mode 11g, but 6Mbps

[Tom Evans]

On Tue, 2007-07-24 at 11:42 +0200, Pietro Cerutti wrote:
> Federico Lorenzi wrote:
> > On 7/24/07, Pietro Cerutti <gahr at gahr.ch> wrote:
> >> Hi List,
> >> I have an Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG adapter using the wpi0 driver
> >> connecting to an access point using the 802.11g mode.
> >> # ifconfig wpi0 mode 11g
> >> # ifconfig wpi0
> >> ...
> >> media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11g (OFDM/6Mbps)
> >> ...
> >>
> >> Can anyone explain why I see OFDM/6Mbps instead of OFDM/54Mbps (or at
> >> least 19Mbps if you mean the actual throughput?)
> > It could depend on a few things, first off remember that it's a highly
> > experimental driver at
> > this stage, and don't mean to be stating the obvious, but are you
> > actually close enough to
> > the AP to get 54mbps? Windows says 54 / 11 no matter what speed it is
> > running at.
> 
> Hi Federico,
> 
> Actually I'm 4 meters away from the AP.
> I know that wpi is still in pre-alpha state ;-)
> 
> Tnx
> 

Heh, at least you have some connectivity - mine is still using none!

none0 at pci8:0:0: class=0x028000 card=0x135c103c chip=0x42228086 rev=0x02
hdr=0x00
    vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
    device     = '3945ABG Intel 3945ABG Wireless LAN controller'
    class      = network

Driver either fails to initialise, or panic's my -CURRENT laptop :)

I'd think its highly likely that performance issues are due to
pre-release quality of the driver.
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