From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 10 00:41:09 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A50026ED for ; Wed, 10 Oct 2012 00:41:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kurt.buff@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ee0-f54.google.com (mail-ee0-f54.google.com [74.125.83.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 360888FC17 for ; Wed, 10 Oct 2012 00:41:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ee0-f54.google.com with SMTP id c50so4240845eek.13 for ; Tue, 09 Oct 2012 17:41:08 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=g+a0VavKxEb2OV21BZZ2HdfFlN1L+7DDJFeG6tCJIKA=; b=KfcY3cslfW2XBYfIVJonWZEcQ+v+uLU5NX6LIPfzN6uTJraknkOn543FFa64+KnTz5 z/t2dCW3+yxDkt7UU4L97e8rlsOfjyFbdrqHpZkKFl4L2qu0+/5hGTCnFqBH9lsDUv18 Ji98rCXgn4C5ceP0eEMvVMv7vg0ffSoMW7z3fn1EIaR10Y+CECc1qq7nwm0m0wr1yLyL tEvxoj0hPsc30+bukRFztatfC+//fXqCAwKLhLM8fObPIa7Fkaqn7WhMs5AAKwzHzdyb IY+hoSfgZ/LOj8krPHMay701KnH8BOTsI8i+KPG3ztCTz+mQkgE0/wotMDx54QWPSRmc 79kw== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.14.4.201 with SMTP id 49mr30631384eej.0.1349829668038; Tue, 09 Oct 2012 17:41:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.14.214.131 with HTTP; Tue, 9 Oct 2012 17:41:08 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <32938.1349827081@tristatelogic.com> References: <32938.1349827081@tristatelogic.com> Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2012 17:41:08 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Intel 5100 Wifi... more questions. From: Kurt Buff To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2012 00:41:09 -0000 On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 4:58 PM, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote: > % ifconfig wlan0 > wlan0: flags=8843 metric 0 mtu 1500 > ether 00:22:fb:76:6d:18 > inet 192.168.1.23 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255 > inet6 fe80::222:fbff:fe76:6d18%wlan0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0xb > nd6 options=29 > media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet OFDM/18Mbps mode 11ng > status: associated > ssid ronair2-1 channel 11 (2462 MHz 11g ht/20) bssid c0:c1:c0:8b:4b:f3 > country US authmode WPA2/802.11i privacy ON deftxkey UNDEF > AES-CCM 2:128-bit txpower 15 bmiss 10 scanvalid 450 bgscan > bgscanintvl 300 bgscanidle 250 roam:rssi 7 roam:rate 64 protmode CTS > ampdulimit 64k ampdudensity 8 -amsdutx amsdurx shortgi wme > roaming MANUAL > Just a guess, as I really am not sure about this, but perhaps 1) media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet OFDM/18Mbps mode 11ng 2) status: associated 3) ssid ronair2-1 channel 11 (2462 MHz 11g ht/20) bssid c0:c1:c0:8b:4b:f3 line 1 might indicate that it's talking 11ng - and that 802.11n is operative and perhaps line 3 only indicates frequency/channel. Have you looked at your E1000 unit and verified what the link type is for your connection? Perhaps it will tell you that it's connected via 'n' vs.'g'. Or not. I'm sure someone more knowledgeable than me can comment further. Kurt