On 3/3/06, Theo de Raadt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Is anybody using 802.11a with ath? > > The manpage lists a/b/g as working, although g definitly doesn't work > > for me, only b does. Now I'm curious if anything besides b actually > > works before I buy an antenna for a. > > Or is it just my cards? If not, why isn't there a note about this in > > the manpage? > > There are many different models of the "ath" hardware. Not everything > works perfectly -- but much of it does work. I think it is a bad > thing to make simplified statements like you did above. > > Without specific model information *taken right out of dmesg*, noone > will be able to help you. And your mail joins the archive, feeding > future pessimism, which it should not really do. >
I'm going to look around for various AR5212 devices and try out 802.11a. There is just way too much b/g traffic in my building on 1, 6, 11, I'm sure there are some 2.4GHz phones, too, so I have to try something else. When I do I will report. Greg
