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Date:      Sun, 23 Oct 2005 14:59:16 -0500
From:      Doug Poland <doug@polands.org>
To:        Michael VInce <mv@roq.com>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Regression in device ath between BETA5 and RC1?
Message-ID:  <20051023195915.GA657@polands.org>
In-Reply-To: <435A8E0C.9070705@roq.com>
References:  <20051020223340.GA60914@xor.obsecurity.org> <43581E5C.4010006@polands.org> <20051020232308.GA77950@xor.obsecurity.org> <20051020.220346.13027284.imp@bsdimp.com> <20051021170042.GA95367@polands.org> <435A8E0C.9070705@roq.com>

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On Sun, Oct 23, 2005 at 05:07:56AM +1000, Michael VInce wrote:
> Doug Poland wrote:
> 
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>I was seeing this behavior a lot on 5.2.1, 5.3, and, IIRC, 5.4.
> >>>>>>Responsiveness was so poor as to make remote SSH sessions
> >>>>>>unusable.  When I installed -CURRENT then RELENG_6, then the NIC
> >>>>>>started performing beautifully.  Very stable and consistent.
> >>>>>>Now, with yesterday's cvsup'd to RC1, the NIC/driver is
> >>>>>>performing poorly again.
> >>>>>>           
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>Go back to the previous version to verify it's not environmental
> >>>>>or some other problem than a regression in FreeBSD.
> >>>>>
> >>
> >I've gone back to 2005.10.09.16.14.15, which was the time I installed
> >-BETA5.  So far, the connection is more stable and robust:  Here's my
> >diagnostics:
> >
> >
> Strange, maybe its something else, such as power related?  I have a
> WG511T and am on 6.0RC1 / AMD64 laptop, I haven't noticed any
> problems.  I am using WPA mode via DHCP and have been using my laptop
> every day for the last week and the laptop has been running non-stop.
> 
It is strange.  Since I've got back to -CURRENT dated 10/09/05, I've had
no problems.  I've been looking at my logs, and it seems the problems
were when the connection switched from DS to OFDM.

Thu Oct 20 17:10:56 CDT 2005 (DS/11Mbps)
Thu Oct 20 17:11:07 CDT 2005 (OFDM/6Mbps)
Thu Oct 20 17:11:43 CDT 2005 (DS/5.5Mbps)
Thu Oct 20 17:12:27 CDT 2005 (DS/2Mbps)
Thu Oct 20 17:12:31 CDT 2005 (DS/1Mbps)
Thu Oct 20 17:12:39 CDT 2005 (OFDM/36Mbps)
Thu Oct 20 17:12:47 CDT 2005 (OFDM/24Mbps)
Thu Oct 20 17:14:00 CDT 2005 (OFDM/18Mbps)

Do you know what those modes are?  

I'm willing to continue testing but will only have this laptop for three
more days, then it's gone for two weeks.

-- 
Regards,
Doug



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