Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2015 21:50:21 +0800 From: Ben Woods <woodsb02@gmail.com> To: Rui Paulo <rpaulo@me.com> Cc: "freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org" <freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org>, "dchagin@freebsd.org" <dchagin@freebsd.org>, "adrian@freebsd.org" <adrian@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Intel 3160/7260/7265 driver Message-ID: <CAOc73CA86PWeLytQW4Wt%2BgeSq=G%2Bsi=F_WUzB4S1_8kUZ_g6Ng@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAOc73CB0A5b1q8gz5v8%2BFDbTv%2ByQjfXPo2jLdDPiEYk8z3-BcQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAOc73CChm1vJczABSSsxsbNvsZEdm9H46a_TNNK6fasBOF78JQ@mail.gmail.com> <15089990.yCYE9Adp01@akita> <CAOc73CB0A5b1q8gz5v8%2BFDbTv%2ByQjfXPo2jLdDPiEYk8z3-BcQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On Friday, June 5, 2015, Ben Woods <woodsb02@gmail.com> wrote: > > Unfortunately, it seems to connect in 802.11b mode, >> > even though I have tried forcing it to 802.11g or 802.11n modes with >> > the following entry in /etc/rc.conf: >> > ifconfig_wlan0="mode 11n country AU channel 11 WPA DHCP" >> > >> > >> > "# service netif restart" gives the following errors: >> > ifconfig: SIOCSIFMEDIA (media): Device not configured >> > kernel: iwm0: iwm_load_firmware: chunk 0 of 3 returned error 35 >> > wpa_supplicant[1662]: ioctl[SIOCS80211, op=26, val=0, arg_len=0]: >> > Operation not supported >> > >> > >> > # ifconfig >> > iwm0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu >> 2290 >> > ether 34:02:86:34:13:18 >> > nd6 options=29<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED,AUTO_LINKLOCAL> >> > media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11b >> > status: associated >> > wlan0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu >> 1500 >> > ether 34:02:86:34:13:18 >> > inet 192.168.1.100 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255 >> > nd6 options=29<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED,AUTO_LINKLOCAL> >> > media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11b >> > status: associated >> > ssid 17aHindmarshAve channel 11 (2462 MHz 11b) bssid 04:f0:21:14:c9:7d >> > regdomain ROW country AU authmode WPA2/802.11i privacy ON >> > deftxkey UNDEF AES-CCM 2:128-bit AES-CCM 3:128-bit txpower 30 bmiss 10 >> > scanvalid 60 roaming MANUAL >> > groups: wlan >> > >> > >> > Note that the new Lenovo X1 Carbon gen3 has the same hardware, so >> > should give similar results. >> >> I'm not sure it's doing 11b. It's all firmware based, so it's probably >> doing >> 11g, but we're reporting it incorrectly. >> >> -- >> Rui Paulo >> > > The transfer speeds I am achieving support the theory that it is only > operating in 802.11b mode. > > I am achieving up to 600kB/s when I use fetch(1) to transfer a file from > an NFS mount, compared to 2000kB/s when I use my USB wifi dongle in 802.11g > mode with the run(4) driver. > > Regards, > Ben > Today I have updated my iwm driver to commit 7134abba35, and noticed 2 major improvements: 1. The driver now reports as using 802.11g 2. I now get between 1MBps and 1.2MBps download Nice improvements! Thanks again :) Regards, Ben -- -- From: Benjamin Woods woodsb02@gmail.com
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