[ath9k-devel] Ath9k MIMO Performance versus Proprietary Drivers

2010-02-21 Thread Galen
king with can pay for a lot of developer time. -Galen ___ ath9k-devel mailing list ath9k-devel@lists.ath9k.org https://lists.ath9k.org/mailman/listinfo/ath9k-devel

Re: [ath9k-devel] Ath9k MIMO Performance versus Proprietary Drivers

2010-02-22 Thread Galen
> fairly straightforward. I tend to think the STBC is probably a lot more foundational than rate control. That said, I am curious, what changes to the rate control are you planning / working on? -Galen ___ ath9k-devel mailing list ath9k-devel@lists.ath9k.org https://lists.ath9k.org/mailman/listinfo/ath9k-devel

Re: [ath9k-devel] Ath9k MIMO Performance versus Proprietary Drivers

2010-02-24 Thread Galen
On Feb 22, 2010, at 1:09 PM, Felix Fietkau wrote: > On 2010-02-22 8:43 PM, Galen wrote: >> On Feb 22, 2010, at 6:29 AM, Felix Fietkau wrote: >>> Except for STBC, ath9k seems to have pretty much the same hardware >>> features as Atheros' other drivers. T

Re: [ath9k-devel] Ath9k MIMO Performance versus Proprietary Drivers

2010-02-24 Thread Galen
This is an addendum to my earlier reply. On Feb 22, 2010, at 1:09 PM, Felix Fietkau wrote: >>> Except for STBC, ath9k seems to have pretty much the same hardware >>> features as Atheros' other drivers. There may be some workarounds for >>> various hw issues missing, I have not extensively reviewed

Re: [ath9k-devel] Ath9k MIMO Performance versus Proprietary Drivers

2010-02-24 Thread Galen
On Feb 24, 2010, at 11:33 AM, Felix Fietkau wrote: > On 2010-02-24 8:22 PM, Galen wrote: >> This is an addendum to my earlier reply. >> >> On Feb 22, 2010, at 1:09 PM, Felix Fietkau wrote: >>>>> Except for STBC, ath9k seems to have pretty much the same hardw

Re: [ath9k-devel] Ath9k MIMO Performance versus Proprietary Drivers

2010-02-25 Thread Galen
On Feb 24, 2010, at 4:33 PM, rootki...@yahoo.it wrote: > On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 8:41 PM, Galen wrote: >> >> On Feb 24, 2010, at 11:33 AM, Felix Fietkau wrote: >> >>> On 2010-02-24 8:22 PM, Galen wrote: >>>> This is an addendum to my earlier rep

Re: [ath9k-devel] Ath9k MIMO Performance versus Proprietary Drivers

2010-02-25 Thread Galen
On Feb 24, 2010, at 4:39 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 11:41:46AM -0800, Galen wrote: >> >> On Feb 24, 2010, at 11:33 AM, Felix Fietkau wrote: >> >>> On 2010-02-24 8:22 PM, Galen wrote: >>>> This is an addendum to my earlier rep

[ath9k-devel] AR Chipset Differences

2010-02-26 Thread Galen
on my experiences thus far... -Galen ___ ath9k-devel mailing list ath9k-devel@lists.ath9k.org https://lists.ath9k.org/mailman/listinfo/ath9k-devel

Re: [ath9k-devel] Ath9k MIMO Performance versus Proprietary Drivers

2010-02-26 Thread Galen
On Feb 26, 2010, at 8:45 AM, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 09:37:12PM -0800, Galen wrote: >> On Feb 24, 2010, at 4:39 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: >>> MRC is supported on all 11n chipsets, but not for cck rates. >>> TX beamforming is only suppor

Re: [ath9k-devel] Ath9k MIMO Performance versus Proprietary Drivers

2010-02-26 Thread Galen
; No, frankly this is the first time I read about MRC. >> I just poked a few guys here about MRC and got the clarification >> above. > > I'm confused about your goals, Galen? What is it you're trying to learn about > the chips? Do you want to understand the RF-level w

Re: [ath9k-devel] Ath9k MIMO Performance versus Proprietary Drivers

2010-02-26 Thread Galen
ly valuable as it once was. (This is highly context sensitive though, as 3x3 802.11n APs with 802.11g clients will probably see big gains, but 3x3 802.11n to 3x3 802.11n will not see as much, and at extreme range, the TxBF may also keep a very slow connection alive longer.) It's p

Re: [ath9k-devel] AR Chipset Differences

2010-02-26 Thread Galen
On Feb 26, 2010, at 9:23 AM, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 08:08:31AM -0800, Galen wrote: >> I'm trying to determine the differences in features of the various Atheros >> chipsets supported by ath9k. Please note, I have only chosen dual band parts

