On Friday 01 August 2008 21:26, Ansgar Burchardt wrote: > Hi, > > I'm using a RaLink RT2500 (PCI) wireless NIC. It works without problems > with a 2.6.20.1 kernel and the rt2500 drivers. > > I did try to update to the Debian 2.6.25 kernel, but there the WLAN > connection makes problems: Sometimes the connection just drops. > dmesg shows this message: > > wlan0: No ProbeResp from current AP 00:13:49:d7:ab:7c > - assume out of range > > The connection is not reestablished automatically, only when I run e.g. > `iwconfig wlan0 essid MyESSID'. This reconnection also fails sometimes > with the following message showing up in dmesg: > > wlan0: authentication with AP 00:13:49:d7:ab:7c timed out > > I admit having sometimes connection problems running the older kernel as > well, but the network works again after a few moments (and without any > manual intervention). The link quality given by iwconfig is around > 50/100, though it sometimes goes down to 30. Anyway the situation is > much worse with the newer kernel version.
Perhaps it could be this [1]issue? > > A forum post [1] suggested increasing IEEE80211_MONITORING_INTERVAL in the > kernel sources, but this didn't help much: The messages do no longer > appear, but the connection is still flaky. > > Regards, > Ansgar > > [1] http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=2081&p=29255 > > -- > PGP: 1024D/595FAD19 739E 2D09 0969 BEA9 9797 B055 DDB0 2FF7 595F AD19 [1] http://pvaneynd.livejournal.com/121692.html -- Shachar Or | שחר אור http://ox.freeallweb.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
