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Date:      Mon, 6 Jan 2014 15:24:16 -0800
From:      Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org>
To:        pbtraveller <pbtraveller@googlemail.com>
Cc:        "freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org" <freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: 802.11n on FreeBSD 10.0-RC4
Message-ID:  <CAJ-Vmo=UCV1c2QS4uYi%2B1qmDOJu-2g7gqroXy91xfzpH4pZtvA@mail.gmail.com>
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Nope, running 11ng! Look, says 11ng! on a ht/40 channel! Totally 11ng!

-a


On 6 January 2014 15:21, pbtraveller <pbtraveller@googlemail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I was told that 802.11n code for atheros wifi cards was committed to FreeBSD
> 10.0.
>
> I am currently running a machine with FreeBSD 10.0-RC4 and the following
> wifi card
>
>     vendor     = 'Atheros Communications Inc.'
>     device     = 'AR9287 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express)'
>     class      = network
>
> I loaded the following modules at boot time by placing the following in
> /boot/loader.conf
>
>     if_ath_load="YES"
>     if_ath_pci_load="YES"
>
> When typing ifconfig -v wlan0 list channel I only get
>
> Channel   6 : 2437      MHz 11g ht/40+
>
> and the like but no 11n
>
> my /etc/rc.conf looks like this
>
> ...
>     create_args_wlan0="wlanmode hostap"
>     ifconfig_wlan0="ssid myssid mode 11n up WPA"...
>
> ifconfig shows me that the systems is running 802.11g only
>
>     inet6 fe80::12fe:edff:fe75:3c2b%wlan0 prefixlen 64 tentative scopeid 0x5
>     nd6 options=29<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
>     media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11ng <hostap>
>     status: running
>     ssid myssid channel 4 (2427 MHz 11g ht/40+) bssid 10:fe:ed:75:3c:2b
>     regdomain 32924 country CN indoor ecm authmode WPA2/802.11i
>
> What am I doing wrong or was 802.11n not committed to FreeBSD 10 ?
>
> Many thanks!
>
> pbtraveller
>
>
>
>
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