[rt2x00-users] Question about starting up an AP

[Joshua Smith]

On Sep 27, 2010, at 3:43 PM, Helmut Schaa wrote:

> Am Montag 27 September 2010 schrieb Joshua Smith: 
>> I have another problem with these cards and hostapd where occasionally they
>> will send a beacon but not respond to clients trying to join the network. 
>> However, stopping hostapd and restarting it clears this condition.
> 
> Most likely a stuck tx queue. Do you have 11n enabled?

No.  My hostapd has:

hw_mode=a

Is that consistent or inconsistent with your stuck tx queue theory?

> 
> A fix to make the tx queue not stuck anymore (at least on rt3052 SoC) is
> already in rt2x00 git [1] and [2]. However, I'm not sure if this is the same
> issue you're facing.

Would things "already in rt2x00 git" be in the compat-wireless bleeding edge tarball?

> 
> Helmut
> 
> [1] http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/ivd/rt2x00.git;a=commit;h=4758f8c3686911ecff11f39508a60327d42893df
> [2] http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/ivd/rt2x00.git;a=commit;h=0402943d65e6832ba1cd88621d79c0c83a23ddeb