Re: rtl8192se: ping router gives mdev of 25387.102???

From: Larry Finger
Date: Thu Sep 13 2012 - 17:36:59 EST


On 09/13/2012 05:18 AM, Norbert Preining wrote:
Hi everyone,

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No warning, nothing in the logs, but pinging my router I get
things like:
--- 192.168.0.1 ping statistics ---
376 packets transmitted, 315 received, +33 errors, 16% packet loss, time 405164ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.873/10077.793/95935.698/25387.102 ms, pipe 68

or
--- 192.168.0.1 ping statistics ---
1252 packets transmitted, 1225 received, 2% packet loss, time 1252976ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.941/764.171/19929.265/2758.225 ms, pipe 20


Has anyone *ever* seen a mdev of 25387.102 ms ???

No, but packets that are not returned for 19+ or 95+ seconds are usually counted as lost.

I have 4 different cards that use rtl8192se. With the current wireless-testing git, I get the following:

Card 1: Antenna config not known
--------------------------------
Network controller [0280]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8191SEvB Wireless LAN Controller [10ec:8172] (rev 10)

100 packets transmitted, 100 received, 0% packet loss, time 99138ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 1.106/2.824/107.634/10.684 ms

Card 2: Labeled 1x1
-------------------
Network controller [0280]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8191SEvA Wireless LAN Controller [10ec:8171] (rev 10)

100 packets transmitted, 100 received, 0% packet loss, time 99139ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.986/1.954/26.982/3.005 ms

Card 3: Labeled 1x2
-------------------
Network controller [0280]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8191SEvB Wireless LAN Controller [10ec:8172] (rev 10)

100 packets transmitted, 100 received, 0% packet loss, time 99141ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.996/2.507/50.636/5.989 ms

Card 4: Labeled 2x2
-------------------
Network controller [0280]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8192SE Wireless LAN Controller [10ec:8174] (rev 10)

100 packets transmitted, 99 received, 1% packet loss, time 99146ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.974/1.768/31.183/3.016 ms

My AP is a Netgear WNDR3300 with a max rate of 270 Mbps in the 2.4 GHz band. The distance between my laptop and the AP is about 2m. The card is on an Express Card PCIe extender, and I have 2 7 dBi antennas connected. They likely boost the signal more than the ordinary laptop antennas would. The iwconfig output for card 4 is

wlan26 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:"lwfdjf-n"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.422 GHz Access Point: C0:3F:0E:BE:2B:44
Bit Rate=270 Mb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr=2347 B Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality=70/70 Signal level=-35 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

From what you posted earlier, I think your card is like my Cards 1 & 3, but the PCI ID will tell for sure. These tests were run with commit 0a92aec2f22d of wireless-testing. There are some test patches installed, but non of them affect rtl8192se.

Larry


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