Date: Mon, 6 May 2002 18:10:24 +0930 From: "Martin Minkus" <diskiller@diskiller.net> To: <freebsd-network@freebsd.org>, <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: 802.11: WaveLAN/Orinoco Cards Message-ID: <004801c1f4d9$bc4602f0$0200000a@bender>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0049_01C1F529.5D0FDEF0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Okay, i am getting some wierd stuff with this :) I got a WinXP client running the Orinico Client manager, and am watching what speed the FreeBSD machine is sending me packets at. silence:~# wicontrol -t 5 With that option set, lets play with ifconfig. silence:~# ifconfig wi0 media DS/1Mbps Okay. This sends at 1mbps, as expected. silence:~# ifconfig wi0 media DS/2Mbps Okay. This sends at 2mbps, as expected. silence:~# ifconfig wi0 media DS/5.5Mbps This sends at 11mbps. WTF?! What happened to 5.5? silence:~# ifconfig wi0 media DS/11Mbps This sends at 2mbps. Again, WTF? What happened to 11? Lets set it to: silence:~# ifconfig wi0 media DS/5.5Mbps And now play with wicontrol.... silence:~# wicontrol -t 1 Does it at 1mbit. Well, expected i think. Says 1mbps in the manual page. silence:~# wicontrol -t 2 Does it at 2mbit. Also expected. silence:~# wicontrol -t 4 Does it at 5.5mbit. Manual page says 4mbit (never mind there is no such thing as 4mbit) silence:~# wicontrol -t 5 Does it at 11mbit. Manual page says 6mbit (never mind there is no such thing as 6mbit). silence:~# wicontrol -t 3 Does it at 11mbit. Manual page says it auto rate select high. So, um, why all this insanity? Do i just stick to putting wicontrol -t 5 and ifconfig media DS/5.5mbps? I've tried various orinico cards, and they all exhbit this behaviour... What confuses me is, why make it possible to select speeds via ifconfig AND wicontrol? Why not just one place? Any ideas? Any explanations? Martin. PS. make sure you include me in the TO/CC field as i am not on the mailing list. ------=_NextPart_000_0049_01C1F529.5D0FDEF0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV=3D"Content-Type" CONTENT=3D"text/html; = charset=3Dus-ascii"> <TITLE>Message</TITLE> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.3621.0" name=3DGENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><SPAN class=3D703240708-06052002><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Okay, = i am getting=20 some wierd stuff with this :)</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D703240708-06052002><FONT face=3DArial=20 size=3D2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D703240708-06052002><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I got = a WinXP client=20 running the Orinico Client manager, and am watching what speed the = FreeBSD=20 machine is sending me packets at.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D703240708-06052002><FONT face=3DArial=20 size=3D2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D703240708-06052002><FONT face=3DArial = size=3D2>silence:~# wicontrol=20 -t 5</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D703240708-06052002><FONT face=3DArial=20 size=3D2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D703240708-06052002><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>With = that option=20 set, lets play with ifconfig.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D703240708-06052002><FONT face=3DArial=20 size=3D2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D703240708-06052002><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20 class=3D703240708-06052002><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> <DIV><SPAN class=3D703240708-06052002><FONT face=3DArial = size=3D2>silence:~# ifconfig=20 wi0 media DS/1Mbps</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D703240708-06052002></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D703240708-06052002>Okay. This sends at 1mbps, as=20 expected.</SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN=20 class=3D703240708-06052002></SPAN> </DIV></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN= ></DIV><SPAN=20 class=3D703240708-06052002><SPAN class=3D703240708-06052002> <DIV><SPAN class=3D703240708-06052002><FONT face=3DArial = size=3D2>silence:~# ifconfig=20 wi0 media DS/2Mbps</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D703240708-06052002><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Okay. = This sends at=20 2mbps, as expected.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D703240708-06052002><FONT face=3DArial=20 size=3D2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>silence:~# ifconfig wi0 media=20 DS/5.5Mbps</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D703240708-06052002><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>This = sends at=20 11mbps. WTF?! What happened to 5.5?</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D703240708-06052002><FONT face=3DArial=20 size=3D2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>silence:~# ifconfig wi0 media=20 DS/11Mbps</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT><SPAN class=3D703240708-06052002><FONT face=3DArial = size=3D2>This sends at=20 2mbps. Again, WTF? What happened to 11?</FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT><SPAN class=3D703240708-06052002><FONT face=3DArial=20 size=3D2></FONT></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT><SPAN class=3D703240708-06052002><FONT face=3DArial=20 size=3D2></FONT></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT><SPAN class=3D703240708-06052002><FONT face=3DArial = size=3D2>Lets set it=20 to:</FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT><SPAN class=3D703240708-06052002></SPAN></FONT><FONT><FONT = face=3DArial=20 size=3D2></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>silence:~# ifconfig wi0 media=20 DS/5.5Mbps</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT><SPAN class=3D703240708-06052002><FONT face=3DArial = size=3D2>And now play=20 with wicontrol....</FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT><SPAN class=3D703240708-06052002><FONT face=3DArial=20 size=3D2></FONT></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT><SPAN class=3D703240708-06052002><FONT face=3DArial = size=3D2>silence:~#=20 wicontrol -t 1<BR></FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT><SPAN class=3D703240708-06052002><FONT face=3DArial = size=3D2>Does it at=20 1mbit. Well, expected i think. Says 1mbps in the manual=20 page.</FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20 class=3D703240708-06052002></SPAN></FONT><FONT><SPAN=20 class=3D703240708-06052002><FONT face=3DArial=20 size=3D2> </DIV></FONT></SPAN></FONT> <DIV><FONT><SPAN class=3D703240708-06052002><FONT face=3DArial = size=3D2>silence:~#=20 wicontrol -t 2</FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT><SPAN class=3D703240708-06052002><FONT face=3DArial=20 size=3D2></FONT></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT><SPAN class=3D703240708-06052002><FONT face=3DArial = size=3D2>Does it at=20 2mbit. Also expected.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><BR><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>silence:~# wicontrol -t = 4</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D703240708-06052002></SPAN><FONT face=3DArial = size=3D2>D<SPAN=20 class=3D703240708-06052002>oes it at 5.5mbit. Manual page says 4mbit = (never mind=20 there is no such thing as 4mbit)</SPAN></FONT></DIV><FONT><SPAN=20 class=3D703240708-06052002></SPAN> <DIV><BR><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>silence:~# wicontrol -t = 5<BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D703240708-06052002><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Does = it at 11mbit.=20 Manual page says 6mbit (never mind there is no such thing as=20 6mbit).</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D703240708-06052002><FONT face=3DArial=20 size=3D2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>silence:~# wicontrol -t=20 3</FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT><SPAN class=3D703240708-06052002><FONT face=3DArial=20 size=3D2></FONT></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT><SPAN class=3D703240708-06052002><FONT face=3DArial = size=3D2>Does it at=20 11mbit. Manual page says it auto rate select = high.</FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT><SPAN class=3D703240708-06052002><FONT face=3DArial=20 size=3D2></FONT></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT><SPAN class=3D703240708-06052002><FONT face=3DArial=20 size=3D2></FONT></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT><SPAN class=3D703240708-06052002><FONT face=3DArial = size=3D2>So, um, why=20 all this insanity?</FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT><SPAN class=3D703240708-06052002><FONT face=3DArial=20 size=3D2></FONT></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT><SPAN class=3D703240708-06052002><FONT face=3DArial = size=3D2>Do i just=20 stick to putting wicontrol -t 5 and ifconfig media=20 DS/5.5mbps?</FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT><SPAN class=3D703240708-06052002><FONT face=3DArial=20 size=3D2></FONT></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT><SPAN class=3D703240708-06052002><FONT face=3DArial = size=3D2>I've tried=20 various orinico cards, and they all exhbit this behaviour... What = confuses me=20 is, why make it possible to select speeds via ifconfig AND wicontrol? = Why not=20 just one place?</FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT><SPAN class=3D703240708-06052002><FONT face=3DArial=20 size=3D2></FONT></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT><SPAN class=3D703240708-06052002><FONT face=3DArial = size=3D2>Any ideas? Any=20 explanations?</FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT><SPAN class=3D703240708-06052002><FONT face=3DArial=20 size=3D2></FONT></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT><SPAN class=3D703240708-06052002><FONT face=3DArial=20 size=3D2>Martin.</FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT><SPAN class=3D703240708-06052002><FONT face=3DArial=20 size=3D2></FONT></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT><SPAN class=3D703240708-06052002><FONT face=3DArial = size=3D2>PS. make sure=20 you include me in the TO/CC field as i am not on the mailing=20 list.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial><SPAN=20 class=3D703240708-06052002></SPAN></FONT> </DIV></FONT></SPAN></SPAN= ><SPAN=20 class=3D703240708-06052002><FONT face=3DArial = size=3D2></FONT></SPAN></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0049_01C1F529.5D0FDEF0-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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