[2008.9] Wifi very unreliable

[Wolfgang Spraul]

vale,

> i think this should also be a high priority aspect to work on for  
> Openmoko.

It is, and for Atheros too.
We are working on improving the driver (there are several driver  
variants actually), we are working on getting all of this into  
mainline kernel.org, we are working with Atheros to open up more  
possibilities with regards to reflashing the chip, providing 'thin'  
firmwares that allow monitor/injection modes etc.

Any help is appreciated, bug reports with clear reproduction steps are  
very helpful too.
Best Regards,
Wolfgang

On Oct 2, 2008, at 9:19 PM, vale wrote:

>
> calm down,
>
> its a fact, that freerunners wlan is far away from optimum.
>
> try a wget shortly after doing ifup eth0 -> everything works
> try wget some minutes later (no suspend/resume in between) from same  
> server
> -> no download, even if ping still works
> ifdown eth0, ifup eth0 -> wget works again
>
> same with opkg install, update, upgrade etc.
>
> under 2007.2, 2008.08, debian ...
>
> -> wlan drivers not working well
>
> i think this should also be a high priority aspect to work on for  
> Openmoko.
>
> bye
>
> vale
>
> Stroller-2 wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 1 Oct 2008, at 12:28, Nishit Dave wrote:
>>>
>>> All this discussion does not help if you realize that even after
>>> placing the FR *next* to the blooming router, you get reported a
>>> signal strength of 65%.  What does the hardware expect, building the
>>> router *inside* the FR?
>>
>> Nishit,
>>
>> The company that sold you your Freerunner offered you refund,  
>> already.
>>
>> I assumed that you would take this, leave the list and STOP FUCKING
>> WHINING.
>>
>> I guess this was too much for me to hope for, huh?
>>
>> Stroller.
>>
>>
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