From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 24 14:38:36 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B893D16A417 for ; Tue, 24 Jul 2007 14:38:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tevans.uk@googlemail.com) Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.170]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 443BE13C458 for ; Tue, 24 Jul 2007 14:38:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tevans.uk@googlemail.com) Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id o4so172809uge for ; Tue, 24 Jul 2007 07:38:35 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:subject:from:to:cc:in-reply-to:references:content-type:date:message-id:mime-version:x-mailer; b=DdG/xgXspg0n1mugNxwWVc7KZqbtjlO1lMCIAFLbx6ADrKvbOl/0PA0+GA2BtthrPKZarLd6iXkDOFGxPdSH7JsUO+3Bc3YJzLNV9S8h8hzG2F8QXFHvBgZfNUcXoXR7T4yyRG6dfUpvyUq5qXe/NnQ1MdDv3Kvu5estfAIUfBg= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=beta; h=received:subject:from:to:cc:in-reply-to:references:content-type:date:message-id:mime-version:x-mailer; b=Jm4fasQ2kUXoOe7RebbUQ1OUryIGzXsRdeqyBvTAAv2CRHNm5ccnrCYw7a93MdHD5XJRNlBNzpSnGKvfNMvvYpRbwfpL81YsRCpaHk8D9fCDvMqvb+5dabiW9t0mEQXCfUImdUpRXT75vn1xvj+Z1CyzTwh3ZRHpPWHKAKUut1Y= Received: by 10.82.182.1 with SMTP id e1mr3255292buf.1185287914191; Tue, 24 Jul 2007 07:38:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?127.0.0.1? ( [217.206.187.79]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 7sm29261043nfv.2007.07.24.07.38.30 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Tue, 24 Jul 2007 07:38:30 -0700 (PDT) From: Tom Evans To: Pietro Cerutti In-Reply-To: <46A5C96E.8040201@gahr.ch> References: <46A5C1D3.6090205@gahr.ch> <3a386af20707240221g3d91a768n28a345301abe79cb@mail.gmail.com> <46A5C96E.8040201@gahr.ch> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-j3iObW+UnFayw4A3D8Yn" Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 15:38:29 +0100 Message-Id: <1185287909.1949.2.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.10.2 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port Cc: Federico Lorenzi , User Questions Subject: Re: mode 11g, but 6Mbps X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 14:38:36 -0000 --=-j3iObW+UnFayw4A3D8Yn Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, 2007-07-24 at 11:42 +0200, Pietro Cerutti wrote: > Federico Lorenzi wrote: > > On 7/24/07, Pietro Cerutti wrote: > >> Hi List, > >> I have an Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG adapter using the wpi0 driver > >> connecting to an access point using the 802.11g mode. > >> # ifconfig wpi0 mode 11g > >> # ifconfig wpi0 > >> ... > >> media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11g (OFDM/6Mbps) > >> ... > >> > >> Can anyone explain why I see OFDM/6Mbps instead of OFDM/54Mbps (or at > >> least 19Mbps if you mean the actual throughput?) > > It could depend on a few things, first off remember that it's a highly > > experimental driver at > > this stage, and don't mean to be stating the obvious, but are you > > actually close enough to > > the AP to get 54mbps? Windows says 54 / 11 no matter what speed it is > > running at. >=20 > Hi Federico, >=20 > Actually I'm 4 meters away from the AP. > I know that wpi is still in pre-alpha state ;-) >=20 > Tnx >=20 Heh, at least you have some connectivity - mine is still using none! none0@pci8:0:0: class=3D0x028000 card=3D0x135c103c chip=3D0x42228086 rev=3D= 0x02 hdr=3D0x00 vendor =3D 'Intel Corporation' device =3D '3945ABG Intel 3945ABG Wireless LAN controller' class =3D network Driver either fails to initialise, or panic's my -CURRENT laptop :) I'd think its highly likely that performance issues are due to pre-release quality of the driver. --=-j3iObW+UnFayw4A3D8Yn Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBGpg7glcRvFfyds/cRAtDGAKCcsC1xCgZxjzLj62JD3M8MPPLSewCdHpCR 0/4BqDrURIOO/5MjYsjhouE= =XbK3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-j3iObW+UnFayw4A3D8Yn--