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 Reporter:  riyas <at> deccantechnosoft.com     |             Type:  defect
   Status:  new                            |         Priority:  major 
Component:  madwifi: other                 |          Version:  v0.9.4
 Keywords:  delay in transmitting beacons  |   Patch_attached:  0     
  Pending:  0                              |  
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 Hi,
 Here is our configuration

 Madwifi:0.9.4 r3837
 Linux  :2.6.21.4
 Machine: Gateworks Avila Network Platform
 Processor :Intel(Xscale)IXP420 266Mhz
 Radios     :ubiquiti SR5 AR5213A-001  and ubiquiti SR2 AR5213A-001

 When we bring up an AP and a Station using SR5 radios(Ubiquiti) ,the
 station cannot see the hardware beacons of the AP instantly(We have tested
 with the athdebug commands.)...Its only visible after a delay...Again some
 of the packets are lost when we try to pass the traffic after its
 associated.(seems that the interface doesn't support traffic for some
 unknown time...)

 I have been working with the  madwifi 0.9.3 r2456 and was working fine .

 The commands that given:

 modprobe ath_pci
 modprobe wlan_scan_ap
 wlanconfig ath0 destroy
 wlanconfig ath0 create wlandev wifi0 wlanmode ap
 ifconfig ath0 xx:xx:xx:xx up
 iwconfig ath0 essid "asdf"
 iwconfig ath0

 at Ap side:

 Warning: Driver for device ath0 has been compiled with version 22
 of Wireless Extension, while this program supports up to version 20.
 Some things may be broken...

 ath0      IEEE 802.11a  ESSID:"asdf"  Nickname:""
           Mode:Master  Frequency:5.26 GHz  Access Point: Not-Associated
           Bit Rate:0 kb/s   Tx-Power:16 dBm   Sensitivity=1/1
           Retry:off   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
           Encryption key:off
           Power Management:off
           Link Quality=0/70  Signal level=-96 dBm  Noise level=-96 dBm
           Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
           Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

 At station side...

 modprobe ath_pci
 modprobe wlan_scan_sta
 wlanconfig ath0 destroy
 wlanconfig ath0 create wlandev wifi0 wlanmode sta
 ifconfig ath0 up
 iwconfig ath0 essid "asdf"

 iwconfig

 [root <at> avila /]# iwconfig
 lo        no wireless extensions.

 eth0      no wireless extensions.

 eth1      no wireless extensions.

 wifi0     no wireless extensions.

 Warning: Driver for device ath0 has been compiled with version 22
 of Wireless Extension, while this program supports up to version 20.
 Some things may be broken...

 ath0      IEEE 802.11a  ESSID:"asdf"  Nickname:""
           Mode:Managed  Frequency:5.26 GHz  Access Point: Not-Associated
           Bit Rate:0 kb/s   Tx-Power:16 dBm   Sensitivity=1/1
           Retry:off   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
           Encryption key:off
           Power Management:off
           Link Quality=0/70  Signal level=-96 dBm  Noise level=-96 dBm
           Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
           Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

 At the statio side when we scan ...

 iwlist ath0 scan

 Warning: Driver for device ath0 has been compiled with version 22
 of Wireless Extension, while this program supports up to version 20.
 Some things may be broken...

 ath0      No scan results

 I have also tried with the iwpriv commands to set the inactivity of the
 interfaces  but doesn't seems to be working...

 After a time delay its getting associated. But misses the traffic some
 times

 When I tried with the SR2 radios we are getting better results than SR5
 radios.but it misses the packets after associating.

 Thanking you,
 Best regards,
 Riyaskhan S A,
 Meshcity

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Ticket URL: <http://madwifi.org/ticket/2102>
madwifi.org <http://madwifi.org/>
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