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[Lonnie Nunweiler]

Note this the exact same hardware with the same clients.  I merely swapped
the firmware.

Lonnie Nunweiler
Gigabit Gecko Ltd

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On Tue, May 16, 2017 at 12:37 AM, Lonnie Nunweiler <
(spam-protected)> wrote:

> qca driver
> wpci0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state
> UNKNOWN
>
> ath9k driver
> wpci0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP qlen
> 1000
>
> I have no idea what these numbers mean, but they sure are different
>
> Lonnie Nunweiler
> Gigabit Gecko Ltd
>
> FREE Password Helper:   http://www.gigabit-gecko.com/
> web: http://www.star-os.com/
> store: http://cue-link.com/store/
>
> On Mon, May 15, 2017 at 11:58 PM, Henning Rogge <(spam-protected)> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, May 16, 2017 at 8:55 AM, Lonnie Nunweiler
>> <(spam-protected)> wrote:
>> > There are no errors generated.  It all connects just to port 698.  All
>> > devices are found and it seems to have full knowledge of them all.  In
>> > client mode it has no issue and it all works.  In AP mode it refuses to
>> send
>> > the hellos, identified by seeing nothing with tcpdump at the client.
>> >
>> > Not sure how to fix it.  My skill level is like advanced mechanic
>> level.  I
>> > can swap out an engine, but when something internal is awry I'm
>> screwed.  I
>> > have updated the driver through 3 revisions and I have updated the
>> kernel
>> > from 3.10.58 to 3.18.45.  I won't say it was easy but I did it and it
>> works.
>> > If there was a deep kernel issue I would be in the same boat.
>> >
>> > Now I am swapping the qca driver for the ath9k and it is working.  It
>> does
>> > not have the performance and I have a lot of enhancements to add, but
>> OLSR
>> > works just fine, so I have to go with it.
>>
>> What does "ip link" say about the interface when the link is up?
>>
>> Henning
>>
>
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