From owner-freebsd-wireless@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 9 16:44:24 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: wireless@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DC294382 for ; Fri, 9 Jan 2015 16:44:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wi0-x233.google.com (mail-wi0-x233.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c05::233]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6E429DA8 for ; Fri, 9 Jan 2015 16:44:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wi0-f179.google.com with SMTP id ex7so3518485wid.0 for ; Fri, 09 Jan 2015 08:44:21 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject :from:to:cc:content-type; bh=et6FCkmG3WiHBXV2OVrIzXgf/cgoDDAejo89KXHNgmw=; b=QMFLn87I3o80Bj38h2tTcasreUGTF9QHxXwTgp5sCk8VHavwKpi3bfvbCVJePpiUHZ HuXV6PlEra197jDqDgurebTuWgUoJkGrOH8T66M56iUcq9Xxd/TVhJ2yWjLUpec1mJzD WFJQR/JPdHiJ1TAycZjNmNaC0UZKT1jyZnhMTf54JpSs4M3M0TCGnsWRX4RG1EYtNT+N FWzkQUjrsF1sjVy3EQhUxfYGkegQNIqHD/5TfHkiEQRnXq2GjpAatDGs5w2Yw7M9N4Ic I41g9tmSdyCWFOTDl0TsLPhBdMQJJBzJ7EUbrDQ1Fmkmg2FBmfQOxTF2kfRkOjS01CSD Oe+w== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.180.80.163 with SMTP id s3mr6497050wix.59.1420821861748; Fri, 09 Jan 2015 08:44:21 -0800 (PST) Sender: adrian.chadd@gmail.com Received: by 10.216.41.136 with HTTP; Fri, 9 Jan 2015 08:44:21 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20150109095443.GA32913@regency.nsu.ru> References: <20121005123832.GA64777@regency.nsu.ru> <20121005201258.GA44697@regency.nsu.ru> <20150109095443.GA32913@regency.nsu.ru> Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2015 08:44:21 -0800 X-Google-Sender-Auth: znKQJ14eiafB6RVN7Ykt33C_Pds Message-ID: Subject: Re: Intel Pro/Wireless 2200BG iwi(4) card stopped working in 8-stable From: Adrian Chadd To: Alexey Dokuchaev Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: "freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org" X-BeenThere: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: "Discussions of 802.11 stack, tools device driver development." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 09 Jan 2015 16:44:24 -0000 just note: ar5416/ar9160 are 2x2, with three antennas. but definitely 2x2 (MCS0-15) 11n chips. -a On 9 January 2015 at 01:54, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote: > On Sat, Oct 06, 2012 at 03:12:58AM +0700, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote: >> On Fri, Oct 05, 2012 at 07:02:26AM -0700, Adrian Chadd wrote: >> > On 5 October 2012 05:38, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote: >> > > Since this card gave me lots of troubles over the past, any one can >> > > recommend a decent mini-pci replacement? It looks like ath(4) chips >> > > are currently best supported. [...] >> > >> > AR5416 or AR9220 will be fine. Even an AR9160 will be fine. >> >> OK, but shall I give predilection towards one of them, or they're all >> pretty much the same? > > Today I've revisited this old topic and found that similar question was > asked before on ath9k-devel@lists.ath9k.org [1]. I will quote some parts > of it here (and thus answer my own question) for the sake of history. > > Gen 1 - AR5008: > AR5416+AR5122 - 2x2 dual band, PCI > AR5416+AR5133 - 3x3 dual band, PCI > AR5418+AR5133 - 3x3 dual band, PCIe > > Gen 2 - AR9001: > AR9160+AR9104 - 2x2 dual band, PCI > AR9160+AR9106 - 3x3 dual band, PCI > > Gen 3 - AR9002: > AR9220 - 2x2, dual band, PCI > AR9280 - 2x2, dual band, PCIe > > [We know that] the AR9002 is a single chip solution, likely reducing cost, > power and size. But is there any improvement to radio functionality or > other features? > > Answer (by Luis R. Rodriguez): > > Having a single chip itself yields a lot more benefits than that. Since > things are closer together it also means less complexity on overall > programming. > > I recommend the single chip families, and specificaly AR9280 is a great > candidate as its dual band and uses PCI-E. From a software perspective > Atheros dedicates more of its own resources for testing our newer chipsets, > the newer gernation 802.11n chipsets. AR9001 didn't get formal testing > but the AR9002 did. Now its AR9002, in the near future it will be AR9003 > and so on. > > ./danfe > > [1] http://ath9k-devel.ath9k.narkive.com/GqjxAbUB/ar-chipset-differences > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-wireless > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-wireless-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"