Re: Why does ath(4) suck, and what else to buy?

2013-10-18 Thread Adrian Chadd
Hi, No. I have infinite hardware. I just don't have time/drive to hack on other wireless hardware at the moment. I'd appreciate it if someone else stepped up with decent interest in a USB device or two, but the interest seems .. ephemeral. -adrian On 18 October 2013 10:43, Ulrich Spörlein

Re: Why does ath(4) suck, and what else to buy?

2013-10-18 Thread Ulrich Spörlein
Well, the VAP support is not a hard requirement, as I can just buy one USB fob per AP that I need (I have plenty of USB ports on this little thing). So no USB wireless device with working AP mode? :( What are other people using? Would hardware donations speed things up? Anyone? Sad, Uli 2013/10/

Re: Why does ath(4) suck, and what else to buy?

2013-10-17 Thread Adrian Chadd
.. same deal in 2GHz. There's currently nothing that's rock solid stable and works with a large variety of devices. Sorry. -adrian On 17 October 2013 02:29, Ulrich Spörlein wrote: > 2013/10/16 Adrian Chadd : > > .. and there aren't currently any USB fobs that work rock solid in AP > mode > >

Re: Why does ath(4) suck, and what else to buy?

2013-10-17 Thread Ulrich Spörlein
2013/10/16 Adrian Chadd : > .. and there aren't currently any USB fobs that work rock solid in AP mode > in 5GHz. Sorry. Well, I'm happy to do it the other way round! That is, have the minipci ath(4) serve my 5GHz needs (one AP only), and then have a USB fob that does 2.4GHz and 2x APs (private +

Re: Why does ath(4) suck, and what else to buy?

2013-10-16 Thread Adrian Chadd
.. and there aren't currently any USB fobs that work rock solid in AP mode in 5GHz. Sorry. -adrian ___ freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-wireless To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-wireles

Re: Why does ath(4) suck, and what else to buy?

2013-10-16 Thread Adrian Chadd
Right. There's different Mac addresses. Then him.. Wonder whether I should make staggered beacons optional. Burst beacons work better but I will need to do surgery... Adrian On Oct 16, 2013 2:03 PM, "John Nielsen" wrote: > On Oct 16, 2013, at 11:29 AM, Ulrich Spörlein > wrote: > > > Hey, I'm ru

Re: Why does ath(4) suck, and what else to buy?

2013-10-16 Thread John Nielsen
On Oct 16, 2013, at 11:29 AM, Ulrich Spörlein wrote: > Hey, I'm running this small -CURRENT box as router/AP and it has a > miniPCI ath(4) card that typically works fine, it only reports the > occasional > > ath0: stuck beacon; resetting (bmiss count 4) > > not sure if that is problematic, the

Why does ath(4) suck, and what else to buy?

2013-10-16 Thread Ulrich Spörlein
Hey, I'm running this small -CURRENT box as router/AP and it has a miniPCI ath(4) card that typically works fine, it only reports the occasional ath0: stuck beacon; resetting (bmiss count 4) not sure if that is problematic, the wifi used to work fine. If that message is harmless, maybe it should