Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2006 08:22:35 -0200 From: JoaoBR <joao@matik.com.br> To: Sam Leffler <sam@errno.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Lamont Granquist <lamont@scriptkiddie.org> Subject: Re: ath0 timeout problem - again Message-ID: <200612310822.35763.joao@matik.com.br> In-Reply-To: <45972F7B.4060401@errno.com> References: <200612282002.11562.joao@matik.com.br> <200612301934.48381.joao@matik.com.br> <45972F7B.4060401@errno.com>
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On Sunday 31 December 2006 01:33, Sam Leffler wrote: > JoaoBR wrote: > > On Saturday 30 December 2006 18:29, Sam Leffler wrote: > >> See my previous reply to you. Lamont is directing you to look for > >> stations in your network operating with power save enabled. > > > > even if there are stations with powersaving on we can do anything again= st > > it > > > > this is an ISP environment where people connect with compatible hardwar= e, > > I do not agree that power management enabled on some of them could bring > > the network down > > Sorry I don't understand your comment. Noone has ever said having power > save enabled in client sta's should be permitted to cause an ap to stop > proper operation. > hum, but that is exactly what it ever appered to be I relate a problem, in this case the AP stops transmitting I get answers that there are power management issues on a client station so what I did misunderstood here?=20 =2E... > > I guess you still don't understand what 802.11 power save operation means. > probably right but I am not sure if I need to, this must be understood by w= hom=20 writes the driver I guess and who writes the driver should take care of tha= t=20 the AP does not buffer packages endless until itself dies at the end with=20 full buffers=20 I believe that the ath driver when in hostap does not know that a sleeping= =20 remote card is away for ever because it does NOT clear it's own buffer unti= l=20 reboot/reload. I do not know why but I believe it does not send or read the= =20 beacons to this sleeping station (I believe the AP should send a beacon=20 telling the station there are buffered packages), then when the station doe= s=20 not wake up then the AP should discard this packages but it does not and ov= er=20 the time the ath buffer fills up until then OACTIVE happens and the card is= =20 gone ... as well as the AP :) anyway this is another hot problem but not related to the problem of this=20 thread =2D-=20 Jo=E3o A mensagem foi scaneada pelo sistema de e-mail e pode ser considerada segura. Service fornecido pelo Datacenter Matik https://datacenter.matik.com.br
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