From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 24 10:40:09 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7EC5616A418 for ; Tue, 24 Jul 2007 10:40:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from florenzi@gmail.com) Received: from wx-out-0506.google.com (wx-out-0506.google.com [66.249.82.231]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3714213C46E for ; Tue, 24 Jul 2007 10:40:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from florenzi@gmail.com) Received: by wx-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id i29so1579063wxd for ; Tue, 24 Jul 2007 03:40:08 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=VYYaVCBsWsqgW3oVVdeJNyWbC9MogTyogkL0Ye2x3uusKRUfpRgXvtiiu20xbNQwPUkaKYcMk1HM6siNbfBbl86uPDN9kQQzTzFjOjOBDvkXY3lL+RMm7BfIjtqGQbkp/sCS8wjDBPFR0c1AeJ4llmLnutelCqMxCNeAK6n8wGg= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=LT0mYE1dxGtmev+LtZ/L6vUCqi1efnIJBBq6XgytXZESDg92BWgkeLyx4/iVXeTnqv6c1XZbMp95r9uwLVjkLl1znLQCD+fN4rkBIEAynqW5/kqaxoPgMxk4Dp9F51LRZzbssXwLtYdz5k78oDFyUakd5e97QyOli74yBE0WgHo= Received: by 10.78.180.16 with SMTP id c16mr1041806huf.1185273607467; Tue, 24 Jul 2007 03:40:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.78.33.6 with HTTP; Tue, 24 Jul 2007 03:40:07 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <3a386af20707240340s537175f8u884cb94e7c476eb8@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 11:40:07 +0100 From: "Federico Lorenzi" To: "User Questions" In-Reply-To: <46A5C96E.8040201@gahr.ch> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <46A5C1D3.6090205@gahr.ch> <3a386af20707240221g3d91a768n28a345301abe79cb@mail.gmail.com> <46A5C96E.8040201@gahr.ch> Cc: Pietro Cerutti Subject: Re: mode 11g, but 6Mbps X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 10:40:09 -0000 On 7/24/07, Pietro Cerutti wrote: > Federico Lorenzi wrote: > > On 7/24/07, Pietro Cerutti wrote: > >> Hi List, > >> I have an Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG adapter using the wpi0 driver > >> connecting to an access point using the 802.11g mode. > >> # ifconfig wpi0 mode 11g > >> # ifconfig wpi0 > >> ... > >> media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11g (OFDM/6Mbps) > >> ... > >> > >> Can anyone explain why I see OFDM/6Mbps instead of OFDM/54Mbps (or at > >> least 19Mbps if you mean the actual throughput?) > > It could depend on a few things, first off remember that it's a highly > > experimental driver at > > this stage, and don't mean to be stating the obvious, but are you > > actually close enough to > > the AP to get 54mbps? Windows says 54 / 11 no matter what speed it is > > running at. > > Hi Federico, > > Actually I'm 4 meters away from the AP. > I know that wpi is still in pre-alpha state ;-) > That may be your problem :) Try move further away, i know that being to close to the AP can cause issues too, with any card, although 4m sounds fine. It could also be that the WPI drivers are just limited as they dont work at faster speeds yet. What version of FreeBSD are you running, and what WPI drivers? Federico