Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 15:10:19 +0200 From: "Paul B. Mahol" <onemda@gmail.com> To: "Mark Kirkwood" <markir@paradise.net.nz> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Freebsd 7-stable on Asus Pro31j - wireless networking Message-ID: <3a142e750805150610u7c6b1c23u6fca5c215141a208@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <482C158F.9050303@paradise.net.nz> References: <482C158F.9050303@paradise.net.nz>
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That is problem IMHO of driver itself, in this case wpi, I have similar exeperience with rum driver. And no, it is not fault of freebsd net80211 code, because ndis works very nice for me. On 5/15/08, Mark Kirkwood <markir@paradise.net.nz> wrote: > I've recently obtained one of these laptops, and thought I'd try Freebsd > on it. While the install went well and basic functionality is all > present (install from cd works, boots ok afterwards, X works, ethernet > re interface works), there are a few niggles. I'll post about the > others later, but my initial focus is wireless networking. > > The card is an Intel 3945ABG detected as: > > wpi0: <Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG> mem 0xfe1ff000-0xfe1fffff irq 17 > at device 0.0 on pci3 > wpi0: Ethernet address: 00:1b:77:10:2e:af > wpi0: 11g rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps > 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps > > Doing a basic attempt at an ip address from about 1 metre away from a > Linksys WAG54GV2 (unsecured access for now) results in a working > association: > > $ ifconfig wpi0 inet 192.168.1.65 netmask 255.255.255.0 ssid darkmatter > $ ifconfig wpi0 > wpi0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500 > ether 00:1b:77:10:2e:af > inet 192.168.1.65 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255 > media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (OFDM/9Mbps) > status: associated > ssid darkmatter channel 1 (2412 Mhz 11g) bssid 00:18:39:6a:73:ec > authmode OPEN privacy OFF txpower 50 bmiss 7 scanvalid 60 > protmode CTS > > ... and quite good performance. However moving a very small distance > away - the next room (say 5 metres) quickly results in performance so > poor, it is unusable (timeouts and complaints from ftp sites about too > may connections from my ip). > > Now before scrubbing off that nasty os beginning with W that came with > the laptop I tested wireless performance from several rooms away (say > 10+ metres), and it was acceptable (the purpose of this comment being to > show that in theory, wireless access at greater ranges than I'm seeing > now is possible!). > > Are there any suggestions about how to improve range/performance? as I'm > really enjoying using Freebsd on a laptop - just being a *little* > further away from the access point would be great! > > I'm running 7-STABLE from 28-02-2008. > > Cheers > > Mark > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-mobile-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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