Re: ath: a few questions
Kris Maglione <[email protected]>
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Bruce M Simpson wrote: >On Tue, Jan 18, 2005 at 09:40:21AM -0500, Kris Maglione wrote: > > >>Second, according to CVS, hw.ath.outdoors was made tunable a year ago, but >>sysctl says it's readonly when I try to change it. It's stuck at 1, which >>seems to be a possible explanation for why it's indoor use sucks so badly >>compared to the windows driver, especially through walls. >> >> > >I'm running 5.3-STABLE as of last Wednesday and do not see this sysctl. > >Please give version information (uname -a) when posting this kind of query, >as it's next to impossible to give useful advice otherwise. > > Sorry about that. No uname -a, but it's the 5-STABLE from about a few days ago. The kernel config file is actually the (minimally modified) FreesBIE config file from a few months ago, but why is a long story. >You should be able to 'tcpdump -i ath0 -y ieee802_11' to verify that you >can capture 802.11 packets straight off the card. > > I have done that, and I have used kismet. My problem with kismet turned out to just be a wierd way that kismet reports things. >I haven't experienced the problems with walls you mention. > > I use 11a. Like I said, there is no problem with windows. I forgot to mention that windows also reports higher data rates (54Mbps when FreeBSD reports 18Mbps, but I don't trust that, really. It reports up to 108Mbps in turbo, but the AP only supports 76). Also, through a wall or two, windows reports high signal, but I can't test that in freebsd, since the driver doesn't seem to support it. > > >>Last, dstumbler doesn't work. It complains, something about ioctl. I don't >>feel like booting the laptop to get the exact messate at the moment, but I >>will later. >> >> > >dstumbler is for PRISM2 cards only. > > thanks, I had a feeling that it was, but I had to ask. >BMS > > P.S. Please don't reply-all. When you do, I just get two duplicate messages right next to each other. They get sorted to the list's folder as long as they have the list as an address (hence the Reply-To header). Thanks. _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"