Forgot this in my last reply, Turbo mode is also part of the "Super"
functions in the atheros chips:

Super G/Super AG mode includes dynamic 108 Mbps capability, real-time
hardware data compression, Fast Frames™ and standards-compliant bursting.

The reason I only mentioned Turbo is because the rest is normally enabled if
the card is capable of super modes.

-lsf

On 12/5/06, Carlos Rosário <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

 Turbo Mode uses channel width of 40mhz while normal operation uses 20mhz
and every single channel takes 5mhz. This is why Turbo Mode is not a good
thing in the 802.11b/g networks, since the 2,4ghz band is already very
populated, and that's the reason I think the developer of the driver in
FreeBSD didn't include Turbo Mode in 802.11g operations. SuperG is a
different thing, it's a set of  features to optimize communication –
Compression, Fast Frames and Packet Bursting. I don't know if all of theses
features are present in the FreeBSD driver.


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*From:* Espen Johansen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
*Sent:* terça-feira, 5 de Dezembro de 2006 16:51
*To:* [email protected]
*Subject:* Re: [pfSense Support] SuperG Atheros Chipset



To enable trubo mode check the turbo button, speed is still selected up to
54mbit, only difference is that with turbo enabled all speeds are 2x
whatever speed you choose.



Se the wiki for more info on manual ifconfig settings:
http://wiki.pfsense.com/wikka.php?wakka=Wireless



WPA2 is not fully implemented at the time, you can look at the generated
hostapd/wpasupplicant config for more info.

Also refer to the manpages for hostapd and wpa_supplicant.



-lsf




On 12/4/06, *Joseph (Joe) Lynn* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Hi everyone,

Congrats on a great product…

I was wondering about wireless… I'm using the ath(4) driver for an Atheros
5212 card.

I notice that in the man page for the ath driver, it states that:-

          "AR5212-based devices support

802.11a,

     802.11b, and 802.11g operation with transmit speeds appropriate to each.



     All chips also support an Atheros Turbo Mode (TM) that operates in the

     5Ghz frequency range with 2x the transmit speeds. Some chips also sup-

     port Turbo mode in the 2.4Ghz range with 802.11g. (These modes are, how-



     ever, only interoperable with other Atheros-based devices.)"





Is there a way to enable the SuperG functionality within pfSense, outside of 
the GUI?



Also, if I want to enable the 802.11x to use WPA2 Enterprise, how do I 
configure the EAP side of things within the GUI?

Or does it have to be done at the command line?





Many thanks,



Joe





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