From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 1 02:18:11 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E154106566C for ; Mon, 1 Mar 2010 02:18:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@pingle.org) Received: from willow.pingle.org (willow.pingle.org [68.76.213.30]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 39E8E8FC2B for ; Mon, 1 Mar 2010 02:18:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by willow.pingle.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D6E3911431; Sun, 28 Feb 2010 21:18:09 -0500 (EST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at pingle.org Received: from willow.pingle.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (willow.pingle.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 8nnF3iEJ-l3d; Sun, 28 Feb 2010 21:18:08 -0500 (EST) Received: from [192.168.10.10] (hpcw.hpcisp.com [68.76.213.13]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: jim) by willow.pingle.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 23CA51141C; Sun, 28 Feb 2010 21:18:07 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <4B8B23DF.4000103@pingle.org> Date: Sun, 28 Feb 2010 21:18:07 -0500 From: Jim Pingle User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.8) Gecko/20100216 Lightning/1.0b1 Thunderbird/3.0.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Bernhard Schmidt References: <5fbf03c21002270427s74d0f067gb76cfe10c2794121@mail.gmail.com> <20100227124308.GA28213@mx.techwires.net> <5fbf03c21002270501l2e388ec9tbdad684d38609861@mail.gmail.com> <4B89E174.1060802@pingle.org> <1B1F52CC-FF36-4432-9345-73BB673EE7E8@gmail.com> <4B8AAA0B.4010402@pingle.org> <20100228192940.GA48806@mx.techwires.net> In-Reply-To: <20100228192940.GA48806@mx.techwires.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD-8.0 802.11n support with ath/mwl X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 01 Mar 2010 02:18:11 -0000 On 2/28/2010 2:29 PM, Bernhard Schmidt wrote: > On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 12:38:19PM -0500, Jim Pingle wrote: [snip] >> In this case, the mwl card is the AP. The client line is from an >> associated Windows 7 laptop with an Intel 5100abgn card which does show >> the AP as 802.11n in the AP list. I'm connected and sending this message >> through it right now, actually. >> >> Are there some other bits that need set in order to have clients >> associate with HT rates? Or some other prerequisite conditions such as >> number of attached antennae? I do only have one antenna attached as I >> didn't have a second pigtail for this test unit's case. The card >> actually has three connectors. >> >> I didn't see hints in the mwl(4), wlan(4), hostapd(8), hostapd.conf(5), >> or ifconfig(8) man pages about troubleshooting rates. I see plenty of >> talk in ifconfig(8) about use and control of HT rates, but given what >> I'm seeing in ifconfig, it should be set to use them. I've tried several >> combinations of channels and standards (e.g. 11ng, 11na) but always end >> up with a 54Mbps link. >> >> I'd appreciate any more pointers that you (or anyone else reading) may >> have. I'd like to write up something on the topic once I get it fully >> operational. > > Did you measure the actual bandwidth you get? Changes are high that you > are actually using HT rates, the rate information is just no accurate. I did some tests and the throughput was quite slow. Enough to make me wonder about the antenna situation again. I'll have to dig up more pigtails and try again. Thanks for the idea. Jim