From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 2 20:14:43 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9283C106564A for ; Thu, 2 Jul 2009 20:14:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from onemda@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f216.google.com (mail-bw0-f216.google.com [209.85.218.216]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 01AA48FC13 for ; Thu, 2 Jul 2009 20:14:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from onemda@gmail.com) Received: by bwz12 with SMTP id 12so1592971bwz.43 for ; Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:14:42 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=UHcmIXzePzVWrPKjpY9z3KrdX3HszeW1jWKA2mzyTN8=; b=ALy3/qVeEe2cMvIbI8Ecq45yoiSjFb6h68JHJseZDNW6JpD7LEykWSpsNtxSrucze7 0MsuDh0hd9ffxa8IXBo88x6/XhKKqJwkdIpDG2PcaEXqEsWMR+lAkqNVgMVsLeUAKjeZ N2VVliO6/zl3ED1+7dVdMy/oU3j1A61ham/TY= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=APnb12ejNwB2dByLFZynMo5U95ZFwgLmDIdMvMB77uS32tojuhRar6VNfp8aWXFOYC g3QpgF83JUOkJZJ5aiKtq4yJtUPHDccI7SKRUVBxATFFfmwnW7rlS1RfS7ROVdYyGDqo fk1wkkuBr2eM0PaMh/2tiOkBigmU31SmkoVH0= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.66.2 with SMTP id l2mr380444bki.177.1246565682005; Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:14:42 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <3d5d3ca90907021152t65160614ne9d3c6b4ce81f671@mail.gmail.com> References: <3d5d3ca90907011048t1a096865iceaa3b82c1af82f4@mail.gmail.com> <3a142e750907011055r3750fd54rb66612a4b110e090@mail.gmail.com> <3d5d3ca90907011120h35b5e665gee30466ce72097e7@mail.gmail.com> <3a142e750907011526ka68c664s3606fdc9b4ad2889@mail.gmail.com> <3d5d3ca90907011845g26124a59y9643ef4623610f6@mail.gmail.com> <3a142e750907020304tcb3296fy574dfc4b0fd7d875@mail.gmail.com> <3d5d3ca90907021152t65160614ne9d3c6b4ce81f671@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2009 22:14:41 +0200 Message-ID: <3a142e750907021314j7dc4dcedv88d8ea83ffd94d5c@mail.gmail.com> From: "Paul B. Mahol" To: Robert Hall Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Wireless NICs on 7.2 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:14:43 -0000 On 7/2/09, Robert Hall wrote: > On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 6:04 AM, Paul B. Mahol wrote: >> On 7/2/09, Robert Hall wrote: >>>> And what about TX/RX signal? >>> >>> I don't know where to look for that. :) >> >> It is part of scan output. > > I don't remember seeing that in the output. I'll put the Linksys back > in the FBSD box and look for it. Does it have another name? I can't > find it on the ifconfig man page. > > On the XP box, the Linksys utility says that the transmit rate is 12 > Mbps and the receive rate is 5.5 Mbps. > > When I move the Linksys NIC to the FBSD box, I get: > $ ifconfig ral0 list scan > SSID BSSID CHAN RATE S:N INT CAPS > livingroom 00:13:10:b9:e7:d6 6 54M -93:-95 100 E 93 is too low. > > I think the "54M" is what you're asking for? I looked in man ifconfig > and couldn't find TX or RX so I'm guessing that you're asking about > the rate at which data is passed. > > Thanks for your help. > -- Paul