Re: [Madwifi-users] 108Mbps support
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From: <am...@am...> - 2005-08-19 07:51:35
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My AP is always set to static 108Mbps. I've already tried forcing G-only mode with the iwpriv command and then enabling the turbo mode but it didn't help much. I get connected but I cannot ping or do anything else. I've even set the IP myself because I saw a couple of posts about broken dhcp in madwifi. NETGEAR's WG511T uses Atheros. Here's an output from lspci on my router. (Note, the card there is WG311T): 00:0e.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5212 802.11abg NIC (rev 01) Subsystem: Netgear: Unknown device 4d00 Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr+ Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B+ Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 128 (2500ns min, 7000ns max), Cache Line Size 08 Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 12 Region 0: Memory at eb000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K] Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=375mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-) Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=2 PME- On Thu, 18 Aug 2005 at...@ed... wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I was wondering if there is any progress on the 108mbps support ? I own a >> NETGEAR WG511T card and I would be really glad if I don't have to boot >> windows everytime I have to transfer something big. >> >> I've tried ndiswrapper, linuxant but none of this is working quite >> well. Both of them fail from time to time with "device timeouts" and I've >> tried all the possible card drivers. >> >> So, it seems that madwifi is my last hope ! > > It exists, although the documentation of such functionality is > nonexistent. Apparently it used to be in the FAQ but was lost when the > FAQ was moved to the wiki. > > Step one - Set your AP to static turbo mode. (Unfortunately, 108 Mbps > support does not work with dynamic turbo mode yet. This means that > non-turbo cards will not be able to assoc with your AP, and also madwifi > cards not in turbo modes won't be able to see it.) > > Step two - Issue the following commands > iwpriv ath0 mode 3 (this forces it to G-only mode) > iwpriv ath0 turbo 1 (enable turbo) > > Then it's all the usual stuff from there. There is NO documentation other > than the madwifi source itself that I can find that indicates that turbo > mode will not work in mode 0 (automatic). > > I'm doing this from memory - I returned my D-Link card because the AP I > was using was junk. Debating whether to get some Netgear RangeMax kit. I > know the Netgear 108 Mbps gear uses Atheros chipsets, but what about the > RangeMax MIMO gear? Is that Atheros MIMO or Airgo? > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO > September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices > Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA > Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf > _______________________________________________ > Madwifi-users mailing list > Mad...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/madwifi-users > |