> > > Sorry, I don't see how firmware can affect sensitivity. I've > > > been involved in writing firmware for RF data communications > > > stuff for a long time, and I've certainly never been able to > > > affect sensitivity. > > > > > > > I can say that I was really struggling to get a reliable wireless > > connection with the rt2x00 device and Hawking external antenna > > anywhere in my garage. I tried the madwifi device attached to the > > same Hawking antenna and the difference was ridiculous. I got a > > perfectly reliable signal from the back of the garage, the point > > furthest from the signal's source. > > > > Now that I think about it, I could have enabled outdoor mode for > > madwifi, but I can't check it right now. Could that account for the > > difference? > > > > What's madwifi outdoor mode? I googled but I can't find some readable > information.
The only "info" I have is from /etc/conf.d/ath_pci: # outdoor: Enable/disable outdoor use # countrycode: Override default country code options ath_pci outdoor=1 countrycode=0 Now that I look at that, the sensitivity difference could also be due to my unsetting the country code. - Grant -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
