From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 1 02:26:43 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D33C106564A for ; Mon, 1 Mar 2010 02:26:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@pingle.org) Received: from willow.pingle.org (willow.pingle.org [68.76.213.30]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A1FF8FC18 for ; Mon, 1 Mar 2010 02:26:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by willow.pingle.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 843E311431; Sun, 28 Feb 2010 21:26:42 -0500 (EST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at pingle.org Received: from willow.pingle.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (willow.pingle.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id bIQekMfgz-Pn; Sun, 28 Feb 2010 21:26:41 -0500 (EST) Received: from [192.168.10.10] (hpcw.hpcisp.com [68.76.213.13]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: jim) by willow.pingle.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id BC2241141C; Sun, 28 Feb 2010 21:26:40 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <4B8B25E0.4060604@pingle.org> Date: Sun, 28 Feb 2010 21:26:40 -0500 From: Jim Pingle User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.8) Gecko/20100216 Lightning/1.0b1 Thunderbird/3.0.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rui Paulo References: <5fbf03c21002270427s74d0f067gb76cfe10c2794121@mail.gmail.com> <20100227124308.GA28213@mx.techwires.net> <5fbf03c21002270501l2e388ec9tbdad684d38609861@mail.gmail.com> <4B89E174.1060802@pingle.org> <1B1F52CC-FF36-4432-9345-73BB673EE7E8@gmail.com> <4B8AAA0B.4010402@pingle.org> <3BA70425-5413-4E04-AA91-85B699B1D8EF@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <3BA70425-5413-4E04-AA91-85B699B1D8EF@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD-8.0 802.11n support with ath/mwl X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 01 Mar 2010 02:26:43 -0000 On 2/28/2010 7:03 PM, Rui Paulo wrote: > On 28 Feb 2010, at 17:38, Jim Pingle wrote: >> Are there some other bits that need set in order to have clients >> associate with HT rates? Or some other prerequisite conditions such as >> number of attached antennae? I do only have one antenna attached as I >> didn't have a second pigtail for this test unit's case. The card >> actually has three connectors. > > Having only 1 antenna connected will likely impact your connection. I'll hook up two more and try again when I get a chance, I just need to pull them from a working unit that isn't using its wifi currently. >> I didn't see hints in the mwl(4), wlan(4), hostapd(8), hostapd.conf(5), >> or ifconfig(8) man pages about troubleshooting rates. I see plenty of >> talk in ifconfig(8) about use and control of HT rates, but given what >> I'm seeing in ifconfig, it should be set to use them. I've tried several >> combinations of channels and standards (e.g. 11ng, 11na) but always end >> up with a 54Mbps link. >> >> I'd appreciate any more pointers that you (or anyone else reading) may >> have. I'd like to write up something on the topic once I get it fully >> operational. > > I don't know what's happening, but I guess your Windows 7 laptop isn't sending the necessary HT rates in the association. Try using wlandebug to see what's happening. Ah, I wasn't aware of wlandebug(8). However, it doesn't seem to operate on this mwl(4) card. It sets the value of the sysctl net.wlan.0.debug and that doesn't show up on my system. Another system with a ral(4) card does have that sysctl. Judging by the information in the wlandebug(8) man page it appears as though this may be a side effect of mwl doing much of the work in firmware. I appreciate the information though, thanks for taking the time to reply. I'll continue to work on this again once I relocate some pigtails from another box. Jim