Hi, On 27 Feb 2010, at 20:29, Robert Watson wrote:
> > On Sat, 27 Feb 2010, Spil Oss wrote: > >> Thanks for the confirmation! >> >> Is anything known re. a timeline for implementation of wireless-N? (8.1? >> 9.0?) > > I know that Rui Paulo is working on this actively; I've added him to the CC > line as I'm not sure if he follows freebsd-stable. > > Robert N M Watson > Computer Laboratory > University of Cambridge > >> >> Kind regards, >> >> Spil >> >> On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 1:43 PM, Bernhard Schmidt >> <bschm...@techwires.net> wrote: >>> On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 01:27:09PM +0100, Spil Oss wrote: >>>> Hi All, >>>> >>>> Got myself an Atheros AR5416 card to upgrade my HostAP to Wireless-N speed. >>>> >>>> Somehow I can't find a way to convince the driver to go into 11n mode >>>> >>>> # ifconfig wlan0 mode 11b >>>> # ifconfig wlan0 mode 11g >>>> # ifconfig wlan0 mode 11n >>>> ifconfig: SIOCSIFMEDIA (media): Device not configured >>> >>> It's either mode 11na or mode 11ng. >>> >>>> The man-page for ifconfig specifies only 11a, 11b and 11g as modes. >>>> The part is functioning fine in 11g mode. The man page also specifies 11na and 11ng, so I hope you're running 8.0, at least. >>>> >>>> Am I missing something obvious or is Wireless-N support not fully >>>> implemented yet? >>> >>> There is no rate control algo fuer 11n, afaik, you will only be able to >>> use legacy rates. Progress on supporting 11n with atheros cards is on going. There's much more to it than adapting the rate control algorithm. Please stay tuned. Regards, -- Rui Paulo _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"