Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2009 12:01:34 -0600 From: "Sam Fourman Jr." <sfourman@gmail.com> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: FreeBSD ral(4) Message-ID: <11167f520901091001hdf9b629t48a1e1b04dd475a@mail.gmail.com>
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Hello list, I found this recent post (added to the bottom of the Email) in a OpenBSD mailing list, and I am experiencing the same problems connecting our Iphone 3G phones to our FreeBSD based AP Sam Fourman Jr. Fourman Networks from Todd T. Fries <todd@fries.net> reply-to todd@fries.net to Damon McMahon <damon.mcmahon@gmail.com> cc misc@openbsd.org date Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 3:48 PM subject Re: Strange WLAN issue with ral(4) in hostap mode mailed-by openbsd.org Reply There are power savings for 802.11 that OpenBSD does not support; this is entirely independent from saving battery via cpu clocking and it is also entirely independent from saving battery via adjusting the transmit power of the radio. The power savings for 802.11 actually put the radio to sleep for a given interval and wake it up sending a message to the AP which is supposed to hold packets for a given client until the client responds, which OpenBSD does not do, therefore packetloss ensues. I know this very well, my BlackBerry Pearl 8120 gets 90-95% packet loss with an OpenBSD based AP. Damien is aware of what needs doing, but I am to understand it is not a short or easy road to get there. Thanks, -- Todd Fries .. todd@fries.net
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