From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 13 06:40:55 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1626716A415 for ; Sat, 13 Jan 2007 06:40:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sam@errno.com) Received: from ebb.errno.com (ebb.errno.com [69.12.149.25]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B3A713C44C for ; Sat, 13 Jan 2007 06:40:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sam@errno.com) Received: from [10.0.0.248] (trouble.errno.com [10.0.0.248]) (authenticated bits=0) by ebb.errno.com (8.13.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id l0D6elxp016380 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Fri, 12 Jan 2007 22:40:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sam@errno.com) Message-ID: <45A87EEF.7030407@errno.com> Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 22:40:47 -0800 From: Sam Leffler User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.8 (X11/20061115) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Milan Obuch References: <20070110110833.23305.qmail@web52715.mail.yahoo.com> <45A85CAF.8060309@errno.com> <200701130716.08587.freebsd-hardware@dino.sk> In-Reply-To: <200701130716.08587.freebsd-hardware@dino.sk> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.0.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: DWL-G520 low signal, low speed X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2007 06:40:55 -0000 Milan Obuch wrote: > On Saturday 13 January 2007 05:14, Sam Leffler wrote: >> Trigve Siver wrote: >>> Hi, >>> I have a problem with my wifi DWL G520 atheros chip based card... I have >>> low signal only 20-30% and also a low speed 5-11 Mbit/s..router is only >>> 1-2 m away from me and with gentoo I have 90% signal strength..I'm using >>> FreeBSD 6.2 PRERELEASE >>> >>> $ dmesg -a |grep ath >>> ath_hal: 0.9.17.2 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413, >>> RF5413) ath0: mem 0xe7000000-0xe700ffff irq 19 at device >>> 2.0 on pci2 ath0: Ethernet address: 00:17:9a:af:62:da >>> ath0: mac 7.9 phy 4.5 radio 5.6 >>> ath0: flags=8843 mtu 150 >>> >>> rc.conf: >>> ifconfig_ath0="WPA inet 192.168.1.15 netmask 255.255.255.0 mode 11g" >>> >>> $ ifconfig ath0 >>> ath0: flags=8843 mtu 1500 >>> inet 192.168.1.15 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255 >>> ether 00:17:9a:af:62:da >>> media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11g >>> (DS/11Mbps) status: associated >>> ssid 3Com channel 1 bssid 00:12:a9:c4:41:22 >>> authmode WPA privacy ON deftxkey UNDEF TKIP 3:128-bit txpowmax 36 >>> bmiss 7 protmode CTS burst roaming MANUAL bintval 100 >>> >>> Anyone could help? >> I see no indication of rssi on freebsd or any statistics to show issues >> with lost packets. gentoo likely uses madwifi which uses the same hal >> (or older) than what is in freebsd. As such I'd expect no difference in >> operation wrt signal or link level behaviour. >> > > Unfortunately, this is the case here too. On one link, approx. 3 km distance, > I got no link with both sides FreeBSD, athstats reported rssi 6 when one side > was changed to Linux with madwifi, and rssi 23 when both sides were Linux. I > was forced to use Linux on all radio links due this. I would like to repeat > this test indoor, but did not have time yet. This drives me crazy because I > am forced to use system I don't like :( Makes no sense but there's not much I can say. I know how both drivers work and there's no reason for it. Sam