Unstable mesh with zd1211rw

[Petri Virkkala]

Hi,

we have been testing mesh for a few months now and it seems that the network is now much less stable than before. Sometimes we need to set up each node several times before the network is up and nodes keep leaving the mesh constantly - sometimes after 1-2 mins!

We use A-Link WL54USB adapters (zd1211rw driver) in Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.28-13. According to Driver Status, this kernel should work better than wireless-testing kernel? Is there something that has changed with the Ubuntu kernel updates that relates to mesh performance with zd1211rw?

I recall we had much more stability with the older versions of wireless-testing kernel. Is anyone else using zd1211rw with same problems?

- Petri