From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 24 14:58:15 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 4F0BA16A41B for ; Tue, 24 Jul 2007 14:58:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from florenzi@gmail.com) Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.169]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D3F7A13C4DD for ; Tue, 24 Jul 2007 14:58:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from florenzi@gmail.com) Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id o4so176644uge for ; Tue, 24 Jul 2007 07:58:11 -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:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition; b=guMk+KxZAUEiCzGFUUZpcAAExPPmHKuoR5S/syqj0z/Qx0Ss+PQf0HclxbWh+L46D5+MeIiMFdfBgLhjmjsADAZU41Grze0SGFE2mA/Q/qhYFqyqh6PHYDDq8dZapwvI3sQ5uGMA0jWEErHViqtsSCW3WCmchgbQi8Oalkts7N4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition; b=M/H4iFDFIBAQEniX5vUfI8j+Ww8/myW3uOcGKpWGWamkZRLqWnnsGpy/sfT7+peX2diIU/bHLhS8MNBSHz+OfifBupAV4HOqHNCB4H8icW+FKcQTIxLS3cIH3wXar84TQBCywG1+mRsW/RaFzEoX/s9+sd7eJa1gCRMLQ7Slao4= Received: by 10.78.142.14 with SMTP id p14mr1088263hud.1185289091293; Tue, 24 Jul 2007 07:58:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.78.33.6 with HTTP; Tue, 24 Jul 2007 07:58:11 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <3a386af20707240758i48c205d4kf6180ce6db3c05e5@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 16:58:11 +0200 From: "Federico Lorenzi" To: "Tom Evans" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Cc: User Questions Subject: WPI Driver Support (WAS: 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 14:58:15 -0000 On 7/24/07, Tom Evans wrote: > On Tue, 2007-07-24 at 11:42 +0200, 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 ;-) > > > > Tnx > > > > Heh, at least you have some connectivity - mine is still using none! > > none0@pci8:0:0: class=0x028000 card=0x135c103c chip=0x42228086 rev=0x02 > hdr=0x00 > vendor = 'Intel Corporation' > device = '3945ABG Intel 3945ABG Wireless LAN controller' > class = network > > Driver either fails to initialise, or panic's my -CURRENT laptop :) > > I'd think its highly likely that performance issues are due to > pre-release quality of the driver. I have the same problem too, which forces me to use a 2 year old atheros pcmcia card. I take it you are trying the perforce version right? I don't suppose you could give me what error message you get so we could 'compare'. Mine is something about not being able to allocate memory. Cheers