This bug is driving me crazy...
When I compile the latest madwifi-ng on Kubuntu edgy (6.10) evrything goes well. The driver load and I can associate with nearby access point. I am using an Ubiquiti 300mw abg pcmcia card with a 16db yagi antenna so I expect to have pretty good performances, but it is not the case.
When I first tryed to get connected with kNetworkManager to near access point ( lets say 10-30 meters ) with real great signal the client keep dropping after some period of time.
Tryed uninstalling network manager and connecting manually, now the client stay connected but the connection drop regulary.
Ping request to the router are lost at 10%!!!
I noticed no strange behavior except that the Rx invalid nwid keep going up at an outrageous rate...
here is an example :
06:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5212 802.11abg NIC (rev 01)
ath0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"default"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: 00:13:46:1A:91:E8
Bit Rate=11 Mb/s Tx-Power:16 dBm Sensitivity=0/3
Retry:off RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality=23/94 Signal level=-69 dBm Noise level=-92 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:187398 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
I wish I could be more specific but I dont see anything else wrong...
I tryed to stop the background scan, locking the card to wireless G, changing the rate without any result.
Same behavior with every AP...
Btw thanks for your effort in developping the driver, VAP are so nice :P