Re: [ath9k-devel] Dynamic channel allocation in ath9k driver

2011-06-21 Thread Larry Vaden
On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 4:45 AM, Adrian Chadd adr...@freebsd.org wrote: There's been some discussion on linux-wireless about implementing channel selection in the way you asked (ie, what channels aren't busy.) It should be done in the higher layers, not at the driver layer. Thanks,

Re: [ath9k-devel] What mode to use for wireless backhaul?

2011-04-27 Thread Larry Vaden
On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 7:18 PM, Peter Stuge pe...@stuge.se wrote: The fact remains that ath9k on Linux is not mature rock solid in all different modes and bands, and that hasn't really changed over the last year and a half I've been around, despite the endless hours that have been spent on

Re: [ath9k-devel] What mode to use for wireless backhaul?

2011-04-27 Thread Larry Vaden
On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 10:47 PM, Xianghua Xiao xiaoxiang...@gmail.com wrote: Almost all Atheros-based commercial products on the market are still based on Atheros's SDK, its driver is still madwifi-based but worked _reliably_. The IBSS/adhoc driver in that SDK is not fully done(especially

[ath9k-devel] curiosity killed the cat --- re: hostname=venema

2011-04-27 Thread Larry Vaden
I only know of one Venema in this world, Dr. Wietse Venema of postfix fame and more than a handful of other frequently used gems. How did this host get its name? ___ ath9k-devel mailing list ath9k-devel@lists.ath9k.org

Re: [ath9k-devel] What mode to use for wireless backhaul?

2011-04-27 Thread Larry Vaden
On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 7:55 PM, Adrian Chadd adr...@freebsd.org wrote: If I can make a suggestion, and you should take this as a hint about the direction you (being people on this list) should take - get into ath9k development. Show initiative and interest, get some work done, and ask for

Re: [ath9k-devel] What mode to use for wireless backhaul?

2011-04-27 Thread Larry Vaden
On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 7:58 PM, Joel Wiramu Pauling j...@aenertia.net wrote: WDS is crap, don't use it. You effectively half the available bandwidth per node in a WDS network, it's a hack and is only useful if you want coverage at the sacrifice of bandwidth of the link. There is one vendor in

Re: [ath9k-devel] What mode to use for wireless backhaul?

2011-04-27 Thread Larry Vaden
On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 8:44 PM, Adrian Chadd adr...@freebsd.org wrote: On 28 April 2011 09:27, Larry Vaden va...@texoma.net wrote: There is one vendor in the marketplace where if you want layer 2 transparency on a p-t-p link, you VILL use WDS :( What's broken about WDS? Just that you halve

Re: [ath9k-devel] What mode to use for wireless backhaul?

2011-04-27 Thread Larry Vaden
On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 9:47 PM, Felix Fietkau n...@openwrt.org wrote: On 2011-04-28 2:58 AM, Joel Wiramu Pauling wrote: WDS is crap, don't use it. You effectively half the available bandwidth per node in a WDS network, it's a hack and is only useful if you want coverage at the sacrifice of

Re: [ath9k-devel] What mode to use for wireless backhaul?

2011-04-26 Thread Larry Vaden
On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 6:17 PM, Peter Stuge pe...@stuge.se wrote: Larry Vaden wrote: So what do you guys think? OLSR + ad-hoc? Mesh? Multiple AP's and Stations? WDS? P2P? Afraid neither code nor community is really quite mature for that discussion. Just as I was thinking OpenWrt

[ath9k-devel] FWIW: Ubiquiti NanoBridge M2 uses AR7240, AR9287

2011-04-21 Thread Larry Vaden
wrote, namely: [quote] Hi Larry, AR7240 CPU + AR9280 Radio. [/quote] but the difference may not be material, I'll leave that to the developers. The AR9287 is about 1/4 the size of the AR7240. HTH. regards/ldv -- Larry Vaden, CoFounder Internet Texoma, Inc. Serving Rural Texomaland Since 1995 We

Re: [ath9k-devel] FWIW: Ubiquiti NanoBridge M2 uses AR7240, AR9287

2011-04-21 Thread Larry Vaden
On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 5:41 PM, Peter Stuge pe...@stuge.se wrote: Larry Vaden wrote: AR9287-BL1A date code 1004 This doesn't seem to exactly tick and tie with what Ubiquiti wrote, namely: [quote] AR7240 CPU + AR9280 Radio. [/quote] but the difference may not be material, AR9280

