Comment 161 for bug 414560

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bitinerant (bitinerant) wrote : Re: ath9k disassociates/reassociates a lot

Thanks for the tip, but the command `iwconfig wlan1 power off` does not help on my system.

I figured out how to visualize the network pauses by printing dots to the terminal in a background process while connecting to a remote system via ssh and asking it to count. See attachment for details. If you remove blank lines and turn off word wrap, it shows a very clear pattern of two pauses about 7 seconds part, repeating every 119.5 seconds. The pauses vary from about 2 to15 seconds each. (The 'local' system is using Atheros AR5418 wireless (ath9k) connected to a Linsys AP via 802.11g using WPA/WPA2. The 'remote' system and the AP are connected via CAT5.)