Date: Sun, 28 Feb 2010 12:54:24 +0000 From: Rui Paulo <rpaulo@gmail.com> To: Jim Pingle <lists@pingle.org> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD-8.0 802.11n support with ath/mwl Message-ID: <1B1F52CC-FF36-4432-9345-73BB673EE7E8@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4B89E174.1060802@pingle.org> References: <5fbf03c21002270427s74d0f067gb76cfe10c2794121@mail.gmail.com> <20100227124308.GA28213@mx.techwires.net> <5fbf03c21002270501l2e388ec9tbdad684d38609861@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1002272029130.49218@fledge.watson.org> <C816D0F2-67CD-4361-8FD3-376F7619EF46@gmail.com> <4B89E174.1060802@pingle.org>
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On 28 Feb 2010, at 03:22, Jim Pingle wrote: > On 2/27/2010 9:09 PM, Rui Paulo wrote: >> On 27 Feb 2010, at 20:29, Robert Watson wrote: >> Progress on supporting 11n with atheros cards is on going. There's = much more to it than adapting the rate control algorithm. Please stay = tuned. >=20 > Are you aware if similar work ongoing for the mwl(4) based 802.11n > cards? I picked up a couple cheap this past week and have them working > with hostapd but, as with the OP in the thread, only with G rates. >=20 > The ifconfig[1] output suggests that it is using 40MHz wide ht = channels > but devices only associate at 54Mbps[2]. >=20 > Jim >=20 > [1] ifconfig mwl0_wlan1 > mwl0_wlan1: flags=3D8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> = metric 0 > mtu 1500 > ether 00:01:36:17:96:0e > inet6 fe80::201:36ff:fe17:960e%mwl0_wlan1 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x9 > inet 192.168.15.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.15.255 > nd6 options=3D3<PERFORMNUD,ACCEPT_RTADV> > media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11na <hostap> > status: running > ssid WatchTower channel 100 (5500 MHz 11a ht/40+) bssid = 00:01:36:17:96:0e > regdomain DEBUG indoor authmode WPA2/802.11i privacy MIXED deftxkey 3 > AES-CCM 2:128-bit AES-CCM 3:128-bit txpower 14 scanvalid 60 > ampdulimit 64k ampdudensity 4 shortgi smps burst dtimperiod 1 >=20 >=20 > [2] ifconfig mwl0_wlan1 list sta (w/addr removed) > AID CHAN RATE RSSI IDLE TXSEQ RXSEQ CAPS FLAG > 1 120 54M 33.0 0 1537 25952 EP A RSN (rssi 68:20:20 nf > 0:0:0) mwl supports HT rates, but it looks like your AP is not sending HT rates = to you. -- Rui Paulo
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