FreeBSD-8.0 802.11n support with ath

[Spil Oss]

Thanks for the confirmation!

Is anything known re. a timeline for implementation of wireless-N? (8.1? 9.0?)

Kind regards,

Spil

On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 1:43 PM, Bernhard Schmidt
<bschmidt at techwires.net> wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 01:27:09PM +0100, Spil Oss wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Got myself an Atheros AR5416 card to upgrade my HostAP to Wireless-N speed.
>>
>> Somehow I can't find a way to convince the driver to go into 11n mode
>>
>> # ifconfig wlan0 mode 11b
>> # ifconfig wlan0 mode 11g
>> # ifconfig wlan0 mode 11n
>> ifconfig: SIOCSIFMEDIA (media): Device not configured
>
> It's either mode 11na or mode 11ng.
>
>> The man-page for ifconfig specifies only 11a, 11b and 11g as modes.
>> The part is functioning fine in 11g mode.
>>
>> Am I missing something obvious or is Wireless-N support not fully
>> implemented yet?
>
> There is no rate control algo fuer 11n, afaik, you will only be able to
> use legacy rates.
>
> --
> Bernhard
>