Hi
I am runnung a PC with Mepis7 and having a very instable network connection. I was previosly running 6.5 and the network was running flawlessly. I know that the HW is OK. I have a windows installation where I don't have problems. I also have a Toshiba NB100 standing (Ubuntu 9.04) next to me with no problems.
My problem is that I have an instable network. All of a sudden it just freezes. This is what a ping sequence looks like
PING
www.gmx.de (217.72.202.249) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from
www.gmx.de (217.72.202.249): icmp_seq=1 ttl=55 time=49.9 ms
64 bytes from
www.gmx.de (217.72.202.249): icmp_seq=2 ttl=55 time=59.4 ms
64 bytes from
www.gmx.de (217.72.202.249): icmp_seq=12 ttl=55 time=52.8 ms
64 bytes from
www.gmx.de (217.72.202.249): icmp_seq=17 ttl=55 time=51.0 ms
64 bytes from
www.gmx.de (217.72.202.249): icmp_seq=18 ttl=55 time=51.3 ms
64 bytes from
www.gmx.de (217.72.202.249): icmp_seq=19 ttl=55 time=52.2 ms
64 bytes from
www.gmx.de (217.72.202.249): icmp_seq=20 ttl=55 time=49.6 ms
64 bytes from
www.gmx.de (217.72.202.249): icmp_seq=21 ttl=55 time=48.3 ms
64 bytes from
www.gmx.de (217.72.202.249): icmp_seq=22 ttl=55 time=48.6 ms
64 bytes from
www.gmx.de (217.72.202.249): icmp_seq=26 ttl=55 time=51.0 ms
64 bytes from
www.gmx.de (217.72.202.249): icmp_seq=29 ttl=55 time=47.3 ms
64 bytes from
www.gmx.de (217.72.202.249): icmp_seq=31 ttl=55 time=48.5 ms
C64 bytes from
www.gmx.de (217.72.202.249): icmp_seq=36 ttl=55 time=48.7 ms
36 packets transmitted, 13 received, 63% packet loss, time 60261ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 47.321/50.708/59.426/2.988 ms
At the moment I have the system set up with fixed IP but DHCP is giving me the same headache
here the lspci-vv
05:03.0 Network controller: Intersil Corporation ISL3890 [Prism GT/Prism Duette]/ISL3886 [Prism Javelin/Prism Xbow] (rev 01)
Subsystem: Tekram Technology Co.,Ltd. ALLNET ALL0271 Wireless PCI Adapter
Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV+ VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx+
Latency: 64 (2500ns min, 7000ns max), Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 18
Region 0: Memory at fd9fc000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 1
Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0+,D1+,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold+)
Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
Kernel driver in use: prism54pci
Kernel modules: prism54, p54pci
(I have also tried with other cards, but with the same problem...)
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:01:36:0d:cd:bc
inet addr:192.168.0.67 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::201:36ff:fe0d:cdbc/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:47108 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:34951 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:57560087 (54.8 MiB) TX bytes:3844871 (3.6 MiB)
root@johans:/home/johan# iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
wmaster0 no wireless extensions.
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:"Z10"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: 00:17:9A:F2:96:71
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=27 dBm
Retry min limit:7 RTS thr
ff Fragment thr=2352 B
Encryption key:CDAC-XXXXXXXXXXXXXX-6A Security mode
pen
Power Management
ff
Link Quality=51/100 Signal level:65/127
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
the relevant part of dmesg
DROPPED IN=wlan0 OUT= MAC=ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:00:1b:77:18:3b:e0:08:00 SRC=192.168.0.168 DST=192.168.0.255 LEN=1348 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=128 ID=368 PROTO=UDP SPT=6646 DPT=6646 LEN=1328
DROPPED IN= OUT=wlan0 SRC=192.168.0.67 DST=224.0.0.22 LEN=40 TOS=0x00 PREC=0xC0 TTL=1 ID=0 DF OPT (94040000) PROTO=2
firmware: requesting isl3886
wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:17:9a:f2:96:71
ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
DROPPED IN= OUT=wlan0 SRC=192.168.0.67 DST=224.0.0.22 LEN=48 TOS=0x00 PREC=0xC0 TTL=1 ID=0 DF OPT (94040000) PROTO=2
wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:17:9a:f2:96:71
wlan0: authenticated
wlan0: associate with AP 00:17:9a:f2:96:71
wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:17:9a:f2:96:71 (capab=0x431 status=0 aid=5)
wlan0: associated
ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlan0: link becomes ready
DROPPED IN=wlan0 OUT= MAC= SRC=192.168.0.67 DST=224.0.0.251 LEN=226 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=255 ID=0 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=5353 DPT=5353 LEN=206
DROPPED IN=wlan0 OUT= MAC= SRC=192.168.0.67 DST=224.0.0.251 LEN=226 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=255 ID=0 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=5353 DPT=5353 LEN=206
I have been trying to figure out what is going on here by lookig at wireshark. What I can see is that I have packet losses, but I have no idea where that comes from. To me this looks like a configuration error, but I have no idea where that would be. Any hints would be welcome. If I don't get this fixed I guess I will move on to another distro. I really liked MEPIS the last 2 years or so.
Any help would be appreciated