Re: [ath9k-devel] Ath9k: changing regulatory domain

2011-04-16 Thread Larry Vaden
On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 11:22 PM, Adrian Chadd adr...@freebsd.org wrote: On 15 April 2011 23:18, Larry Vaden va...@texoma.net wrote: Peter and Adrian, If this post is essentially asking to peek behind Atheros' kimono, please disregard this post. Is there any chance that the only diff

Re: [ath9k-devel] Ath9k: changing regulatory domain

2011-04-15 Thread Larry Vaden
On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 1:08 PM, Peter Stuge pe...@stuge.se wrote: IOW, do we know for certain whether the entire set of data required for compliance in every country is stored on each and every chip? Nope. This is what I meant would be good to gather information about, with a tool that can

Re: [ath9k-devel] Ath9k: changing regulatory domain

2011-04-15 Thread Larry Vaden
On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 1:30 PM, Peter Stuge pe...@stuge.se wrote: I don't know the details of the calibration at all. It could also be much more coarse, in which case we eager EEPROM patchers would be in much better shape. :) Perhaps, at least for Ubiquiti radios, Country Code Compliance

Re: [ath9k-devel] Ath9k: changing regulatory domain

2011-04-15 Thread Larry Vaden
On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 1:30 PM, Peter Stuge pe...@stuge.se wrote: I don't know the details of the calibration at all. It could also be much more coarse, in which case we eager EEPROM patchers would be in much better shape. :) Peter, now that I've had more time to think about it, MikroTik

Re: [ath9k-devel] iwconfig drives which modules in the kernel/ath9k

2011-04-11 Thread Larry Vaden
On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 10:26 PM, Adrian Chadd adr...@freebsd.org wrote: On 12 April 2011 11:09, Sujith m.suj...@gmail.com wrote: Adrian Chadd wrote: There's actually something in 802.11h that handles switching channels. Does mac80211 handle sending/receiving CSA? Yep. Cool. Serene,

[ath9k-devel] GOOD for OpenWrt: only 2 tx failed per day

2011-04-10 Thread Larry Vaden
failed tx failed: 0 tx failed: 0 tx failed: 0 tx failed: 0 tx failed: 0 tx failed: 0 tx failed: 7 tx failed: 0 tx failed: 0 root@jv-2400-ap1:~# -- Larry Vaden, CoFounder Internet

Re: [ath9k-devel] GOOD for OpenWrt: only 2 tx failed per day

2011-04-10 Thread Larry Vaden
oz Sour mix  * 1 splash Cranberry juice - ___ ath9k-devel mailing list ath9k-devel@lists.ath9k.org https://lists.ath9k.org/mailman/listinfo/ath9k-devel -- Larry Vaden, CoFounder Internet Texoma

[ath9k-devel] learning moment bitte: how does a newb set power_save off on an AP?

2011-04-09 Thread Larry Vaden
@cpe-wlab:~# How does a newb set power_save off on an AP? THANKS/ldv -- Larry Vaden, CoFounder Internet Texoma, Inc. Serving Rural Texomaland Since 1995 We Care About Your Connection! ___ ath9k-devel mailing list ath9k-devel@lists.ath9k.org https

Re: [ath9k-devel] learning moment bitte: how does a newb set power_save off on an AP?

2011-04-09 Thread Larry Vaden
it is? :) Adrian On 10 April 2011 03:14, Larry Vaden va...@texoma.net wrote: While running          |__| W I R E L E S S   F R E E D O M  ATTITUDE ADJUSTMENT (bleeding edge, r26548) -- as a newb, on APs, root@hq-0900-ap1:~# iw wlan0 set power_save off command failed: Operation not supported

Re: [ath9k-devel] learning moment bitte: how does a newb set power_save off on an AP?

2011-04-09 Thread Larry Vaden
:( THANKS/ldv On Sat, Apr 9, 2011 at 7:55 PM, Adrian Chadd adr...@freebsd.org wrote: It should not be doing power saving in access point mode. Do you think somehow it is? :) Adrian On 10 April 2011 03:14, Larry Vaden va...@texoma.net wrote: While running          |__| W I R E L E S S   F R E E

Re: [ath9k-devel] Loco M900 as CPE @r26524 may be vascillating on Regulatory Domain/max EIRP?

