Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2014 12:55:19 -0800 From: Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> To: pbtraveller <pbtraveller@googlemail.com>, "freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org" <freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: 802.11n on FreeBSD 10.0-RC4 Message-ID: <CAJ-VmomNcbAToCfTKqjCvVBb-6jcm4pbbmmAD_azQRi3iVW5Fg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <52CC6448.2070700@gmail.com> References: <52CB3A95.40502@gmail.com> <CAJ-Vmo=UCV1c2QS4uYi%2B1qmDOJu-2g7gqroXy91xfzpH4pZtvA@mail.gmail.com> <52CC6448.2070700@gmail.com>
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Yup! 11n normally involves going from a non-11n channel (11bg, 11a) to "upgrade" to an 11n channel. So yeah, it'll look like 11g, except it'll also use 11n rates. -a On 7 January 2014 12:32, pbtraveller <pbtraveller@googlemail.com> wrote: > Hi Adrian, > > thanks a lot for the quick response and sorry to bug you again: > > So the "ht" in > > "media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11ng <hostap> > status: running ssid myssid channel 4 (2427 MHz 11g ht/40+)" > > means it is running 802.11n with 2x 20MHz channels? > > I am just wondering because it says "autoselect mode 11ng" and "(2427 MHz > 11g ht/40+) irrespective of whether I use mode 11g or mode 11n in > /etc/rc.conf (i.e. ifconfig_wlan0="ssid myssid mode 11g up WPA" or > "ifconfig_wlan0="ssid myssid mode 11n up WPA"). The only difference is the > channel that is being used (channel 7 in case of mode 11g and channel 4 in > case of mode 11n). > > Also the throughput of the wifi device is still considerably lower than the > throughput of the 100 Mbit/s ethernet device of the same machine. > > Many thanks and kind regards! > > pbtraveller > > > > > > > > Am 07.01.14 00:24, schrieb Adrian Chadd: > > Nope, running 11ng! Look, says 11ng! on a ht/40 channel! Totally 11ng! > > -a > > > On 6 January 2014 15:21, pbtraveller <pbtraveller@googlemail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > I was told that 802.11n code for atheros wifi cards was committed to FreeBSD > 10.0. > > I am currently running a machine with FreeBSD 10.0-RC4 and the following > wifi card > > vendor = 'Atheros Communications Inc.' > device = 'AR9287 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express)' > class = network > > I loaded the following modules at boot time by placing the following in > /boot/loader.conf > > if_ath_load="YES" > if_ath_pci_load="YES" > > When typing ifconfig -v wlan0 list channel I only get > > Channel 6 : 2437 MHz 11g ht/40+ > > and the like but no 11n > > my /etc/rc.conf looks like this > > ... > create_args_wlan0="wlanmode hostap" > ifconfig_wlan0="ssid myssid mode 11n up WPA"... > > ifconfig shows me that the systems is running 802.11g only > > inet6 fe80::12fe:edff:fe75:3c2b%wlan0 prefixlen 64 tentative scopeid 0x5 > nd6 options=29<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED,AUTO_LINKLOCAL> > media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11ng <hostap> > status: running > ssid myssid channel 4 (2427 MHz 11g ht/40+) bssid 10:fe:ed:75:3c:2b > regdomain 32924 country CN indoor ecm authmode WPA2/802.11i > > What am I doing wrong or was 802.11n not committed to FreeBSD 10 ? > > Many thanks! > > pbtraveller > > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-wireless > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-wireless-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >
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