Same problem with minipci ral cards
max distance: 5-8m.
On 12/12/06, Clint Pachl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Sam Fourman Jr. wrote:
> > I have a Linksys card that uses ral and I can confirm this
> >
> >
> > Sam Fourman Jr.
> >
> > On 12/9/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> Hi List,
> >>
> >> i've tried today openbsd 4.0
> >>
> >> with several cards:
> >>
> >> rt2561t -> PC-620C
> >> rt2560f -> WMIR-103G
> >> rt2560f -> GN-WIKG
> >>
> >> with all cards i got a connection (mediaopt ibss -> adhoc)
> >> with a distance of some meters. but if i tried a distance of 150 meters
> >> with 2 yagi (12dbi) i got no connection :-(. i one test i've used
> >> a prism2 card on only the one site and a got a connection but
> >> the performance was very bad. with 2 prism cards it work fine.
> >> 2 prism -> ok
> >> 1 prism and 1 ral -> bad performance
> >> 2 ral -> no connection
> >>
> >> has anyone an idea whats the problem of this low operation
> >> range ?
>
> I have a similar problem in 3.9 with ral cards; very poor range.
>
> Linksys (ath) [ap] -> Level One (ral) = 5-7 meters
> Linksys (ath) [ap] -> Old 1MBit Intel (wi?) = +30 meters
> Level One (ral pci) [ap] -> Level One (ral pccard) = must be within 1-2
> meters
>
> I tried changing the Tx Power, but that didn't have an effect. Because
> I've heard that the ral driver is very good, I was just assuming that my
> Level One cards have crappy transceivers and/or antennas.