2011-04-08 Thread Larry Vaden
better than I though. :) This sort of gives a new meaning to Guilt by association. `[8-)) -- Larry Vaden, CoFounder Internet Texoma, Inc. Serving Rural Texomaland Since 1995 We Care About Your Connection! ___ ath9k-devel mailing list ath9k-devel

[ath9k-devel] a couple of ?s about max legal power and involuntary disconnects

2011-04-08 Thread Larry Vaden
Link Quality=8/70 Signal level=-102 dBm Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:4 Invalid misc:4 Missed beacon:0 root@cpe-crockett:~# cat /sys/kernel/debug/ieee80211/phy0/power 27 -- Larry Vaden, CoFounder Internet Texoma, Inc

Re: [ath9k-devel] a couple of ?s about max legal power and involuntary disconnects

2011-04-08 Thread Larry Vaden
On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 10:31 PM, Adrian Chadd adr...@freebsd.org wrote: On 9 April 2011 11:24, Larry Vaden va...@texoma.net wrote: Q1.  Does the detail below guarantee we are operating at maximum legal power for the US on the M900 series? It _seems_ that when we disconnect (see 2nd question

Re: [ath9k-devel] a couple of ?s about max legal power and involuntary disconnects

2011-04-08 Thread Larry Vaden
On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 10:31 PM, Adrian Chadd adr...@freebsd.org wrote: On 9 April 2011 11:24, Larry Vaden va...@texoma.net wrote: Q1.  Does the detail below guarantee we are operating at maximum legal power for the US on the M900 series? It _seems_ that when we disconnect (see 2nd question

Re: [ath9k-devel] why is bitrate of 65.0 MBit/s MCS 7 appropriate for signal strength of -93 dBm?

2011-04-07 Thread Larry Vaden
On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 9:52 AM, Felix Fietkau n...@openwrt.org wrote: Total packet count::    ideal 34      lookaround 6 The total packet count indicates that there's no useful data in there (probably because a reconnect happened). The MCS7 rate that you saw was maybe just a probing attempt.

Re: [ath9k-devel] why is bitrate of 65.0 MBit/s MCS 7 appropriate for signal strength of -93 dBm?

2011-04-07 Thread Larry Vaden
On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 2:36 AM, Mohammed Shafi shafi.at...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 5:03 AM, Larry Vaden va...@texoma.net wrote: On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 9:52 AM, Felix Fietkau n...@openwrt.org wrote: Total packet count::    ideal 34      lookaround 6 The total packet count

Re: [ath9k-devel] why is bitrate of 65.0 MBit/s MCS 7 appropriate for signal strength of -93 dBm?

2011-04-07 Thread Larry Vaden
On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 10:33 AM, Daniel Halperin dhalp...@cs.washington.edu wrote: On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 5:29 AM, Larry Vaden va...@texoma.net wrote: learning moment, bitte What steps are necessary to learn about the reasons for the disconnects/reconnects? *identifying the reason code

Re: [ath9k-devel] why is bitrate of 65.0 MBit/s MCS 7 appropriate for signal strength of -93 dBm?

2011-04-07 Thread Larry Vaden
On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 5:26 AM, Mohammed Shafi shafi.at...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 3:28 PM, Larry Vaden va...@texoma.net wrote: Mindful that we are all ignorant, just about different things, I ask the ? in the subject line. Would that not influence the success ratio

Re: [ath9k-devel] why is bitrate of 65.0 MBit/s MCS 7 appropriate for signal strength of -93 dBm?

2011-04-07 Thread Larry Vaden
On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 7:22 PM, Adrian Chadd adr...@freebsd.org wrote: I really do think the key here is figuring out why Larry is seeing such crazy low signal strength levels. adrian Does anyone know if these the AR9280 has a self-test? ldv ___

[ath9k-devel] Loco M900 as CPE @r26524 may be vascillating on Regulatory Domain/max EIRP?

2011-04-07 Thread Larry Vaden
In the interest of brevity, I had intended to report the results of 'dmesg | grep CRDA' but said does not indicate as well the possible problem. -- Forwarded message -- From: Larry Vaden va...@texoma.net Date: Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 11:09 PM Subject: IBIBLIO: Loco M900 as CPE @r26524

Re: [ath9k-devel] why is bitrate of 65.0 MBit/s MCS 7 appropriate for signal strength of -93 dBm?

2011-04-06 Thread Larry Vaden
: 0.00, 0.01, 0.04 root@OpenWrt:~# - Felix -- Larry Vaden, CoFounder Internet Texoma, Inc. Serving Rural Texomaland Since 1995 We Care About Your Connection! ___ ath9k-devel mailing list ath9k-devel@lists.ath9k.org https://lists.ath9k.org/mailman

Re: [ath9k-devel] why is bitrate of 65.0 MBit/s MCS 7 appropriate for signal strength of -93 dBm?

2011-04-06 Thread Larry Vaden
On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 9:48 AM, Mohammed Shafi shafi.at...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 7:47 PM, Larry Vaden va...@texoma.net wrote: On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 5:26 AM, Mohammed Shafi shafi.at...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 3:28 PM, Larry Vaden va...@texoma.net wrote

Re: [ath9k-devel] why is bitrate of 65.0 MBit/s MCS 7 appropriate for signal strength of -93 dBm?

