From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon May 6 1:51:50 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from harrier.prod.itd.earthlink.net (harrier.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.12]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A1E7837B401; Mon, 6 May 2002 01:51:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pool0126.cvx22-bradley.dialup.earthlink.net ([209.179.198.126] helo=mindspring.com) by harrier.prod.itd.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #2) id 174eDW-0006M5-00; Mon, 06 May 2002 01:51:35 -0700 Message-ID: <3CD643F6.33680AA3@mindspring.com> Date: Mon, 06 May 2002 01:51:02 -0700 From: Terry Lambert X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en]C-CCK-MCD {Sony} (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Martin Minkus Cc: freebsd-network@freebsd.org, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 802.11: WaveLAN/Orinoco Cards References: <004801c1f4d9$bc4602f0$0200000a@bender> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 Martin Minkus wrote: > > Part 1.1 Type: Plain Text (text/plain) > Encoding: 7bit [ ... data rate controls on the ifconfig or wicontrol command lines tend to result in unexpexted -- frequently 11Mbit rather than lower -- measured speeds ... ] I guess you will have to "suffer" with higher than expected data rates? 8-) 8-). Actually, I think it's because the card you are using has a different set of mappings than the firmware for which the commands were intended, and the driver you are using (wi0) "happens" to work with the card, despite the different firmware. but the "magic" features don't. -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message