On Sunday 08 October 2006 20:14, Grant wrote: > > > Has anyone gotten turbo mode to work with their madwifi/ath0 cards? > > > It is supported according to this (search for "turbo"): > > > > > > http://madwifi.org/wiki/FAQ/HowDoI > > > > > > I'm using the latest madwifi-ng on my router and client, and the > > > client uses wpa_supplicant to connect. I've set these: > > > > > > iwpriv ath0 mode 3 > > > iwpriv ath0 turbo 1 > > > > > > on both systems, and both return "1" from: > > > > > > iwpriv ath0 get_turbo > > > > > > The problem is, I only see a maximum of 54Mbps from: > > > > > > iwlist ath0 rate > > > > > > Does anyone have any suggestions? > > > > > > Also, how can I set up the above commands to be executed > > > automatically? I can't seem to make it happen in /etc/conf.d/net. > > > > > > - Grant > > > > Hi Grant, > > > > You won't like this and probably I'll get hammered, but... I stopped > > using a lot of the gentoo startup scripts months ago, including the > > network stuff... > > > > I simply add them to /etc/conf.d/locale.start. Much faster startup and > > much more reliable in terms of setup anyways.... > > I do hate to hear that. > > I can have the iwpriv settings executed with: > > iwpriv_ath0=( "mode 3" "turbo 1" ) > > and I was told on the madwifi IRC channel that the 108Mbps rate won't > actually show up with "iwlist ath0 rate" because turbo just does > rate*2 down the line. I'm still wondering if turbo mode should work > with wpa_supplicant and if there is any way to determine if turbo mode > is actually functional on my system though. > > - Grant
Out f curiosity, Grant, what brand wifi hardware are you using. I'll be doing a wifi install early next year and I'm always interested in hearing about personal experiences rather than "hear say"... Thank you, Jerry. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
