ath_pci/ath5k

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#1

Hi… i have an atheros card, lspci shows this:

03:0a.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR5212/AR5213 Multiprotocol MAC/baseband processor (rev 01)

I have some problems with it… about stability of the connection
If I use the new madwifi driver ath5k it detects well my card, connects ok to the wireless lan, but every 5 or 10 mins it disconnects, which made my upgrades and downloads broke…

Then i tried using ath_pci (madwifi-kmp-default), the old driver and its little bit more stable, but it keeps me disconnecting randomly, not as often as ath5k, but it does.

I used ath_pci with opensuse 10.2 and it was ok… never had a problem. Now I have this problem with opensuse 11

Where can i see a log that shows me why it disconnects, i also think its my router… how can i know where the problem is?

thanks

#2

have you tried the madwifi drivers from here Index of /repositories/home:/schmolle1980/openSUSE_11.0/i586

Andy

#3

I’ve had some oddness with WPA2 and TKIP. Forcing the adapter to use nothing but AES and WPA2 seems to have fixed it.

#4

i can confirm issue only comes with AES or WPA2… so i had to rollback to ath_pci:\