>Unfortunately mac80211 driver in AP mode does not support mcast_rate
option.
>If i'm correct basic_rates are 802.11 rates to be used for multicast
packets.

it seems that mcat_rate should work on latest backfire

2012/1/4 Viktar Palstsiuk <[email protected]>

> Hello
>
> I'm trying to set up IPTV over wifi (ath9k driver in AP mode + OpenWrt).
> I'm using UDP multicast stream to deliver video.
> By default multicast packets are transmitted at 1 Mbps (802.11g) which
> is insufficient for SD video stream.
> Unfortunately mac80211 driver in AP mode does not support mcast_rate
> option.
> If i'm correct basic_rates are 802.11 rates to be used for multicast
> packets.
> So i'm setting basic_rate to '11000 6000 9000' in /etc/config/wireless
> but this does not affect multicast transmission rate.
> Only after I set 'iw wlan0 set bitrate legacy-2.4 11 6 9' I get
> acceptable mcast tx rate.
>
> Is it possible to use basic_rate in /etc/config/wireless for my
> purpose or it was designed for something else?
>
> --
> Best regards,
> Viktar Palstsiuk
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