On Tue, 2007-07-24 at 16:58 +0200, Federico Lorenzi wrote: > On 7/24/07, Tom Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, 2007-07-24 at 11:42 +0200, Pietro Cerutti wrote: > > > Federico Lorenzi wrote: > > > > On 7/24/07, Pietro Cerutti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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! > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]: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. > I have the same problem too, which forces me to use a 2 year old atheros > pcmcia card. I take it you are trying the perforce version right? I don't > suppose you could give me what error message you get so we could > 'compare'. Mine is something about not being able to allocate memory. > > Cheers
Yes, I knocked up a quick ruby script to scarily rip the files out of perforce web interface. Mine also fails with a similar message; I forget the exact details, and 5 time out of 10 it also panic's my laptop, so I won't try it again till after work ;) Tom
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