[Prism54-devel] Speed dropdowns every 10 seconds?

[Feyd]

On Thu, 02 Dec 2004 18:11:48 +0100
Andriy Korud <a.korud at vector.com.pl> wrote:

> I've analysed traffic between AP and client with kismet & Ethereal and
> what I see? Every 10 seconds (exactly) 
> client (station) sends  

This seems like a timer kicking in, may be powermanagement. Try to disable
it, or try with another firmware.

> 
> "Null function (no data)" packet and AP immediately answer with "IEEE
> 802 Acknowledgement". 
> 
> And on throughput graph this looks like "holes". 
> Any ideas?

Can you post a bit of the traffic? I'm no 802.11 expert but maybe we will
find why this happens. Mangle your MACs if you don't want to publish them.

> Also, it is possible to change beacon period?
> 
> "iwpriv xxx s_beacon" is silently ignored :-(

What version of the driver?

Feyd