Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 21:32:10 -0500 From: Damian Gerow <dgerow@afflictions.org> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ath(4) and 802.11g speed Message-ID: <20060311023210.GF10106@afflictions.org> In-Reply-To: <200603102230.18377.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> References: <20060308231529.GA2049@afflictions.org> <200603100329.49920.joao@matik.com.br> <20060310065614.GK31158@afflictions.org> <200603102230.18377.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
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Thus spake Daniel O'Connor (doconnor@gsoft.com.au) [10/03/06 07:09]: : > I've been doing some testing with kismet throughout the night, and I've : > been seeing consistant signal strengths around -50 to -60dBm, with noise : > sitting pretty consistantly at -96, and its strongest reading (after about : > six hours) is -90dBm. At least, if I'm to believe what Kismet is telling : > me. : > : > This machine is about five feet (albeit through a concrete wall) from the : > AP. A wireless laptop that's about twenty feet (again, through concrete) : > has connected at 54Mbps without issues. : : What happens if you exit Kismet and try an associate? That's what I did originally, which prompted the thread: a cold-boot into an associate gives me 11Mbps. I was only running Kismet to help diagnose the problem.
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