From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 27 13:01:47 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 189461065676 for ; Sat, 27 Feb 2010 13:01:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from spil.oss@googlemail.com) Received: from mail-pv0-f182.google.com (mail-pv0-f182.google.com [74.125.83.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E369C8FC17 for ; Sat, 27 Feb 2010 13:01:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pvg3 with SMTP id 3so372527pvg.13 for ; Sat, 27 Feb 2010 05:01:41 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:reply-to:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=MtWwTFudtVDCSnFnr1vAvW53fFPfdbYiZKgKkWYvR8A=; b=s6Ugzww/lS+s4gC/DLKQPIH//NPFCFHeUwg8GXyxSixcphnYLFdA3VIp9O8vmIbx24 NJrLkZoFITt5eGHctJuHVcrCE2M8bejJl7rBLihJlHrIF0lBN+7t9a86mWkR750foJYP Y4GLbibbSf+Ckb95ujZo0mDdQgd268ew3VGPs= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:reply-to:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id :subject:from:to:content-type; b=mlFhTks9JxRcmn7ttMgd+aYsTKkyMRerrWaiGK4K21vtltuH2+7zCApGgATSaPnbqw 4bsY6vme4l8oHSVvPmYbIJy4WvOBl9lFtvPneq8aORo3pabruDEmq2ouxc3oYU73D/Fe AVBEcRajHJX2kHh3xuSgjiBbijutYK/TIBWMc= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.141.107.10 with SMTP id j10mr995053rvm.282.1267275701404; Sat, 27 Feb 2010 05:01:41 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20100227124308.GA28213@mx.techwires.net> References: <5fbf03c21002270427s74d0f067gb76cfe10c2794121@mail.gmail.com> <20100227124308.GA28213@mx.techwires.net> Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2010 14:01:41 +0100 Message-ID: <5fbf03c21002270501l2e388ec9tbdad684d38609861@mail.gmail.com> From: Spil Oss To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Subject: Re: FreeBSD-8.0 802.11n support with ath X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: spil.oss@gmail.com List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2010 13:01:47 -0000 Thanks for the confirmation! Is anything known re. a timeline for implementation of wireless-N? (8.1? 9.0?) Kind regards, Spil On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 1:43 PM, Bernhard Schmidt wrote: > On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 01:27:09PM +0100, Spil Oss wrote: >> Hi All, >> >> Got myself an Atheros AR5416 card to upgrade my HostAP to Wireless-N speed. >> >> Somehow I can't find a way to convince the driver to go into 11n mode >> >> # ifconfig wlan0 mode 11b >> # ifconfig wlan0 mode 11g >> # ifconfig wlan0 mode 11n >> ifconfig: SIOCSIFMEDIA (media): Device not configured > > It's either mode 11na or mode 11ng. > >> The man-page for ifconfig specifies only 11a, 11b and 11g as modes. >> The part is functioning fine in 11g mode. >> >> Am I missing something obvious or is Wireless-N support not fully >> implemented yet? > > There is no rate control algo fuer 11n, afaik, you will only be able to > use legacy rates. > > -- > Bernhard >