From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 8 23:15:38 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D8BE16A420 for ; Wed, 8 Mar 2006 23:15:38 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dgerow@afflictions.org) Received: from mail.afflictions.org (asylum.afflictions.org [64.7.134.90]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E844143D53 for ; Wed, 8 Mar 2006 23:15:37 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dgerow@afflictions.org) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.afflictions.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 98E0278C78 for ; Wed, 8 Mar 2006 18:23:12 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail.afflictions.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (pandora.afflictions.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 77569-05 for ; Wed, 8 Mar 2006 18:23:07 -0500 (EST) Received: from dementia.afflictions.org (dementia [172.19.206.56]) by mail.afflictions.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B3E578C75 for ; Wed, 8 Mar 2006 18:23:07 -0500 (EST) Received: by dementia.afflictions.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id E3FA51C080F; Wed, 8 Mar 2006 18:15:29 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2006 18:15:29 -0500 From: Damian Gerow To: stable@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20060308231529.GA2049@afflictions.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline X-PGP-Fingerprint: B3D7 D901 A53A 1A99 BFD6 E6DF 9F3B 742B C288 9CC9 X-PGP-Key: 0xC2889CC9 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at pandora.afflictions.org Cc: Subject: ath(4) and 802.11g speed 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: Wed, 08 Mar 2006 23:15:38 -0000 So, with the updated HAL, I'm now able to negotiate an IP address via DHCP over the WLAN. Huzzah! But I've got two questions (now that I can use the card): ath(4) doesn't contain a list of media nor mediaopt settings that can be used. Some are detailed down in EXAMPLES, but there's no comprehensive list. (As well, and this is minor, the speeds are explicitly listed for 802.11a and 802.11b, but just labelled as 'appropriate' transmit speeds for 802.11g. 'Twould be nice to have them all uniformly listed.) Secondly, I was under the impression that 802.11g could support up to 54Mbps. Does FreeBSD not provide support for speeds that fast (ISTR it did at one point)? # ifconfig ath0 ath0: flags=8843 mtu 1500 inet6 fe80::20f:b5ff:fe20:71ed%ath0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1 inet 192.168.132.146 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.132.255 ether 00:0f:b5:20:71:ed media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet DS/11Mbps mode 11g status: associated ssid MYSSID channel 11 bssid 00:12:17:85:9a:3b authmode OPEN privacy OFF txpowmax 30 protmode CTS burst bintval 100 # ifconfig ath0 media DS/54Mbps ifconfig: unknown media subtype: DS/54Mbps # Any reason I can't bring it up to 54Mbps? Hardware indicates it should actually support it: ath_hal: 0.9.16.16 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413, RF5413) ath0: mem 0xd8100000-0xd810ffff irq 28 at device 4.0 on pci10 ath0: Ethernet address: 00:0f:b5:20:71:ed ath0: mac 5.9 phy 4.3 radio 4.6 - Damian