From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 3 12:35:15 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CDB57106564A for ; Sun, 3 May 2009 12:35:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from onemda@gmail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f162.google.com (mail-fx0-f162.google.com [209.85.220.162]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2ACE58FC0A for ; Sun, 3 May 2009 12:35:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from onemda@gmail.com) Received: by fxm6 with SMTP id 6so3107024fxm.43 for ; Sun, 03 May 2009 05:35:14 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=dDDOMCLJCOW3wvWzq/APR2xd3p3syJeCdGg8Nn9tA2k=; b=SEQuIEry0oXFcHYlvzOaoelSHtXnV3TltroQuxFYQpoZzIbgcEy+4/XLiw1HhPUNv4 77Zu8l9pMEYZ35r+XVb9shEZux/RHpI4bp/Gqp10FQwhQHrZvJPtEqbfos4Sar6oyJLR TwUlCSzZPOPz5j86TBHnTfZUmFg1Z+9x/Lxfk= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=hmIrxGomg6jnANe7LLlSlTeaqi+fryOg9/sx3XJxnF95sHp+B+g7dnjPPY9IrX9m4J oZpb97Inal2I42M/ui73jgAGcQ9fv2/JdCiomualNfqHkYqyAs3GXMne45oaS8G+jHMQ LGFlWep5Xyqs/tgBvHMaOX3tl9jOhUyCnvTLs= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.239.172.73 with SMTP id z9mr255186hbe.30.1241354114090; Sun, 03 May 2009 05:35:14 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <49FD61DD.7070903@entel.upc.edu> References: <49FA2E3F.9050108@entel.upc.edu> <3a142e750905010655i5e56282eu240e13f2a03dfb02@mail.gmail.com> <49FB55A3.605@entel.upc.edu> <3a142e750905011716g39ea55f0kd081bfdd55709b37@mail.gmail.com> <49FBF9B5.40800@entel.upc.edu> <3a142e750905020617y40f62463ma91b46a015b2b2ab@mail.gmail.com> <49FD61DD.7070903@entel.upc.edu> Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 14:35:14 +0200 Message-ID: <3a142e750905030535v4cfe0103r1d8a17e828f6da9b@mail.gmail.com> From: "Paul B. Mahol" To: Gustau Perez Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Signal sensitivity problem with if_rum X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 03 May 2009 12:35:16 -0000 On 5/3/09, Gustau Perez wrote: > >> That information is misleading, I remmember reading somewhere that linux >> rt73 >> had similar problems like rum but it got fixed, and is not present in >> new kernels. >> I think that problem originated for linux from now obsolete drivers. >> >> On what linux version and what drivers version do you experience >> similar problems >> with signal sensitivity like with rum? >> >> > Hi, > > I'm seeing this in ubuntu 9.04 (kernel 2.6.28). It shows more or less > the same figures we have in FBSD. Try older versions, 8.X perhaps. Linux folks tends to break various things all the time ... > In linux, Bbp17 can be changed from userpace making iwconfig ${dev} > bbp 17=0. But it automatically restores its previous value. Autotuning > seems to be enable and I don't know how to disable it (the post I sent a > few days ago about this is wrong or doesn't apply). I dont belive that things are so much simple that changing only one bbp all the time will fix signal sensitivity. -- Paul