Date: Tue, 08 Nov 2005 17:01:15 -0800 From: Sam Leffler <sam@errno.com> To: Michael VInce <mv@roq.com> Cc: Jochen Gensch <incmc@gmx.de>, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Atheros 108 Mbit mode Message-ID: <43714A5B.6060006@errno.com> In-Reply-To: <43713425.7020705@roq.com> References: <4362188D.1030308@gmx.de> <43708587.8040301@roq.com> <4370CEDD.2080404@errno.com> <43713425.7020705@roq.com>
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Michael VInce wrote: > Sam Leffler wrote: > >> Michael VInce wrote: >> >>> Jochen Gensch wrote: >>> >>>> Hi! >>>> >>>> Does anyone have a working 108 Mbit with an Atheros based wireless >>>> card? >>>> I cannot set it up here, even though 54 Mbit cards work fine... >>>> >>>> Jochen >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> I bought a 108mbit card hoping it would magically work, it didn't and >>> I realized its a bad idea to buy any 108mbit card. >> >> >> >> Not sure what your point is but I recently verified that static turbo >> mode worked and got 52Mb/s for upstream tcp netperf in close proximity >> and ~65Mb/s for udp unidirectional traffic. This is current with the >> latest hal but the hal should not matter. Nightly runs of the linux >> code with > > > Good to hear you can get 108mbit speeds, the point I was trying to make > is that the hassle of buying two of a specific single vendor equipment > gear that have made their own home made 108mbit standard isn't worth it > for me. > > I suppose if you didn't use your laptop anywhere but at a single place > such as just using a laptop only at home and you needed the speed (and > your were sure you could reach it) you could buy a set of wireless gear > from a single vendor with their own 108mbit standard and hope it works. > > To me I decided its a mistake to try and make my choice of what wireless > gear to buy on non standard 802.11 pre-N creation that will only work > with 1 single vendor and probably only a single point in time in their > product line. You said: "I bought a 108mbit card hoping it would magically work, it didn't". I said: it works for me. Anyone that cares about interoperability beyond 54Mb/s will wait for 11n products. Sam
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