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

[Dan McGuirk]

Well, the reason I suggest that this is related to roaming is that when
the dropouts occur, I clearly see messages in the log showing that
NetworkManager is attempting to roam (see the original bug description).
In fact, it roams onto a network with an SSID of '(none)' and then back
again.

With the other drivers (madwifi, ndiswrapper) I can watch this roaming
occur as well, but it occurs in a sensible way.  It occasionally roams
onto a valid alternative MAC address, presumably based on the signal
strength; it doesn't roam onto '(none)' and let the network drop out
while this is occurring.  And it roams rarely, maybe every several
hours, not every few minutes.

There may be other factors involved, of course.  But the behavior for me
is still definitely the same as before.  I'm not sure how much more
information I can provide.

The kernel version on Jaunty is (the standard release kernel):

Linux eee900 2.6.28-11-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 17 01:57:59 UTC
2009 i686 GNU/Linux

The other information was provided before, but I will repeat:

lspci:
01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01)

network:
WEP 64-bit key with 5 access points on the same SSID

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