From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 9 14:23:54 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D40E16A401 for ; Fri, 9 Mar 2007 14:23:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@swaggi.com) Received: from rusty.swaggy.net (rusty.swaggy.net [66.103.13.18]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5BD4713C4A5 for ; Fri, 9 Mar 2007 14:23:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@swaggi.com) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (helo=swaggi.com) by rusty.swaggy.net with esmtp (Exim 4.66 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1HPfk5-000K3k-3k; Fri, 09 Mar 2007 09:06:50 -0500 From: "Yuri Lukin" To: "Sam Wun" Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2007 09:06:44 -0500 Message-Id: <20070309140331.M56659@swaggi.com> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: swaggi.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: wireless serer card that can handle multi-users X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2007 14:23:54 -0000 On Fri, 9 Mar 2007 14:10:45 +1100, Sam Wun wrote > Hi, > > About half year ago, I tested a mini wireless server card with > FreeBSD 6. The connection runs very fast if only myself using it, > but when there are more than 1 user connected to it, the second > user will suffer extremely slow wireless network connection. My > colleague also told me he also experienced that problem for his > clients. So he purchased a cheap D-Link Wireless access point for > his client rather than bundle the wireless access point > (card) in the freebsd router box. > > Can anyone tell me which wifi server card don't have that problem > when configured with freebsd? Assuming that you're talking about MiniPCI cards, you can use any based on the Atheros chipset. I believe most if not all currently shipping Atheros cards are supported in FreeBSD 6.2. I have personally been using Wistron CM9 for nearly a year now. As far as the problem you described, you could have been running mixed b/g mode causing protection bit to be set which effectively reduces the throughput of your wireless LAN. Yuri