Re: [Madwifi-users] Atheros card AR5001 installed + Country Code
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From: Sam L. <sa...@er...> - 2003-08-18 21:44:55
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>> Giving a specific country code may increase your capabilities but don't >> count on it. A lot depends on the regulatory domain setting. Japan has >> several regulatory domain settings. I get the following when specifying >> a "Japan" country code (it implies a specific regdomain): >> >> JAPAN (JP, 0x188, 392) MKK1_MKKA (0x40, 64) >> 2412G 17.0 2417G 17.0 2422G 17.0 2427G 17.0 2432G 17.0 2437G 17.0 >> 2442G 17.0 2447G 17.0 2452G 17.0 2457G 17.0 2462G 17.0 5170A 16.0 >> 5190A 16.0 5210A 16.0 5230A 16.0 > > I got same channel list with 'iwconfig ath0 channel' by CTRY_DEFAULT set > 392 (regdomain is set 0). > But, with Atheros OEM'ed Windows driver, card(EEPROM? or driver > software?) has capabilities that following channel. > > 2412G 2417G 2422G 2427G 2432G 2337G 2442G 2447G 2452G 2457G 2462G > 2467G 2472G 2484B 5170A 5190A 5210A 5230A > > Is there any way to set madwifi driver this channel list ? Not at the moment. In general the HAL distributed with the madwifi driver lags behind the Atheros code. These differences are likely due to this lag though it may just be a bug. Sam |