From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 13 12:13:36 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 11D3C16A412 for ; Sat, 13 Jan 2007 12:13:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from trigves@yahoo.com) Received: from web52714.mail.yahoo.com (web52714.mail.yahoo.com [206.190.48.237]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id BF30E13C458 for ; Sat, 13 Jan 2007 12:13:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from trigves@yahoo.com) Received: (qmail 46977 invoked by uid 60001); 13 Jan 2007 12:13:35 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Message-ID:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=ZFwicBXepEYdQ/c4VPZCEOViKE6rBL3VhudIxNTqJ07EW3hYEy+t5RIF9wlWhYtOwCs7UqOfIR4PF6un54qfn07szPn8FDvoc8tyW/e8/iS2WPq5s7bKklCFmoxPhQYJWwwaRXx8GygHK0m0CuTw5Z+nhN1swes5wXtI5kNo8Z8= ; Message-ID: <20070113121335.46975.qmail@web52714.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [195.168.231.73] by web52714.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Sat, 13 Jan 2007 04:13:35 PST Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2007 04:13:35 -0800 (PST) From: Trigve Siver To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 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 12:13:36 -0000 Hi,=0A=0ASa thing has changed .... 2 day ago I have tried what happen if I = try to use ndis on my wifi card (windows drivers)...so I created drivers wi= th ndis and...it was working a better than native freebsd ath driver so I w= as using till today...today I have updated to FreeBSD 6.2 PRERELEASE (can't= cvs to main server where 6.2 RELEASE is) newest version build world, kerne= l (removed ath driver from kernel ) and try to use once again ath driver bu= t now as a module....and now it is working a better than it was working day= s before...it si working like ndis but a little little slower...=0A=0A$ifco= nfig ath0=0Aath0: flags=3D8843 mtu = 1500=0A inet 192.168.1.15 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255=0A = ether 00:17:9a:af:62:da=0A media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autos= elect (OFDM/48Mbps)=0A status: associated=0A ssid 3Com channel 11 bss= id 00:12:a9:c4:41:22=0A authmode WPA privacy ON deftxkey UNDEF TKIP 4:12= 8-bit txpowmax 36=0A bmiss 7 protmode CTS burst roaming MANUAL bintval 1= 00 =0A=0AI have speed 54Mbps but somehow it is now "only" 48Mbps=0A=0A$aths= tats=0A17 tx management frames=0A52 tx frames discarded prior to associatio= n=0A2 tx failed 'cuz too many retries=0A15011 long on-chip tx retries=0A15 = tx frames with no ack marked=0A84682 tx frames with short preamble=0A2729 t= x frames with an alternate rate=0A1882 rx failed 'cuz of bad CRC=0A231520 r= x failed 'cuz of PHY err=0A 94489 OFDM timing=0A 137031 CCK timing=0A= 45 periodic calibrations=0Arssi of last ack: 30=0Aavg recv rssi: 30=0AAnten= na profile:=0A[1] tx 41995 rx 164885=0A[2] tx 42699 rx 43 =0A= =0ASo it looks like as a module, it is working ok...and I have started that= ath driver only from /etc/rc.d/netif and not from boot must try that also.= .. and also I remember that when I was using ath as build-in kernel driver,= sometimes ath driver has about 5000 interrupts when watching system load a= nd so with netstat=0A=0ATrigve=0A=0A=0A----- Original Message ----=0AFrom: = Sam Leffler =0ATo: Milan Obuch =0A= Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org=0ASent: Saturday, January 13, 2007 7:40:47= AM=0ASubject: Re: DWL-G520 low signal, low speed=0A=0AMilan Obuch wrote:= =0A> On Saturday 13 January 2007 05:14, Sam Leffler wrote:=0A>> Trigve Sive= r wrote:=0A>>> Hi,=0A>>> I have a problem with my wifi DWL G520 atheros chi= p based card... I have=0A>>> low signal only 20-30% and also a low speed 5-= 11 Mbit/s..router is only=0A>>> 1-2 m away from me and with gentoo I have 9= 0% signal strength..I'm using=0A>>> FreeBSD 6.2 PRERELEASE=0A>>>=0A>>> $ dm= esg -a |grep ath=0A>>> ath_hal: 0.9.17.2 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, R= F5112, RF2413,=0A>>> RF5413) ath0: mem 0xe7000000-0xe700ffff= irq 19 at device=0A>>> 2.0 on pci2 ath0: Ethernet address: 00:17:9a:af:62:= da=0A>>> ath0: mac 7.9 phy 4.5 radio 5.6=0A>>> ath0: flags=3D8843 mtu 150=0A>>>=0A>>> rc.conf:=0A>>> ifconfig_= ath0=3D"WPA inet 192.168.1.15 netmask 255.255.255.0 mode 11g"=0A>>>=0A>>> = $ ifconfig ath0=0A>>> ath0: flags=3D8843 mtu 1500=0A>>> inet 192.168.1.15 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast= 192.168.1.255=0A>>> ether 00:17:9a:af:62:da=0A>>> media: I= EEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11g=0A>>> (DS/11Mbps) status: = associated=0A>>> ssid 3Com channel 1 bssid 00:12:a9:c4:41:22=0A>>> = authmode WPA privacy ON deftxkey UNDEF TKIP 3:128-bit txpowmax 36= =0A>>> bmiss 7 protmode CTS burst roaming MANUAL bintval 100=0A>>>= =0A>>> Anyone could help?=0A>> I see no indication of rssi on freebsd or an= y statistics to show issues=0A>> with lost packets. gentoo likely uses mad= wifi which uses the same hal=0A>> (or older) than what is in freebsd. As s= uch I'd expect no difference in=0A>> operation wrt signal or link level beh= aviour.=0A>>=0A> =0A> Unfortunately, this is the case here too. On one link= , approx. 3 km distance, =0A> I got no link with both sides FreeBSD, athsta= ts reported rssi 6 when one side =0A> was changed to Linux with madwifi, an= d rssi 23 when both sides were Linux. I =0A> was forced to use Linux on all= radio links due this. I would like to repeat =0A> this test indoor, but di= d not have time yet. This drives me crazy because I =0A> am forced to use s= ystem I don't like :(=0A=0AMakes no sense but there's not much I can say. = I know how both drivers=0Awork and there's no reason for it.=0A=0A Sam= =0A_______________________________________________=0Afreebsd-hardware@freeb= sd.org mailing list=0Ahttp://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-har= dware=0ATo unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hardware-unsubscribe@free= bsd.org"=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A =0A_______________________________________= _____________________________________________=0ADon't pick lemons.=0ASee al= l the new 2007 cars at Yahoo! Autos.=0Ahttp://autos.yahoo.com/new_cars.html=