Hi Bob,

thank you very much!!

The open source firmware works fine.

Thanks,
Lukas

> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Bob Copeland [mailto:[email protected]]
> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 03. Juni 2015 13:05
> An: Lukas Göstl; [email protected]
> Betreff: Re: Mesh Synchronisation Problem
> 
> On Wed, Jun 03, 2015 at 09:56:14AM +0000, Lukas Göstl via Devel wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > today I enabled the option do print mesh synchronization debug messages 
> > (CONFIG_MAC80211_MESH_SYNC_DEBUG).
> >
> > I set up a mesh network with only 2 nodes (usb adapter with ath9k_htc) and 
> > recognized that the mesh synchronisation seems to fail.
> > It says the clockdrift is too large. In the source code the 
> > TOFFSET_MAXIMUM_ADJUSTMENT is defined as 30000, but my clockdrift is
> sometimes around 90000.
> >
> > Why is my clockdrift so high? Or is it mandatory to synchronize the nodes?
> 
> Which firmware and which actual device are you using?  For me, two ath9k_htc 
> devices maintain sync within 100 us.  There was a fix to
> the firmware a couple of years ago in this area, so if you're using a very 
> old firmware you may see this.  Latest open source firmware
> should be ok.
> 
> Sync only really matters if doing power save, beacon collision avoidance, or 
> MCCA, so for now, it probably won't affect the network in
> any observable way.
> 
> --
> Bob Copeland %% http://bobcopeland.com/
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