From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 15 16:04:45 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B7669BF; Sat, 15 Dec 2012 16:04:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsd8@a1poweruser.com) Received: from mail-03.name-services.com (mail-03.name-services.com [69.64.155.195]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 71A348FC14; Sat, 15 Dec 2012 16:04:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [10.0.10.3] ([173.88.197.103]) by mail-03.name-services.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.4675); Sat, 15 Dec 2012 08:03:42 -0800 Message-ID: <50CC9F5E.6080102@a1poweruser.com> Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2012 11:03:42 -0500 From: Fbsd8 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (Windows/20080914) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Adrian Chadd Subject: Re: AR9285 not see n-channels References: <50c92508.6384440a.1379.3a4a@mx.google.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 15 Dec 2012 16:03:42.0340 (UTC) FILETIME=[C0F32440:01CDDADD] X-Sender: fbsd8@a1poweruser.com X-Authenticated-Sender: fbsd8@a1poweruser.com X-EchoSenderHash: [fbsd8]-[a1poweruser*com] Cc: Andrey Fesenko , "freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org" , freebsd-current X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2012 16:04:45 -0000 > Adrian > > On 12 December 2012 17:39, Andrey Fesenko wrote: >> On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 5:33 AM, Adrian Chadd wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> The AR9285 is a 2GHz only NIC. >>> >>> The channel list shows 11b, 11bg, HT20 and HT40 channels. >>> >>> It all looks right, why don't you think it is? >>> >>> >>> Adrian >>> >>> >>> On 12 December 2012 17:32, Andrey Fesenko wrote: >>>> On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 4:55 AM, Adrian Chadd wrote: >>>>> .. yup, you're doing 11n! Welcome! >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Adrian >>>>> >>>>> On 12 December 2012 16:54, Andrey Fesenko wrote: >>>>>> On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 4:44 AM, Adrian Chadd wrote: >>>>>>> Yup. It's doing 11n rates. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Compile and run athstats, it'll tell you how many aggregate frames are being >>>>>>> sent and received. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Adrian >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Sent from my Palm Pre on AT&T >>>>>>> >>>>>>> ________________________________ >>>>>>> On Dec 12, 2012 4:39 PM, Andrey Fesenko wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 4:32 AM, Adrian Chadd wrote: >>>>>>>> What's 'ifconfig wlan0' and 'ifconfig wlan0 list sta' look like? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> adrian >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On 12 December 2012 15:51, Andrey Fesenko wrote: >>>>>>>>> I have >>>>>>>>> # uname -a >>>>>>>>> FreeBSD beastie.mydomain.local 10.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 10.0-CURRENT #1 >>>>>>>>> r243259: Mon Nov 19 09:28:08 MSK 2012 >>>>>>>>> root@beastie.mydomain.local:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/W_BOOK amd64 >>>>>>>>> # grep ATH /usr/src/sys/amd64/conf/W_BOOK >>>>>>>>> options ATH_ENABLE_11N >>>>>>>>> options ATH_DEBUG >>>>>>>>> options ATH_DIAGAPI >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> pciconf >>>>>>>>> ath0@pci0:5:0:0: class=0x028000 card=0xe016105b chip=0x002b168c >>>>>>>>> rev=0x01 hdr=0x00 >>>>>>>>> vendor = 'Atheros Communications Inc.' >>>>>>>>> device = 'AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express)' >>>>>>>>> class = network >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> # ifconfig -v wlan0 list channel >>>>>>>>> Channel 1 : 2412 MHz 11b Channel 7 : 2442 MHz 11g ht/20 >>>>>>>>> Channel 1 : 2412 MHz 11g Channel 8 : 2447 MHz 11b >>>>>>>>> Channel 1 : 2412 MHz 11g ht/20 Channel 8 : 2447 MHz 11g >>>>>>>>> Channel 2 : 2417 MHz 11b Channel 8 : 2447 MHz 11g ht/20 >>>>>>>>> Channel 2 : 2417 MHz 11g Channel 9 : 2452 MHz 11b >>>>>>>>> .... >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> wi-fi router have and enable n-mode (linksys e4200) >>>>>>>>> How to turn on or activate n-mode? >>>>>>> # ifconfig wlan0 list sta >>>>>>> ADDR AID CHAN RATE RSSI IDLE TXSEQ RXSEQ CAPS FLAG >>>>>>> 58:6d:8f:fa:d9:50 5 12 72M 27.5 0 2079 31872 EP AQEHTRS >>>>>>> RSN HTCAP WME WPS >>>>>>> # ifconfig wlan0 >>>>>>> wlan0: flags=8843 metric 0 mtu 1500 >>>>>>> ether 4c:0f:6e:4b:4e:f5 >>>>>>> inet 192.168.1.41 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255 >>>>>>> nd6 options=29 >>>>>>> media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet MCS mode 11ng >>>>>>> status: associated >>>>>>> ssid hometest channel 12 (2467 MHz 11g ht/20) bssid 58:6d:8f:fa:d9:50 >>>>>>> regdomain 101 indoor ecm authmode WPA2/802.11i privacy ON >>>>>>> deftxkey UNDEF AES-CCM 2:128-bit AES-CCM 3:128-bit txpower 20 bmiss 7 >>>>>>> scanvalid 60 protmode CTS ampdulimit 64k ampdudensity 4 shortgi wme >>>>>>> burst roaming MANUAL >>>>>> # ./athstats >>>>>> 526213 data frames received >>>>>> 10205 data frames transmit >>>>>> 79 short on-chip tx retries >>>>>> 103 long on-chip tx retries >>>>>> 16 tx failed 'cuz too many retries >>>>>> 220 mib overflow interrupts >>>>>> MCS7 current transmit rate >>>>>> 1 watchdog timeouts >>>>>> 42 beacon miss interrupts >>>>>> 23154 rx failed 'cuz of bad CRC >>>>>> 56 rx failed 'cuz of PHY err >>>>>> 56 illegal service >>>>>> 1638 periodic calibrations >>>>>> -0/+0 TDMA slot adjust (usecs, smoothed) >>>>>> 56 rssi of last ack >>>>>> 50 avg recv rssi >>>>>> -96 rx noise floor >>>>>> 13 phantom beacon misses >>>>>> 6569 tx frames through raw api >>>>>> 1460 A-MPDU sub-frames received >>>>>> 183 Half-GI frames received >>>>>> 183 40MHz frames received >>>>>> 2397 CRC errors for non-last A-MPDU subframes >>>>>> 3151 Frames transmitted with HT Protection >>>>>> 25 A-MPDU sub-frame TX attempt success >>>>>> 2 first step level >>>>>> 1 OFDM weak signal detect >>>>>> 268 listen time >>>>>> 190 ANI increased spur immunity >>>>>> 174 ANI decrease spur immunity >>>>>> 2 ANI enabled OFDM weak signal detect >>>>>> 3517 ANI disabled OFDM weak signal detect >>>>>> 3515 ANI disabled CCK weak signal threshold >>>>>> 4 ANI increased first step level >>>>>> 2 ANI decreased first step level >>>>>> 154772 cumulative OFDM phy error count >>>>>> 528256 cumulative CCK phy error count >>>>>> 851 ANI forced listen time to zero >>>>>> 26 missing ACK's >>>>>> 78 RTS without CTS >>>>>> 3135 successful RTS >>>>>> 65747 bad FCS >>>>>> 473007 beacons received >>>>>> 53 average rssi (beacons only) >>>>>> 35 average rssi (all rx'd frames) >>>>>> 48 average rssi (ACKs only) >>>>>> Antenna profile: >>>>>> [0] tx 10173 rx 4 >>>>>> [1] tx 0 rx 526209 >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> # ./athaggrstats >>>>>> 17 single frames scheduled >>>>>> 9 aggregate frames scheduled >>>>>> 1217 single frames scheduled due to low HWQ depth >>>>>> >>>>>> Aggregate size profile: >>>>>> >>>>>> 0: 0 1: 0 2: 6 3: 2 >>>>>> 4: 0 5: 0 6: 0 7: 1 >>>>>> 8: 0 9: 0 10: 0 11: 0 >>>> why # ifconfig -v wlan0 list channel >>>> show only b and g channels? and only 13? or this restriction AR9285 >>>> >>>> though >>>> # iperf -i 10 -t 20 -c 192.168.1.26 -w 1024K -l 1024K >>>> ------------------------------------------------------------ >>>> Client connecting to 192.168.1.26, TCP port 5001 >>>> TCP window size: 1.00 MByte (WARNING: requested 1.00 MByte) >>>> ------------------------------------------------------------ >>>> [ 3] local 192.168.1.41 port 22263 connected with 192.168.1.26 port 5001 >>>> [ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth >>>> [ 3] 0.0-10.0 sec 54.0 MBytes 45.3 Mbits/sec >> Thanks >> >> I was confused that there is no mention n-mode in the output channel list > Adrian Chadd wrote: > Right, that's what "HT" is for. > > Well it would be much clearer to understand by changing the output of the the channel list to show 11b, 11bg, 11n20 and 11n40 channels instead of HT20 and HT40, so people would readily know n-mode was active. HT has no meaning to the general user.