Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2007 04:22:30 -0800 (PST) From: Trigve Siver <trigves@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: DWL-G520 low signal, low speed Message-ID: <20070113122231.72902.qmail@web52709.mail.yahoo.com>
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sorry no netstat but "systat -v"=0A=0ATrigve=0A=0A----- Original Message --= --=0AFrom: Trigve Siver <trigves@yahoo.com>=0ATo: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.= org=0ASent: Saturday, January 13, 2007 1:13:35 PM=0ASubject: Re: DWL-G520 l= ow signal, low speed=0A=0AHi,=0A=0ASa thing has changed .... 2 day ago I ha= ve tried what happen if I try to use ndis on my wifi card (windows drivers)= ...so I created drivers with ndis and...it was working a better than native= freebsd ath driver so I was using till today...today I have updated to Fre= eBSD 6.2 PRERELEASE (can't cvs to main server where 6.2 RELEASE is) newest = version build world, kernel (removed ath=0A driver from kernel ) and try to= use once again ath driver but now as a module....and now it is working a b= etter than it was working days before...it si working like ndis but a littl= e little slower...=0A=0A$ifconfig ath0=0Aath0: flags=3D8843<UP,BROADCAST,RU= NNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500=0A inet 192.168.1.15 netmask 0xffffff0= 0 broadcast 192.168.1.255=0A ether 00:17:9a:af:62:da=0A media: IEEE 8= 02.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (OFDM/48Mbps)=0A status: associated= =0A ssid 3Com channel 11 bssid 00:12:a9:c4:41:22=0A authmode WPA priv= acy ON deftxkey UNDEF TKIP 4:128-bit txpowmax 36=0A bmiss 7 protmode CTS= burst roaming MANUAL bintval 100 =0A=0AI have speed 54Mbps but somehow it = is now "only" 48Mbps=0A=0A$athstats=0A17 tx management frames=0A52 tx frame= s discarded prior to association=0A2 tx failed=0A 'cuz too many retries=0A1= 5011 long on-chip tx retries=0A15 tx frames with no ack marked=0A84682 tx f= rames with short preamble=0A2729 tx frames with an alternate rate=0A1882 rx= failed 'cuz of bad CRC=0A231520 rx failed 'cuz of PHY err=0A 94489 OFDM= timing=0A 137031 CCK timing=0A45 periodic calibrations=0Arssi of last a= ck: 30=0Aavg recv rssi: 30=0AAntenna profile:=0A[1] tx 41995 rx 164885= =0A[2] tx 42699 rx 43 =0A=0ASo it looks like as a module, it is wo= rking 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 us= ing ath as build-in kernel driver, sometimes ath driver has about 5000 inte= rrupts when watching system load and so with netstat=0A=0ATrigve=0A=0A=0A--= --- Original Message ----=0AFrom: Sam Leffler=0A <sam@errno.com>=0ATo: Mila= n Obuch <freebsd-hardware@dino.sk>=0ACc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org=0ASen= t: 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 Siver wrote:=0A>>> Hi,=0A>>> I have a proble= m with my wifi DWL G520 atheros chip 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 aw= ay from me and with gentoo I have 90% signal strength..I'm using=0A>>> Free= BSD 6.2 PRERELEASE=0A>>>=0A>>> $ dmesg -a |grep ath=0A>>> ath_hal: 0.9.17.2= (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413,=0A>>> RF5413) ath0: <Athe= ros 5212> 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=0A radio = 5.6=0A>>> ath0: flags=3D8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 15= 0=0A>>>=0A>>> rc.conf:=0A>>> ifconfig_ath0=3D"WPA inet 192.168.1.15 netmas= k 255.255.255.0 mode 11g"=0A>>>=0A>>> $ ifconfig ath0=0A>>> ath0: flags=3D8= 843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> 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 autosele= ct mode 11g=0A>>> (DS/11Mbps) status: associated=0A>>> ssid 3Com ch= annel 1 bssid 00:12:a9:c4:41:22=0A>>> authmode WPA privacy ON deftx= key UNDEF TKIP 3:128-bit txpowmax=0A 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 any statistics to show issues=0A>> with= lost packets. gentoo likely uses madwifi which uses the same hal=0A>> (or= older) than what is in freebsd. As such I'd expect no difference in=0A>> = operation wrt signal or link level behaviour.=0A>>=0A> =0A> Unfortunately, = this is the case here too. On one link, approx. 3 km distance, =0A> I got n= o link with both sides FreeBSD, athstats reported rssi 6 when one side =0A>= was changed to Linux with madwifi, and rssi 23 when both sides were Linux.= I =0A> was forced to use Linux on all radio links due this. I would like t= o repeat =0A> this test indoor, but did not have time yet. This drives me c= razy because I =0A> am forced to use system I=0A don't like :(=0A=0AMakes n= o 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@freebsd.org mailing list=0Ahttp://lists.f= reebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hardware=0ATo unsubscribe, send any mai= l to "freebsd-hardware-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A =0A= ___________________________________________________________________________= _________=0ADon't pick lemons.=0ASee all the new 2007 cars at Yahoo! Autos.= =0Ahttp://autos.yahoo.com/new_cars.html=0A_________________________________= ______________=0Afreebsd-hardware@freebsd.org mailing list=0Ahttp://lists.f= reebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hardware=0ATo unsubscribe, send any mai= l to "freebsd-hardware-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0AT= V dinner still cooling?=0ACheck out "Tonight's Picks" on Yahoo! 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