From owner-freebsd-wireless@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 1 20:59:45 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EDD80106564A for ; Thu, 1 Mar 2012 20:59:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from adrian.chadd@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ww0-f50.google.com (mail-ww0-f50.google.com [74.125.82.50]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 784F68FC0A for ; Thu, 1 Mar 2012 20:59:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wgbds12 with SMTP id ds12so901010wgb.31 for ; Thu, 01 Mar 2012 12:59:43 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of adrian.chadd@gmail.com designates 10.180.95.105 as permitted sender) client-ip=10.180.95.105; Authentication-Results: mr.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of adrian.chadd@gmail.com designates 10.180.95.105 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=adrian.chadd@gmail.com; dkim=pass header.i=adrian.chadd@gmail.com Received: from mr.google.com ([10.180.95.105]) by 10.180.95.105 with SMTP id dj9mr14269235wib.18.1330635583832 (num_hops = 1); Thu, 01 Mar 2012 12:59:43 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=Xf7YH0mKVtaKfs+4xG9xeXAGG/qeeRc9Gnw+XYEvXWc=; b=uMn2LX0vSEIflcnAPi2gXz6WyuD8EQAAfloadjZLrV4qylruAcM0Qao5mFQMZYjjm1 rxbCf/wVj3RvyXA1yNcP9NY0KKf8G/UWrdMwHTsGZB1aNxzGqG5I3ty6Ogog2/ZSm60W 57jDIkEthWWO3Q9L167M8HS2o3y2bByOu/6lDl5mTPlALgHZ9ZV3M+6nVos+XS8oRnNC MME/XjGOOl+XbejVg5ykxxXxt11gQQ6bZar+uPFarscDd3RHIXpfG7JotZcNZwerOuWP NZJgPvlxCtM9utLoYRNA0A2FDZN3IxeExSSavoLBorBj/LSjuSQqyWs1uOtGHoUzXl2P ojww== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.180.95.105 with SMTP id dj9mr11448491wib.18.1330635583654; Thu, 01 Mar 2012 12:59:43 -0800 (PST) Sender: adrian.chadd@gmail.com Received: by 10.216.198.81 with HTTP; Thu, 1 Mar 2012 12:59:43 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2012 12:59:43 -0800 X-Google-Sender-Auth: IGYl0rKMTlIzByu2AZoqPFrCYtw Message-ID: From: Adrian Chadd To: Damjan Marion Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Subject: Re: run(4) in AP mode and battery consumption of mobile devices X-BeenThere: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Discussions of 802.11 stack, tools device driver development." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2012 20:59:46 -0000 Hi, I'd get in dirty with an ath nic in monitor mode. See what's going on. I'd look at what the TIM bits are set in the access point beacon frames. Maybe it's doing something weird like waways setting them. Adrian On 1 March 2012 09:25, Damjan Marion wrote: > > On Mar 1, 2012, at 5:25 PM, Adrian Chadd wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> What were you using as an access point? > > Cisco 1100 and Linksys WRT350Nv2/OpenWRT, much longer battery life on both... > >> >> It could be a power saving management issue with freebsd net80211, but >> it's also quite likely that one of the other power saving methods >> (ps-poll, uapsd) is supported by your AP but not FreeBSD net80211. >> >> I'd love to see pspoll/uapsd support in FreeBSD.. >> > > Anybody else have some experience with for example iPhone and FreeBSD AP? > My battery discharge time is around 10 hours. > > BTW My performance is similar to the following post: > > http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=7562&page=11 (search for iPhone) > > Thanks, > > Damjan > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-wireless > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-wireless-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"