From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 26 12:10:00 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B15B16A407 for ; Tue, 26 Sep 2006 12:10:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@wm-access.no) Received: from lakepoint.domeneshop.no (lakepoint.domeneshop.no [194.63.248.54]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1AD1A43D5E for ; Tue, 26 Sep 2006 12:09:57 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from lists@wm-access.no) Received: from [192.168.9.8] (gw1.arcticwireless.no [194.19.37.70]) (authenticated bits=0) by lakepoint.domeneshop.no (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id k8QC9kNX024193 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Tue, 26 Sep 2006 14:09:47 +0200 Message-ID: <45185C36.5080101@wm-access.no> Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2006 00:46:14 +0200 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Sten_Daniel_S=F8rsdal?= User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 (Windows/20060909) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Sam Leffler References: <20060918083139.GA59966@tetsuo.karasik.eu.org> <450ED7AA.6090801@errno.com> <84wt7ubjwy.fsf@tetsuo.karasik.eu.org> <4515DA06.1070402@errno.com> In-Reply-To: <4515DA06.1070402@errno.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ath0 weak connectivity 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: Tue, 26 Sep 2006 12:10:00 -0000 Sam Leffler wrote: > I've lost context about your problem but it appears you're having > trouble associating with "trejago" sometimes. The failed scan shows > that your rssi was only 6 when you were having problems which is a very= > marginal signal so I'm not at all surprised you're having trouble. > You've got strong signal ap's on overlapping channels (5 and 7) which > are likely drowning the signal on your ap. I don't see anything the > driver could do differently; this seems more an issue of your > environment being very busy. I vaguely recall you were comparing the > operation of the freebsd to windows. If so then perhaps the windows > driver was doing better because it switched to XR mode and operating in= > XR mode you were able to punch through the noise to get to the ap. > freebsd does not support XR mode. >=20 > Sam >=20 Are there any plans to support this? What about fastframes/bursting? 10Mhz, 5Mhz channels? WDS? Virtual AP? Is there any place where i can read about this? Apologies if any of these are already in the works. --=20 Sten Daniel S=F8rsdal