From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 28 12:54:31 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A37C106566C; Sun, 28 Feb 2010 12:54:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rpaulo@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ww0-f54.google.com (mail-ww0-f54.google.com [74.125.82.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 78C438FC08; Sun, 28 Feb 2010 12:54:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wwb22 with SMTP id 22so950859wwb.13 for ; Sun, 28 Feb 2010 04:54:27 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:subject:mime-version :content-type:from:in-reply-to:date:cc:content-transfer-encoding :message-id:references:to:x-mailer; bh=cA46BynWpiWe5tmTT9MBUA9RJpMLrBKX3Zztv8lAswY=; b=UCZVHL6LcaZ3O9dOwzA8Ag2rKM+10R7UgYktl+z9y9tFcsSXzoc8xBOtKufxTds7yz qTEZOhkv4TmNV7TCnxmTHSPJ6I2lUS1TFbyC5QjRNQNrYeSonJF2S/YoviClQ/ZPAIyD m0x6emk1ACafhk5tNU5O97Asqkeh4OwcAWNNY= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=subject:mime-version:content-type:from:in-reply-to:date:cc :content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references:to:x-mailer; b=kq6FthitfaLSqOyTvFMeyYwjHlubpVuPom7wX6oCBWtE0fgmQ3NkWLgtvncYYVgyxe 6xn5bcts/4Bis2EP+RUJwQg2z641P3zAkgw9MYk6jdlwI3GcEOA63+I+cSSFNlTqN6xC A3pdYtR92jkUAMmPKVfngTae0lnXV6/M6/yQQ= Received: by 10.216.157.129 with SMTP id o1mr2030458wek.197.1267361666931; Sun, 28 Feb 2010 04:54:26 -0800 (PST) Received: from [10.0.10.4] (54.81.54.77.rev.vodafone.pt [77.54.81.54]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 24sm3609287eyx.4.2010.02.28.04.54.25 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sun, 28 Feb 2010 04:54:26 -0800 (PST) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1077) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii From: Rui Paulo In-Reply-To: <4B89E174.1060802@pingle.org> Date: Sun, 28 Feb 2010 12:54:24 +0000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <1B1F52CC-FF36-4432-9345-73BB673EE7E8@gmail.com> References: <5fbf03c21002270427s74d0f067gb76cfe10c2794121@mail.gmail.com> <20100227124308.GA28213@mx.techwires.net> <5fbf03c21002270501l2e388ec9tbdad684d38609861@mail.gmail.com> <4B89E174.1060802@pingle.org> To: Jim Pingle X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1077) Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Robert Watson Subject: Re: FreeBSD-8.0 802.11n support with ath/mwl X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 28 Feb 2010 12:54:31 -0000 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 = 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 > media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11na > 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