From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 24 09:21:27 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 04EA316A417 for ; Tue, 24 Jul 2007 09:21:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from florenzi@gmail.com) Received: from ik-out-1112.google.com (ik-out-1112.google.com [66.249.90.177]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8986213C457 for ; Tue, 24 Jul 2007 09:21:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from florenzi@gmail.com) Received: by ik-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id c21so1527904ika for ; Tue, 24 Jul 2007 02:21:24 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=B1u/MVYP6LdkcEUsesDKa7P0+ZimggC9sa5sTgV+8KE842E4GJpBEWsPhMUzDslgDELffD6gbU/w8hPn4lAKZKKxZcACcer/1GAOJoEWpBPKDFY1mHZ+p9cqUSyzu0b3cJ/P8qPlblEcQWp7c0jngKgCLt1eXCOBA/jdJv1k3yA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=bfXJsBINZ2O0GUD2EN7P2PmtPRZ+JbudAfjyQHoN7wu8bdT2xSiZG/qwWtZuAB4R+s/tTKlpEOb8NS8peI1pMzqf60U2x5OmouX1NO44YJI0FgTYVw5brgrcAqj16yDKTWRbG0/v3wvuG+FK1ikjlXTy1+h3ngUw/f+HzBN32uQ= Received: by 10.78.205.7 with SMTP id c7mr1023122hug.1185268884622; Tue, 24 Jul 2007 02:21:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.78.33.6 with HTTP; Tue, 24 Jul 2007 02:21:24 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <3a386af20707240221g3d91a768n28a345301abe79cb@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 10:21:24 +0100 From: "Federico Lorenzi" To: "User Questions" In-Reply-To: <46A5C1D3.6090205@gahr.ch> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <46A5C1D3.6090205@gahr.ch> Cc: Pietro Cerutti Subject: Re: mode 11g, but 6Mbps X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 09:21:27 -0000 On 7/24/07, Pietro Cerutti wrote: > Hi List, > I have an Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG adapter using the wpi0 driver > connecting to an access point using the 802.11g mode. > # ifconfig wpi0 mode 11g > # ifconfig wpi0 > ... > media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11g (OFDM/6Mbps) > ... > > Can anyone explain why I see OFDM/6Mbps instead of OFDM/54Mbps (or at > least 19Mbps if you mean the actual throughput?) It could depend on a few things, first off remember that it's a highly experimental driver at this stage, and don't mean to be stating the obvious, but are you actually close enough to the AP to get 54mbps? Windows says 54 / 11 no matter what speed it is running at. HTH Federico