Re: [ath9k-devel] Ath9k MIMO Performance versus Proprietary Drivers

2010-02-26 Thread Galen
On Feb 26, 2010, at 8:42 AM, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 08:03:57PM -0800, Galen wrote: >> I am aware of the AR9300 features / SST3. >> >> The AR9100 and AR9200 also contains SST > > Oh? I thought SST thing was the marketing name for our >

Re: [ath9k-devel] Proposed 3x3 Dual band chipsets

2012-05-30 Thread Galen
ed sufficiently to see if there is any benefit. As for the regulatory stuff - search the list and also check with OpenWRT. There are many ways to make the radio function on whatever channel you wish. -Galen ___ ath9k-devel mailing list ath9k-devel@lists.ath9k.org https://lists.ath9k.org/mailman/listinfo/ath9k-devel

[ath9k-devel] Status of DFS / TPC in ath9k

2010-08-27 Thread Galen
m the guys at Atheros or the community? Also, what of TPC? (Transmit power control) -Galen ___ ath9k-devel mailing list ath9k-devel@lists.ath9k.org https://lists.ath9k.org/mailman/listinfo/ath9k-devel

[ath9k-devel] ath9k & RIFS Status?

2010-09-25 Thread Galen
0x03ff If RIFS is enabled, I can only imagine that it is handled at the chipset level because I can't really find any other supporting code involving RIFS - e.g. when the IEEE80211_TX_CTL_NO_ACK flag is set, the hardware automatically uses RIFS? Can anybody clarify? Point me to t

Re: [ath9k-devel] ath9k & RIFS Status?

2010-09-27 Thread Galen
On Sep 27, 2010, at 7:41 AM, Senthilkumar Balasubramanian wrote: > > > On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 2:48 AM, Galen wrote: > On 2010-02-24 Luis Rodriguez wrote this regarding RIFS support: > > > Not 100% sure but I actually think we do have it enabled for > > single-ch

Re: [ath9k-devel] Simultaneous 2.4 and 5.8 GHz on AR5008

2010-10-14 Thread Galen
le radios if you require dual-band support. They are quite inexpensive. Simply set each one up as an AP. If you do not have enough slots, there are a variety of options for multiplying PCI slots that are quite affordable. However, options for PCIe are somewhat li

Re: [ath9k-devel] Simultaneous 2.4 and 5.8 GHz on AR5008

2010-10-14 Thread Galen
On Oct 14, 2010, at 12:44 PM, Artem Makhutov wrote: > Hello, > > Galen schrieb: >> >> On Oct 14, 2010, at 10:11 AM, Artem Makhutov wrote: >> >>> Hello, >>> >>> is it possible to create an AP for 2.4 and 5.8 GHz simultaneous using a >

[ath9k-devel] RIFS Support

2011-01-06 Thread Galen
Last I checked, RIFS support was not implemented in ath9k. Is the lack of support due to mac80211 limitations, or due to ath9k limitations? -Galen ___ ath9k-devel mailing list ath9k-devel@lists.ath9k.org https://lists.ath9k.org/mailman/listinfo/ath9k

[ath9k-devel] ath9k: A-MSDU Size & A-MPDU TX

2011-01-06 Thread Galen
ath9k hardware? If it is a software issue, what is the barrier to implementation / complexity involved? Of note, I am aware that A-MPDU is of somewhat limited use for many applications, so no need to explain why it is not very useful... :) -Galen

[ath9k-devel] Extensive AR9280 Documentation

2011-01-06 Thread Galen
, and I'm not responsible for the contents. -Galen ___ ath9k-devel mailing list ath9k-devel@lists.ath9k.org https://lists.ath9k.org/mailman/listinfo/ath9k-devel

Re: [ath9k-devel] RIFS Support

2011-01-07 Thread Galen
On Jan 6, 2011, at 1:21 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 10:29 AM, Galen wrote: >> Last I checked, RIFS support was not implemented in ath9k. Is the lack of >> support due to mac80211 limitations, or due to ath9k limitations? > > RIFS support can be e

[ath9k-devel] Greenfield Support

2011-01-07 Thread Galen
overhead of the preamble / PLCP for each frame. Obviously, this is not appropriate in all situations, but for some, it can be useful. Can anybody clarify the status of this? -Galen ___ ath9k-devel mailing list ath9k-devel@lists.ath9k.org https

[ath9k-devel] Extended 5 GHz / 802.11j Channels

2011-01-07 Thread Galen
the extended channels already provided for in 802.11 specifications? -Galen ___ ath9k-devel mailing list ath9k-devel@lists.ath9k.org https://lists.ath9k.org/mailman/listinfo/ath9k-devel

Re: [ath9k-devel] RIFS Support

2011-01-07 Thread Galen
On Jan 7, 2011, at 8:57 AM, Senthilkumar Balasubramanian wrote: > On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 10:20 PM, Galen wrote: >> >> On Jan 6, 2011, at 1:21 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: >> >>> On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 10:29 AM, Galen wrote: >>>> Last I checked, RIF