2011-04-06 Thread Larry Vaden
On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 9:59 AM, Mohammed Shafi shafi.at...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 8:21 PM, Larry Vaden va...@texoma.net wrote: On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 9:48 AM, Mohammed Shafi shafi.at...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 7:47 PM, Larry Vaden va...@texoma.net wrote: On Wed

Re: [ath9k-devel] ath9k: how to change channels dynamically

2011-04-06 Thread Larry Vaden
! End of story. -- Larry Vaden, CoFounder Internet Texoma, Inc. Serving Rural Texomaland Since 1995 We Care About Your Connection! ___ ath9k-devel mailing list ath9k-devel@lists.ath9k.org https://lists.ath9k.org/mailman/listinfo/ath9k-devel

Re: [ath9k-devel] why is bitrate of 65.0 MBit/s MCS 7 appropriate for signal strength of -93 dBm?

2011-04-06 Thread Larry Vaden
On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 11:08 AM, Daniel Halperin dhalp...@cs.washington.edu wrote: On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 8:18 AM, Larry Vaden va...@texoma.net wrote: I think the basic problem may be the hardware has gone south or there is something special about the M900 series because of the down converter

Re: [ath9k-devel] ath9k: how to change channels dynamically

2011-04-06 Thread Larry Vaden
On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 11:54 AM, Serene Gud serene_...@yahoo.co.in wrote: --- On *Wed, 4/6/11, Larry Vaden va...@texoma.net* wrote: From: Larry Vaden va...@texoma.net Subject: Re: [ath9k-devel] ath9k: how to change channels dynamically To: Serene Gud serene_...@yahoo.co.in Cc: Adrian

[ath9k-devel] switching from minstrel to ath9k's native rate control

2011-04-06 Thread Larry Vaden
? Is minstrel what others call EWMA (exponentially weighted moving average)? kind regards/ldv -- Larry Vaden, CoFounder Internet Texoma, Inc. Serving Rural Texomaland Since 1995 We Care About Your Connection! ___ ath9k-devel mailing list ath9k-devel

Re: [ath9k-devel] ath9k performance issues

2011-04-05 Thread Larry Vaden
: 560 tx packets: 11 tx retries: 65 tx failed: 7 signal: -97 dBm signal avg: -96 dBm tx bitrate: 104.0 MBit/s MCS 13 rx bitrate: 6.5 MBit/s MCS 0 best regards/ldv -- Larry Vaden, CoFounder Internet Texoma

Re: [ath9k-devel] ath9k performance issues

2011-04-05 Thread Larry Vaden
failed: 0 signal: -79 dBm signal avg: -78 dBm tx bitrate: 48.0 MBit/s rx bitrate: 9.0 MBit/s best regards/ldv -- Larry Vaden, CoFounder Internet Texoma, Inc. Serving Rural Texomaland Since 1995 We Care About Your Connection

Re: [ath9k-devel] ath9k: how to change channels dynamically

2011-04-03 Thread Larry Vaden
/downloads/firmwares/XN-fw/v5.3/SDK.UBNT.v5.3.tar.bz2. HTH. BTW, what is your application for channel/frequency hopping? regards/ldv -- Larry Vaden, CoFounder Internet Texoma, Inc. Serving Rural Texomaland Since 1995 We Care About Your Connection! ___ ath9k

Re: [ath9k-devel] AR9280 with only one antenna?

2011-03-31 Thread Larry Vaden
to config AR9280 for operation as 1X1 or other ideas from a couple of days ago on this ml. -- Larry Vaden, CoFounder Internet Texoma, Inc. Serving Rural Texomaland Since 1995 We Care About Your Connection! ___ ath9k-devel mailing list ath9k-devel

[ath9k-devel] please see https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=691563

2011-03-30 Thread Larry Vaden
of the bugzilla report mentioned in the subject line? If not, what are the possibilities besides a bug in iperf or a cockpit error on the part of the reporter? THANKS for your input. kind regards/ldv -- Larry Vaden, CoFounder Internet Texoma, Inc. Serving Rural Texomaland Since 1995 We Care About Your

[ath9k-devel] how to config AR9280 for operation as 1X1 or other ideas

2011-03-29 Thread Larry Vaden
any advice to achieve desired operation. THANKS in advance for your help --- it is fully appreciated. Kind regards/ldv -- Larry Vaden, CoFounder Internet Texoma, Inc. Serving Rural Texomaland Since 1995 We Care About Your Connection! ===From Mikrotik's manual on the SXT: If you want to overcome

