[Bug 278800] Re: ath5k: frequent, intermittent dropouts when roaming between APs

[Sitsofe Wheeler]

Just for the record, I do my testing at a University with hundreds of
access points that I roam between and two seperate wifi networks that I
roam between. I have tested this roaming across thse access points with
both unencrypted and WPA encrypted connections. I _did_ see wifi
connection problems with earlier versions of the ath5k module that went
away with the 2.6.28 kernel but the highest speeds were still
problematic. Things seem to be even better with a 2.6.30 kernel (I can
seemingly now stay connected to an AP which is a metre away at a rate of
54 without it having to drop to a lower rate).

I do not doubt that others are seeing problems however networks with
multiple SSIDs alone is not the problem. This bug was originally for the
ath5k chipset in the EeePC 900. There are other chipsets in other
machines and this problem could be tied to those chipsets (it is unclear
who is using what from the comments above).

(The following obviously does NOT apply to people who have already left
information). Could anyone new posting problem please ensure they post
their machine type, the wifi chipset in their machine AND which kernel
they are using (lspci will show the wifi chipset, the kernel version can
be found with uname -a) and the type of network they are trying to
connect to. This might help to build a profile of the problem.

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ath5k: frequent, intermittent dropouts when roaming between APs
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/278800
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