[iPAQ] wavelan: ipac_v0.19 <--> red_hat box poor performance

hi,

i just got my ipaq prepared running linux :) and it works.

my feeling about the wavelan is not too good. the performance seems
to be poor.
on both sides i use orinoco cards, firmware 6.16, Ad-hoc (PtP) mode

ipacq is running v 0.19
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/etc/pcmcia/config.opts
# Options for WaveLAN/IEEE driver (ad-hoc mode)...
module "wvlan_cs" opts "port_type=3 channel=1 station_name=mover"
/etc/pcmcia/wireless.opts
*,*,*,00:02:2D:*)
    INFO="Wavelan IEEE example (Lucent default settings)"
    ESSID="zedxnet"
    MODE="Ad-hoc"
    RATE="11M"
network params ip etc. set in /etc/pcmcia/network.opts
DHCP="n"
PUMP='n'
DHCP_HOSTNAME=""
IPADDR="192.168.1.66"
NETMASK="255.255.255.192"
NETWORK="192.168.1.64"
BROADCAST="192.168.1.127"
GATEWAY="192.168.1.65"
ifconfig shows:
wvlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:02:2D:1F:AD:1E
          inet addr:192.168.1.66 Bcast:192.168.1.127
Mask:255.255.255.192
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
          RX packets:5170 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:984 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
          Interrupt:42
iwconfig shows:
wvlan0 IEEE 802.11-DS ESSID:"zedxnet" Nickname:"HERMES I"
          Frequency:2.412GHz Sensitivity:1/3 Mode:Managed
          Access Point: 02:02:2D:1F:AD:36
          Bit Rate:11Mb/s RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2347 B
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          Link quality:0/92 Signal level:-102 dBm Noise level:-102 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0 invalid crypt:0 invalid misc:1

on the red_hat box 6.2 kernel 2.2.18
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/etc/pcmcia/config.opts:
# module fuer orinoco
module "wvlan_cs"
/etc/pcmcia/wireless.opts:
*,*,*,00:60:1D:*|*,*,*,00:02:2D:*)
    INFO="Wavelan IEEE example (Lucent default settings)"
    ESSID="zedxnet"
    MODE="Ad-hoc"
    RATE="11M"
    FREQ="1"
ifconfig shows:
eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:02:2D:1F:AD:36
          inet addr:192.168.1.65 Bcast:192.168.1.127
Mask:255.255.255.192
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
          RX packets:25 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:26 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
          Interrupt:3 Base address:0x100
iwconfig shows:
eth1 IEEE 802.11-DS ESSID:"zedxnet" Nickname:"transit"
          Frequency:2.412GHz Sensitivity:1/3 Mode:Ad-Hoc
          Access Point: 02:02:2D:1F:AD:36
          Bit Rate=11Mb/s RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          Link quality:0/92 Signal level:-102 dBm Noise level:-102 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0 invalid crypt:0 invalid misc:0

i played with the gqmpeg (how do you manage the playlist editor?)
player.
mounted my mp3 archiv via nfs (on the ipaq, i got the message:
nfs warning: mount version older than kernel) but it works, i like that.
stating a song takes several seconds. sometimes the show interrupts for
some
seconds.

a tcpdump on the nfs-server while his happens:
3:57:44.877638 P 20:0:6d:85:5f:21 0:0:0:0:0:1 793f 14:
23:57:44.877663 P [|llc]
a:0:0:0:1:0 0:0:0:0:0:1 0004 0:
23:57:45.842618 P [|llc]
a:0:0:0:1:0 0:0:0:0:0:1 0004 0:
23:57:45.862568 P [|llc]
a:0:0:0:1:0 0:0:0:0:0:1 0004 0:
23:57:45.872539 P [|llc]

consoel output on the ipaq at the same time:
nfs: server transit OK
nfs: server transit not responding, still trying
nfs: server transit not responding, still trying
nfs: server transit OK
nfs: server transit not responding, still trying
nfs: server transit OK
nfs: server transit OK

thx for any hints

axel

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if it is there and you can not see it		it is transparent
if it is not there and you can see it		it is virtual
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roy wilks 1983, tcp/ip networking