From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 4 14:00:57 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 318C716A41A for ; Mon, 4 Feb 2008 14:00:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from joao@matik.com.br) Received: from msrv.matik.com.br (msrv.matik.com.br [200.152.83.14]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9107D13C4DB for ; Mon, 4 Feb 2008 14:00:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from joao@matik.com.br) Received: from ap-h.matik.com.br (ap-h.p.matik.com.br [200.152.83.36] (may be forged)) by msrv.matik.com.br (8.14.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id m14DxQtU037052; Mon, 4 Feb 2008 11:59:26 -0200 (BRT) (envelope-from joao@matik.com.br) From: JoaoBR Organization: Infomatik To: Sam Leffler Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2008 11:56:05 -0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.7 References: <200802021440.05965.joao@matik.com.br> <47A550BB.7050308@errno.com> In-Reply-To: <47A550BB.7050308@errno.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200802041156.05867.joao@matik.com.br> X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV version 0.91.2, clamav-milter version 0.91.2 on msrv.matik.com.br X-Virus-Status: Clean Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ATH rate and rssi considerations X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2008 14:00:57 -0000 On Sunday 03 February 2008 03:27:23 Sam Leffler wrote: > > the AP which runs 7-STABLE, lets say a 6.3 or a early 7-Stable (~07/200= 7) > > with same configs and wthout touching the antenas the RSSI comes back to > > normal and the noise leevl is less and at the end the signal strength > > measured on the client station (whatever 11a/b/g gear) almost doubles. > > Sorry, I didn't follow the above. =A0If there's a bug please file a PR and > provide the details necessary to followup. =A0In particular show the > command lines and displays you have issues with. ok, look at the following tables=20 I a have a dual boot on this machine with 6.3-R and Current and compare the= =20 RSSi values. Same hardware, time difference only the minute to reboot and n= o=20 config changes, simply booting 7.0 the RSSI drops and this is not only a=20 cosmetic issue, definitely the signal strength is lower on the client too. = I=20 have sorted the macs so you can directly compare line to line, the last=20 column is the RSSI, The machine is already with the new ifconfig compiled=20 after your update yesterday night.=20 6.3-R=20 00:4f:6a:01:42:3a 4 11 1M 43 =20 00:02:2d:93:85:26 5 11 1M 25 =20 00:05:9e:81:b0:4f 17 11 1M 21 =20 00:0f:3d:67:f2:f5 1 11 1M 44 =20 00:05:9e:83:39:45 3 11 1M 38 =20 00:05:9e:83:58:73 6 11 1M 50 =20 00:0e:2e:8a:7a:8a 7 11 1M 27 =20 00:05:9e:81:a2:2f 2 11 1M 18 =20 00:05:9e:83:eb:db 8 11 1M 33 =20 00:02:2d:93:85:a9 9 11 1M 28 =20 00:05:9e:83:58:64 10 11 1M 43 =20 7.0 Current=20 00:4f:6a:01:42:3a 3 11 11M 21.0 =20 00:02:2d:93:85:26 7 11 11M 11.0 =20 00:05:9e:81:b0:4f 12 11 11M 8.5 =20 00:0f:3d:67:f2:f5 8 11 11M 23.0 =20 00:05:9e:83:39:45 1 11 11M 17.0 =20 00:05:9e:83:58:73 2 11 11M 24.0 =20 00:0e:2e:8a:7a:8a 9 11 11M 11.5 =20 00:05:9e:81:a2:2f 21 11 11M 7.0 =20 00:05:9e:83:eb:db 11 11 11M 13.5 =20 00:02:2d:93:85:a9 10 11 11M 12.0 =20 00:05:9e:83:58:64 15 11 11M 19.5 =20 =2D-=20 Jo=E3o A mensagem foi scaneada pelo sistema de e-mail e pode ser considerada segura. Service fornecido pelo Datacenter Matik https://datacenter.matik.com.br