Date: Sun, 01 May 2005 12:38:48 +0200 From: Carl Gustavsson <carl@thegoodone.mine.nu> To: Chris Richards <chrisric@routemaster.net> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: wifi limited to 180KBps Message-ID: <4274B1B8.5080303@thegoodone.mine.nu> In-Reply-To: <0C9AA1AB019C4A44AE29659CF2BB203202E9C1@gir.routemaster.net> References: <0C9AA1AB019C4A44AE29659CF2BB203202E9C1@gir.routemaster.net>
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Chris Richards wrote: >Hi Everyone, > >I have installed a Netgear 802.11b (MA311) PCI card into my freebsd box >but I can't get it to transfer data faster than 180KBps in either >direction. I have tried the card in 2 freebsd boxes one running 5.1 >Release and the other 5.4 Stable, no difference. I also ran trafshow on >wi0 and the traffic looks to come in bursts. > >I have included my config below, can anyone see a problem? > >Thank you. > >-Chris > >----------------------------------------------- >wi0: <Intersil Prism2.5> mem 0x40400000-0x40400fff irq 21 at device 10.0 >on pci2 >wi0: using RF:PRISM2.5 MAC:ISL3874A(Mini-PCI) >wi0: Intersil Firmware: Primary (1.1.0), Station (1.4.9) >wi0: Ethernet address: 00:09:5b:69:15:58 >wi0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps > >su-2.05b# uname -a >FreeBSD spunky2.routemaster.net 5.4-STABLE FreeBSD 5.4-STABLE #3: Thu >Apr 21 01:03:43 EST 2005 >chrisric@spunky2.routemaster.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SPUNKY2 i386 > >su-2.05b# ifconfig wi0 >wi0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 > inet6 fe80::209:5bff:fe69:1558%wi0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x2 > inet 10.10.11.254 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 10.10.11.255 > ether 00:09:5b:69:15:58 > media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet DS/11Mbps <hostap> >(DS/2Mbps <hostap>) > status: associated > ssid Spunky_AP 1:Spunky_AP > stationname "FreeBSD WaveLAN/IEEE node" > channel 6 authmode OPEN powersavemode OFF powersavesleep 100 > rtsthreshold 2312 protmode CTS > wepmode OFF weptxkey 1 > >NIC serial number: [ 99SA01000000 ] >Station name: [ FreeBSD WaveLAN/IEEE node ] >SSID for IBSS creation: [ Spunky_AP ] >Current netname (SSID): [ Spunky_AP ] >Desired netname (SSID): [ Spunky_AP ] >Current BSSID: [ 00:09:5b:69:15:58 ] >Channel list: [ 7ff ] >IBSS channel: [ 6 ] >Current channel: [ 6 ] >Comms quality/signal/noise: [ 0 81 27 ] >dBm Coms Quality: [ 0 -73 -73 ] >Promiscuous mode: [ Off ] >Process 802.11b Frame: [ Off ] >Intersil-Prism2 based card: [ 1 ] >Port type (1=BSS, 3=ad-hoc): [ 6 ] >MAC address: [ 00:09:5b:69:15:58 ] >TX rate (selection): [ 11 ] >TX rate (actual speed): [ 2 ] >RTS/CTS handshake threshold: [ 2312 ] >Create IBSS: [ Off ] >Access point density: [ 1 ] >Power Mgmt (1=on, 0=off): [ 0 ] >Max sleep time: [ 100 ] >PRI Identity: [ 21 0 1 1 ] >STA Identity: [ 31 9 1 4 ] >Card ID register: [ 8013 0 1 0 ] >Regulatory Domains: [ usa ] >Temperature Range: [ 1 ] >WEP encryption: [ Off ] >TX encryption key: [ 1 ] >Encryption keys: [ ][ ][ ][ ] >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > Hi I have the same problem, its a bug in the hostap-driver that limit it to 2Mbps. See this: media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet DS/11Mbps <hostap> (DS/2Mbps <hostap>) You have declared that you want 11 Mbps but it sets to maximum 2Mbps.
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