On 2008-05-12, Alan McKinnon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> What do you mean by "outperform"? I can see how drivers can >> affect throughput. The Windows drivers for my Laptop's WiFi >> chipset (Intel Pro-something) only get about 1/4 of the >> bandwidth that the Linux drivers do. >> >> But, I don't understand how the driver can affect receiver >> sensitivity. That's purely a function of the design of the RF >> frontend. > > As modified by the firmware in the device. OK, it's not the > driver per se, but it's certainly not the hardware either
Sorry, I don't see how firmware can affect sensitivity. I've been involved in writing firmware for RF data communications stuff for a long time, and I've certainly never been able to affect sensitivity. -- Grant Edwards grante Yow! I just remembered at something about a TOAD! visi.com -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list