Re: [ath9k-devel] how to config AR9280 for operation as 1X1 or other ideas

2011-03-29 Thread Larry Vaden
On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 9:36 AM, Felix Fietkau n...@openwrt.org wrote: In order to debug this properly, please send a dump of the rate control stats of both sides: cat /sys/kernel/debug/ieee80211/phy0/netdev:wlan0/stations/*/rc_stats And also a dump of the channel busy time: iw wlan0 survey

Re: [ath9k-devel] how to config AR9280 for operation as 1X1 or other ideas

2011-03-29 Thread Larry Vaden
On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 9:36 AM, Felix Fietkau n...@openwrt.org wrote: On 2011-03-29 3:33 PM, Larry Vaden wrote: Good morning, ath9k devs and OpenWrt-users. Please excuse the cross post, not something we normally do. We have a particularly difficult situation in which we are trying

Re: [ath9k-devel] how to config AR9280 for operation as 1X1 or other ideas

2011-03-29 Thread Larry Vaden
On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 9:36 AM, Felix Fietkau n...@openwrt.org wrote: To change the chainmask: wifi down echo 1 /sys/kernel/debug/ieee80211/phy0/ath9k/rx_chainmask echo 1 /sys/kernel/debug/ieee80211/phy0/ath9k/tx_chainmask wifi On the CPE end this has been done: root@OpenWrt:~#

Re: [ath9k-devel] how to config AR9280 for operation as 1X1 or other ideas

2011-03-29 Thread Larry Vaden
On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 9:36 AM, Felix Fietkau n...@openwrt.org wrote: THANKS in advance for your help --- it is fully appreciated. To change the chainmask: wifi down echo 1 /sys/kernel/debug/ieee80211/phy0/ath9k/rx_chainmask echo 1 /sys/kernel/debug/ieee80211/phy0/ath9k/tx_chainmask

Re: [ath9k-devel] how to config AR9280 for operation as 1X1 or other ideas

2011-03-29 Thread Larry Vaden
On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 10:28 AM, Felix Fietkau n...@openwrt.org wrote:         option htmode   HT5 HT5? Did you add any custom patches, or is this a configuration error? No sir; see remark about Will Rogers and ignorance; my intent was to force 5 MHz channel width. Will change per your

Re: [ath9k-devel] how to config AR9280 for operation as 1X1 or other ideas

2011-03-29 Thread Larry Vaden
On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 10:28 AM, Felix Fietkau n...@openwrt.org wrote: The packet counts seem rather low, so the client is probably reconnecting frequently. You should try to find out what triggers the disconnects. Anything interesting in the kernel log about connection loss? Maybe something

Re: [ath9k-devel] how to config AR9280 for operation as 1X1 or other ideas

2011-03-29 Thread Larry Vaden
On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 10:28 AM, Felix Fietkau n...@openwrt.org wrote: 20% busy time with only about 5% combined rx/tx time, I guess there's some interference on the channel which might be messing with your signal as well. Please try different channels and compare the survey output there.

Re: [ath9k-devel] how to config AR9280 for operation as 1X1 or other ideas

2011-03-29 Thread Larry Vaden
On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 12:21 PM, Felix Fietkau n...@openwrt.org wrote: On 2011-03-29 6:08 PM, Larry Vaden wrote: On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 10:28 AM, Felix Fietkaun...@openwrt.org  wrote:  frequently. You should try to find out what triggers the disconnects.  Anything interesting in the kernel

Re: [ath9k-devel] how to config AR9280 for operation as 1X1 or other ideas

2011-03-29 Thread Larry Vaden
On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 12:33 PM, Felix Fietkau n...@openwrt.org wrote: Still very noisy and high busy time, something is causing quite a bit of interference. No idea how to reduce that or track it down though. Felix and Matt, Is the channel map that Robert provided for the SR9 applicable to

Re: [ath9k-devel] how to config AR9280 for operation as 1X1 or other ideas

2011-03-29 Thread Larry Vaden
On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 12:23 PM, Felix Fietkau n...@openwrt.org wrote: On 2011-03-29 6:04 PM, Larry Vaden wrote: On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 10:28 AM, Felix Fietkaun...@openwrt.org  wrote:          option htmode   HT5  HT5? Did you add any custom patches, or is this a configuration error

Re: [ath9k-devel] how to config AR9280 for operation as 1X1 or other ideas

2011-03-29 Thread Larry Vaden
On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 12:20 PM, Felix Fietkau n...@openwrt.org wrote: I don't think reboot stability on AirOS is a good indicator for general stability with OpenWrt on these frequencies. If the devices reboot, that's an indicator of a driver bug. I agree with you. I've had difficulty with