From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 22 05:16:34 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E9D70106566C for ; Mon, 22 Jun 2009 05:16:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sam@freebsd.org) Received: from ebb.errno.com (ebb.errno.com [69.12.149.25]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB9F98FC08 for ; Mon, 22 Jun 2009 05:16:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sam@freebsd.org) Received: from Macintosh-4.local ([10.0.0.200]) (authenticated bits=0) by ebb.errno.com (8.13.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id n5M5GY3Z011225 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sun, 21 Jun 2009 22:16:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sam@freebsd.org) Message-ID: <4A3F13B2.2030108@freebsd.org> Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2009 22:16:34 -0700 From: Sam Leffler Organization: FreeBSD Project User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (Macintosh/20090302) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?=C1=F5=BF=AD?= References: <7237120a0906212012o141363e6u7231dbd0927bfaf@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <7237120a0906212012o141363e6u7231dbd0927bfaf@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-DCC-x.dcc-servers-Metrics: ebb.errno.com; whitelist Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Wireless,Atheros AR5008-based PCI adapter,mode 11n X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2009 05:16:35 -0000 Áõ¿­ wrote: > Hi All, > > Recently I've got 802.11b/g adapter TL-WN353GD from TP-Link, based on > Atheros AR5008 chip.It's a 802.11n NIC. > > I can make it work in mode 11g in stead of 11n with the FreeBSD 8.0 current. > So,I have a question that whether there is support for 802.11n in FreeBSD > 8.0 current yet. > And if It support 802.11n, how can I config the parameters to make it work > in mode 11n. > > Thanks, You can trivially turn on 802.11n RX by enabling HT capabilities in the driver (that'll give you 11n downlink transfers w/ AMPDU even). That's worked ever since I brought 11n support code into the tree (18 months ago?). 11n transmit requires an 11n-aware rate control algorithm and as far as I know noone is working on that. Sam