Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2010 14:01:41 +0100 From: Spil Oss <spil.oss@googlemail.com> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD-8.0 802.11n support with ath Message-ID: <5fbf03c21002270501l2e388ec9tbdad684d38609861@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20100227124308.GA28213@mx.techwires.net> References: <5fbf03c21002270427s74d0f067gb76cfe10c2794121@mail.gmail.com> <20100227124308.GA28213@mx.techwires.net>
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Thanks for the confirmation! Is anything known re. a timeline for implementation of wireless-N? (8.1? 9.0?) Kind regards, Spil On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 1:43 PM, Bernhard Schmidt <bschmidt@techwires.net> wrote: > On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 01:27:09PM +0100, Spil Oss wrote: >> Hi All, >> >> Got myself an Atheros AR5416 card to upgrade my HostAP to Wireless-N speed. >> >> Somehow I can't find a way to convince the driver to go into 11n mode >> >> # ifconfig wlan0 mode 11b >> # ifconfig wlan0 mode 11g >> # ifconfig wlan0 mode 11n >> ifconfig: SIOCSIFMEDIA (media): Device not configured > > It's either mode 11na or mode 11ng. > >> The man-page for ifconfig specifies only 11a, 11b and 11g as modes. >> The part is functioning fine in 11g mode. >> >> Am I missing something obvious or is Wireless-N support not fully >> implemented yet? > > There is no rate control algo fuer 11n, afaik, you will only be able to > use legacy rates. > > -- > Bernhard >
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