From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 25 21:13:48 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 58D1F1065692 for ; Wed, 25 Mar 2009 21:13:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from onemda@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ew0-f171.google.com (mail-ew0-f171.google.com [209.85.219.171]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E21218FC1A for ; Wed, 25 Mar 2009 21:13:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from onemda@gmail.com) Received: by ewy19 with SMTP id 19so253297ewy.43 for ; Wed, 25 Mar 2009 14:13:46 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=EwECD6pWi5dkuX7rSDZaCaWEKMVEUZpYV+zEtgacPvc=; b=kQVQx3K8uf6J0X3cx8LOulSuIVFX1nHmhTwuoDiao6sD6SAh0L9f1GogUXfY4sDX/G wNy++Gr7WjdQ77VfpsqU5/WdUihi8le9hNRY8g+PzRmDAm4fEyti3CeG1wce9Y/dAaN/ AqxDLV435H5Y61C3PJhlAFgEXMzeP48UZTQ84= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=SsS9oxJTyPv3l+rT3/0U1RepYKXGgkQf2WgEATzDZoizYvJhhDPM7PdKyKEDMr4ffW r0I0/pqXOfClsBzEm76c2QM/zYB6wcI38bX0s7cCCz480DZ7jNPZA0S7YIuVzYMgKJT4 vVIu0RWX6OxrZytpkV7n76oecjewJ2U9EVeJ8= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.210.16.11 with SMTP id 11mr29420ebp.9.1238014246008; Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:50:46 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <49CA7D47.7070406@rawbw.com> References: <49CA7D47.7070406@rawbw.com> Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 21:50:46 +0100 Message-ID: <3a142e750903251350l66801af4j26722a5b905a9a34@mail.gmail.com> From: "Paul B. Mahol" To: yuri@rawbw.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Atheros wireless card keeps losing signal when signal is too weak X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 21:13:48 -0000 On 3/25/09, Yuri wrote: > I have Linux box sitting next to FreeBSD box that has a very cheap > Airlink 101 card but it has no problems connecting to my WiFi network. > > Every time when Linux box says that quality of connection drops below > 10/100 FreeBSD box shows "status: no carrier". > Linux connections still function ok. > > I even bought a large WiFi antenna for FreeBSD box but still have this > problem. > > Is there some 'sensitivity' parameter that driver may be setting too low > on the card? I'm only aware of roam:rssi & roam:rate -- Paul