From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 8 16:14:55 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8AC5A16A420 for ; Tue, 8 Nov 2005 16:14:55 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from sam@errno.com) Received: from ebb.errno.com (ebb.errno.com [69.12.149.25]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 070CD43DA8 for ; Tue, 8 Nov 2005 16:14:37 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from sam@errno.com) Received: from [10.0.0.200] ([10.0.0.200]) (authenticated bits=0) by ebb.errno.com (8.12.9/8.12.6) with ESMTP id jA8GEZpU019827 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Tue, 8 Nov 2005 08:14:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sam@errno.com) Message-ID: <4370CEDD.2080404@errno.com> Date: Tue, 08 Nov 2005 08:14:21 -0800 From: Sam Leffler User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6 (X11/20050927) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Michael VInce References: <4362188D.1030308@gmx.de> <43708587.8040301@roq.com> In-Reply-To: <43708587.8040301@roq.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Jochen Gensch , freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Atheros 108 Mbit mode X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 08 Nov 2005 16:14:55 -0000 Michael VInce wrote: > Jochen Gensch wrote: > >> Hi! >> >> Does anyone have a working 108 Mbit with an Atheros based wireless card? >> I cannot set it up here, even though 54 Mbit cards work fine... >> >> Jochen >> _______________________________________________ >> >> >> > I bought a 108mbit card hoping it would magically work, it didn't and I > realized its a bad idea to buy any 108mbit card. Not sure what your point is but I recently verified that static turbo mode worked and got 52Mb/s for upstream tcp netperf in close proximity and ~65Mb/s for udp unidirectional traffic. This is current with the latest hal but the hal should not matter. Nightly runs of the linux code with SuperG support hit 90+ Mb/s (though I consider that an unrealistic figure for normal operation). I have repeatedly stated that dynamic turbo support (required for 11g operation) is not going to be committed any time soon. If you want it now run the ndis driver but understand that turbo in 11g is a hit+miss proposition because of spectrum restrictions; better to use static (i.e. non-dynamic) turbo in 11a where you are less likely to be affected by competing traffic. As for price the cost of the equipment is so low that you're saving little by buying an Atheros-based product that does not have turbo mode. Sam