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Subject: Re: Ralink rt2860 Broadcast rates
From: Ramanujan Seshadri <ksramanujan@gmail.com>
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Suppose i'm using an adhoc network, then shouldn't i be able to set the
broadcast rates also ?

Ram

On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 10:09 AM, Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> wrote:

> On 19 February 2013 05:52, Ramanujan Seshadri <ksramanujan@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >    I had a quick quesiton regarding the broadcast rates set by Ralink
> > rt2860 driver. It seems like the broadcast rates are always set to MCS 0.
> > Suppose i want to increase the broadcast rates to higher MCS's which
> > function should i be looking into ?
>
> Odd; that's usually negotiated with the base station?
>
> Check "ifconfig -v wlan0" ; there's a set of default tx rates for each
> PHY mode (11a, 11bg, 11na, 11ng, etc.) See what yours is set to when
> you've associated.
>
>
>
> Adrian
>