atheros (ath) driver - media option

From: Johann Hugo <jhugo_at_icomtek.csir.co.za>
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 23:52:02 +0200
Hi

I've just started playing with some D-link DWL-AG520 PCI adapters with the 
Atheros 5212 chipset.

The one adapter is configured in hostap mode, and the other one as a client. 
When I set the media option to a lower speed that the maximum, then it only 
works for the adapter in client mode, but it does not seem to work for the 
adapter that is in hostap mode. I've tried it on 11a, 11b and 11g at all the 
supported rates, but the tx speed always defaults to the maximum for the 
selected mode.

I'm using -current from September 07th.

e.g.

> ifconfig ath0 media DS/1Mbps mode 11b mediaopt hostap ssid ath101 channel 11

>wicontrol ath0
NIC serial number:                      [  ]
Station name:                           [ atheros.icomtek.csir.co.za ]
SSID for IBSS creation:                 [ ath101 ]
Current netname (SSID):                 [ ath101 ]
Desired netname (SSID):                 [ ath101 ]
Current BSSID:                          [ 00:05:5d:95:f0:04 ]
Channel list:                           [ ffe ]
IBSS channel:                           [ 11 ]
Current channel:                        [ 11 ]
Comms quality/signal/noise:             [ 0 8 0 ]
Promiscuous mode:                       [ Off ]
Intersil-Prism2 based card:             [ 1 ]
Port type (1=BSS, 3=ad-hoc):            [ 6 ]
MAC address:                            [ 00:05:5d:95:f0:04 ]
TX rate (selection):                    [ 1 ]
TX rate (actual speed):                 [ 11 ]		<----------------------
RTS/CTS handshake threshold:            [ 2312 ]
Create IBSS:                            [ Off ]
Access point density:                   [ 1 ]
Power Mgmt (1=on, 0=off):               [ 0 ]
Max sleep time:                         [ 100 ]
WEP encryption:                         [ Off ]
TX encryption key:                      [ 1 ]
Encryption keys:                        [  ][  ][  ][  ]

Is this correct, or should the tx rate (actual speed) be the same as the media 
setting ?

Regards
Johann
Received on Tue Nov 11 2003 - 12:52:10 UTC

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