[ath9k-devel] AR9003 / AR9002 / AR5008 Testing Environment Available

2011-01-21 Thread Galen
e configuration) and some idea as to how much time you think you'll need. I should be able to facilitate remote access testing starting sometime next week, and I am thinking that I may be able make testing systems available mostly continuously for weeks or poss

Re: [ath9k-devel] AR5008 and Max AMSDU length

2011-06-02 Thread Galen
test for you. :( > > Best regards, > > > Mihai I have also had problems with AMSDU length. Try sticking to 3839 to be on the safe side. I would like to learn more about the physical limits in Atheros chipsets... -Galen ___ ath9k-devel

Re: [ath9k-devel] 802.11n PCI-E 300Mbps with AP mode?

2011-07-12 Thread Galen
also get other AR9280 solutions widely on eBay - but the quality varies widely in my experience. -Galen On Jul 12, 2011, at 3:10 PM, Grant wrote: > Is there an 802.11n PCI-E ath9k card available that does 300Mbps and > works in AP mode? > > - Grant > ___

Re: [ath9k-devel] 802.11n PCI-E 300Mbps with AP mode?

2011-07-13 Thread Galen
#x27;s the best >> AR9280 module on the market - but if I'm wrong, I'd love to be corrected :-) >> >> You can also get other AR9280 solutions widely on eBay - but the quality >> varies widely in my experience. >> >> -Galen > > You're r

Re: [ath9k-devel] 802.11n PCI-E 300Mbps with AP mode?

2011-07-14 Thread Galen
On Jul 13, 2011, at 4:42 PM, Grant wrote: >> Again, anything with an AR9280 on board will be fine. Some of the >> antenna arrangements though are a bit .. special. > > I'm told this one fits the bill: > > http://www.tp-link.com/products/productDetails.asp?pmodel=TL-WN951N > > It is said to hav

Re: [ath9k-devel] 1 antenna & 300Mbps? Also: interference.

2011-07-29 Thread Galen
or 6/11. 3) I would try out the real world situation before you worry too much about lowering power. Space the cards and antennas a bit apart if possible in the case, but otherwise just try it out. -Galen On Jul 29, 2011, at 4:59 PM, Grant wrote: >> The SR71-E is a high power NIC. Havi

Re: [ath9k-devel] ath9k: Network stalls every 30 seconds

2011-08-08 Thread Galen
ly at specific, likely human-programmed intervals (e.g. 30 seconds) like you're describing... Sure, it's stupidly simple, but Linux distros have deeply embedded WiFi connection managers and people sometimes miss them... -Galen On Aug 8, 2011, at 6:13 PM, Adrian Chadd wrote: > .. sorr

Re: [ath9k-devel] What wireless adapter should I use

2011-08-22 Thread Galen
On Aug 20, 2011, at 2:22 PM, austin wonderly wrote: > I am currently using a dlink dwa552 which seems to make hostapd highly > unstable :/ I would really appreciate some advice as hostapd seems like a > sort of niche program so I cannot find any other advice on Google :/ I am > mostly just loo

[ath9k-devel] Maximum Radio Limit?

2011-08-26 Thread Galen
radio modules from being active simultaneously? -Galen ___ ath9k-devel mailing list ath9k-devel@lists.ath9k.org https://lists.ath9k.org/mailman/listinfo/ath9k-devel

[ath9k-devel] Hot Plug / Hot Swap Support?

2011-08-26 Thread Galen
connectivity for the other active modules. Any thoughts? If this is not implemented, any idea how difficult this would be to make happen? -Galen ___ ath9k-devel mailing list ath9k-devel@lists.ath9k.org https://lists.ath9k.org/mailman/listinfo/ath9k-devel

Re: [ath9k-devel] Maximum Radio Limit?

2011-08-28 Thread Galen
On Aug 28, 2011, at 10:08 PM, Alex Hacker wrote: > On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 11:27:26AM -0700, Galen wrote: >> Provided that enough PCIe ports are available, along with sufficient memory >> and CPU, is there any limit to the number of radios that can be supported by >> at

Re: [ath9k-devel] Any 4x4 MIMO ath9k NICs coming soon?

2012-01-17 Thread Galen
uickly emerge as the preferred means of adding bandwidth, with 4x4:4 being something that continues to slowly grow and only becomes seen much in the wild when 802.11ac hits. Note that Quantenna has already updated their 4x4:4 chipsets to support 802.11ac. -Galen On Jan 17, 2012, at 9:12 AM, Ben Greear

Re: [ath9k-devel] Any 4x4 MIMO ath9k NICs coming soon?

2012-01-17 Thread Galen
on is primarily focused on these layers as far as i know, I assumed he was looking for 4 spatial streams. Keep in mind, beamforming and diversity is very much possible within implementations the 802.11n specification. The only thing really novel to 802.11ac is the addition of optional downlink MU