From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon May 6 1:41:11 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mail.airnet.com.au (mail.airnet.com.au [202.174.32.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2A51437B408 for ; Mon, 6 May 2002 01:41:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 18631 invoked from network); 6 May 2002 08:40:55 -0000 Received: from ppp411.ar1.adl1.airnet.com.au (HELO bender) (202.174.35.155) by mail.airnet.com.au with SMTP; 6 May 2002 08:40:55 -0000 From: "Martin Minkus" To: , Subject: 802.11: WaveLAN/Orinoco Cards Date: Mon, 6 May 2002 18:10:24 +0930 Message-ID: <004801c1f4d9$bc4602f0$0200000a@bender> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0049_01C1F529.5D0FDEF0" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.2627 Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.3621.0 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0049_01C1F529.5D0FDEF0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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. ------=_NextPart_000_0049_01C1F529.5D0FDEF0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message
Okay, = i am getting=20 some wierd stuff with this :)
 
I got = a WinXP client=20 running the Orinico Client manager, and am watching what speed the = FreeBSD=20 machine is sending me packets at.
 
silence:~# wicontrol=20 -t 5
 
With = that option=20 set, lets play with ifconfig.
 
silence:~# ifconfig=20 wi0 media DS/1Mbps
 
Okay. This sends at 1mbps, as=20 expected.
 
silence:~# ifconfig=20 wi0 media DS/2Mbps
 
Okay. = This sends at=20 2mbps, as expected.
 
silence:~# ifconfig wi0 media=20 DS/5.5Mbps
 
This = sends at=20 11mbps. WTF?! What happened to 5.5?
 
silence:~# ifconfig wi0 media=20 DS/11Mbps
 
This sends at=20 2mbps. Again, WTF? What happened to 11?
 
 
Lets set it=20 to:
 
silence:~# ifconfig wi0 media=20 DS/5.5Mbps
 
And now play=20 with wicontrol....
 
silence:~#=20 wicontrol -t 1
Does it at=20 1mbit. Well, expected i think. Says 1mbps in the manual=20 page.
 
silence:~#=20 wicontrol -t 2
 
Does it at=20 2mbit. Also expected.

silence:~# wicontrol -t = 4
 
Does it at 5.5mbit. Manual page says 4mbit = (never mind=20 there is no such thing as 4mbit)

silence:~# wicontrol -t = 5
Does = it at 11mbit.=20 Manual page says 6mbit (never mind there is no such thing as=20 6mbit).
 
silence:~# wicontrol -t=20 3
 
Does it at=20 11mbit. Manual page says it auto rate select = high.
 
 
So, um, why=20 all this insanity?
 
Do i just=20 stick to putting wicontrol -t 5 and ifconfig media=20 DS/5.5mbps?
 
I've tried=20 various orinico cards, and they all exhbit this behaviour... What = confuses me=20 is, why make it possible to select speeds via ifconfig AND wicontrol? = Why not=20 just one place?
 
Any ideas? Any=20 explanations?
 
Martin.
 
PS. make sure=20 you include me in the TO/CC field as i am not on the mailing=20 list.
 
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