On Tue, Feb 01, 2005 at 02:22:22PM -0800, Sam Leffler wrote: > Paulo Fragoso wrote: > >Hi, > > > >We are using a Samsung wireless card (PRISM2) with FreeBSD 5.3 in hostap > >mode and client is running FreeBSD 5.3 with Orinoco wireless card, all > >works fine but tx rate at hostap it is all time in 2Mbps. > > > >We found this article for solve this problem with FreeBSD 5.x: > > > >http://excamera.com/cgi-bin/blosxom.cgi > > > >After modify dev/wi/if_wi.c in the hostap: > > > >--- dev/wi/if_wi.c.orig Tue Feb 1 17:15:20 2005 > >+++ dev/wi/if_wi.c Tue Feb 1 17:58:44 2005 > >@@ -958,6 +958,10 @@ > > wi_dump_pkt(&frmhdr, NULL, -1); > > fid = sc->sc_txd[cur].d_fid; > > off = sizeof(frmhdr); > >+ > >+ /* tx_rate problem? */ > >+ frmhdr.wi_tx_rate = 110; > >+ > > error = wi_write_bap(sc, fid, 0, &frmhdr, > >sizeof(frmhdr)) != 0 > > || wi_mwrite_bap(sc, fid, off, m0, > >m0->m_pkthdr.len) != 0; > > m_freem(m0); > > > >now we can get files from hostap faster (5x) than before. > > > >Both cards (hostap and client) was using mediaopt DS/11Mbps. > > > >Is possible ifconfig command change this field when using mediaopt > >"DS/11Mbps"? > > Locking the xmit rate at 11Mb/s (or any rate for that matter) isn't a > great idea though wi should honor a fixed rate. I thought Prism cards > implemented rate control in the firmware for ap mode but perhaps not. > netbsd has xmit rate control support for wi that purportedly does a good > job; you might investigate it. If you come up with changes I'd be > interested in integrating them into -current (which could then be > brought back to -stable). > > Sam
I am working on a port of netbsd rssadapt to fbsd.. its almost complete, expect PR within a week (I hope) roman p.s. you can find the patch (this one has known issues) at: hysteria.sk/~neologism/wifi.patch _______________________________________________ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
