Date: Mon, 6 May 2002 18:10:24 +0930 From: "Martin Minkus" <diskiller@diskiller.net> To: <freebsd-network@freebsd.org>, <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: 802.11: WaveLAN/Orinoco Cards Message-ID: <004801c1f4d9$bc4602f0$0200000a@bender>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] Okay, i am getting some wierd stuff with this :) I got a WinXP client running the Orinico Client manager, and am watching what speed the FreeBSD machine is sending me packets at. silence:~# wicontrol -t 5 With that option set, lets play with ifconfig. silence:~# ifconfig wi0 media DS/1Mbps Okay. This sends at 1mbps, as expected. silence:~# ifconfig wi0 media DS/2Mbps Okay. This sends at 2mbps, as expected. silence:~# ifconfig wi0 media DS/5.5Mbps This sends at 11mbps. WTF?! What happened to 5.5? silence:~# ifconfig wi0 media DS/11Mbps This sends at 2mbps. Again, WTF? What happened to 11? Lets set it to: silence:~# ifconfig wi0 media DS/5.5Mbps And now play with wicontrol.... silence:~# wicontrol -t 1 Does it at 1mbit. Well, expected i think. Says 1mbps in the manual page. silence:~# wicontrol -t 2 Does it at 2mbit. Also expected. silence:~# wicontrol -t 4 Does it at 5.5mbit. Manual page says 4mbit (never mind there is no such thing as 4mbit) silence:~# wicontrol -t 5 Does it at 11mbit. Manual page says 6mbit (never mind there is no such thing as 6mbit). silence:~# wicontrol -t 3 Does it at 11mbit. Manual page says it auto rate select high. So, um, why all this insanity? Do i just stick to putting wicontrol -t 5 and ifconfig media DS/5.5mbps? I've tried various orinico cards, and they all exhbit this behaviour... What confuses me is, why make it possible to select speeds via ifconfig AND wicontrol? Why not just one place? Any ideas? Any explanations? Martin. PS. make sure you include me in the TO/CC field as i am not on the mailing list. [-- Attachment #2 --] <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <TITLE>Message</TITLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.3621.0" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><SPAN class=703240708-06052002><FONT face=Arial size=2>Okay, i am getting some wierd stuff with this :)</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=703240708-06052002><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=703240708-06052002><FONT face=Arial size=2>I got a WinXP client running the Orinico Client manager, and am watching what speed the FreeBSD machine is sending me packets at.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=703240708-06052002><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=703240708-06052002><FONT face=Arial size=2>silence:~# wicontrol -t 5</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=703240708-06052002><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=703240708-06052002><FONT face=Arial size=2>With that option set, lets play with ifconfig.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=703240708-06052002><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=703240708-06052002><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=703240708-06052002><FONT face=Arial size=2> <DIV><SPAN class=703240708-06052002><FONT face=Arial size=2>silence:~# ifconfig wi0 media DS/1Mbps</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=703240708-06052002></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=703240708-06052002>Okay. This sends at 1mbps, as expected.</SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=703240708-06052002></SPAN> </DIV></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV><SPAN class=703240708-06052002><SPAN class=703240708-06052002> <DIV><SPAN class=703240708-06052002><FONT face=Arial size=2>silence:~# ifconfig wi0 media DS/2Mbps</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=703240708-06052002><FONT face=Arial size=2>Okay. This sends at 2mbps, as expected.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=703240708-06052002><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>silence:~# ifconfig wi0 media DS/5.5Mbps</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=703240708-06052002><FONT face=Arial size=2>This sends at 11mbps. WTF?! What happened to 5.5?</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=703240708-06052002><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>silence:~# ifconfig wi0 media DS/11Mbps</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT><SPAN class=703240708-06052002><FONT face=Arial size=2>This sends at 2mbps. Again, WTF? What happened to 11?</FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT><SPAN class=703240708-06052002><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT><SPAN class=703240708-06052002><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT><SPAN class=703240708-06052002><FONT face=Arial size=2>Lets set it to:</FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT><SPAN class=703240708-06052002></SPAN></FONT><FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>silence:~# ifconfig wi0 media DS/5.5Mbps</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT><SPAN class=703240708-06052002><FONT face=Arial size=2>And now play with wicontrol....</FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT><SPAN class=703240708-06052002><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT><SPAN class=703240708-06052002><FONT face=Arial size=2>silence:~# wicontrol -t 1<BR></FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT><SPAN class=703240708-06052002><FONT face=Arial size=2>Does it at 1mbit. Well, expected i think. Says 1mbps in the manual page.</FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=703240708-06052002></SPAN></FONT><FONT><SPAN class=703240708-06052002><FONT face=Arial size=2> </DIV></FONT></SPAN></FONT> <DIV><FONT><SPAN class=703240708-06052002><FONT face=Arial size=2>silence:~# wicontrol -t 2</FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT><SPAN class=703240708-06052002><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT><SPAN class=703240708-06052002><FONT face=Arial size=2>Does it at 2mbit. Also expected.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>silence:~# wicontrol -t 4</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=703240708-06052002></SPAN><FONT face=Arial size=2>D<SPAN class=703240708-06052002>oes it at 5.5mbit. Manual page says 4mbit (never mind there is no such thing as 4mbit)</SPAN></FONT></DIV><FONT><SPAN class=703240708-06052002></SPAN> <DIV><BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>silence:~# wicontrol -t 5<BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=703240708-06052002><FONT face=Arial size=2>Does it at 11mbit. Manual page says 6mbit (never mind there is no such thing as 6mbit).</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=703240708-06052002><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>silence:~# wicontrol -t 3</FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT><SPAN class=703240708-06052002><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT><SPAN class=703240708-06052002><FONT face=Arial size=2>Does it at 11mbit. Manual page says it auto rate select high.</FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT><SPAN class=703240708-06052002><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT><SPAN class=703240708-06052002><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT><SPAN class=703240708-06052002><FONT face=Arial size=2>So, um, why all this insanity?</FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT><SPAN class=703240708-06052002><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT><SPAN class=703240708-06052002><FONT face=Arial size=2>Do i just stick to putting wicontrol -t 5 and ifconfig media DS/5.5mbps?</FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT><SPAN class=703240708-06052002><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT><SPAN class=703240708-06052002><FONT face=Arial size=2>I've tried various orinico cards, and they all exhbit this behaviour... What confuses me is, why make it possible to select speeds via ifconfig AND wicontrol? Why not just one place?</FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT><SPAN class=703240708-06052002><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT><SPAN class=703240708-06052002><FONT face=Arial size=2>Any ideas? Any explanations?</FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT><SPAN class=703240708-06052002><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT><SPAN class=703240708-06052002><FONT face=Arial size=2>Martin.</FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT><SPAN class=703240708-06052002><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT><SPAN class=703240708-06052002><FONT face=Arial size=2>PS. make sure you include me in the TO/CC field as i am not on the mailing list.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><SPAN class=703240708-06052002></SPAN></FONT> </DIV></FONT></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class=703240708-06052002><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN></BODY></HTML>
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