[ath9k-devel] ath9k driver automatically switches to lower bitrate

[ath9k-devel] ath9k driver automatically switches to lower bitrate

[Wietze Helmantel]

I use Ubuntu 9.04 on a Macbook Pro (3.1) with the ath9k driver. During
normal internet activity there's no problem when the bitrate switches
back from 54Mbit to 11Mbit, but when I use the laptop for things like
MythFrontend, I do need the maximum bitrate in order to be able to watch
television, so for this I have to move to ndiswrapper which has other
downsides.

Is there a way in which I can lock the driver on 54Mbit? Any help is
appreciated.

Cheers,
Wietze.

[ath9k-devel] ath9k driver automatically switches to lower bitrate

[Luis R. Rodriguez]

On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 02:04:39AM -0700, Wietze Helmantel wrote:
> I use Ubuntu 9.04 on a Macbook Pro (3.1) with the ath9k driver. During
> normal internet activity there's no problem when the bitrate switches
> back from 54Mbit to 11Mbit, but when I use the laptop for things like
> MythFrontend, I do need the maximum bitrate in order to be able to watch
> television, so for this I have to move to ndiswrapper which has other
> downsides.
> 
> Is there a way in which I can lock the driver on 54Mbit? Any help is
> appreciated.

What kernel version are you on? Can you try the stable 2.6.30 compat-wireless
release just yesterday?

http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Download/stable

If you have no luck try bleeding edge compat-wireless:

http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Download

Also please have a read here:

http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Documentation/Reporting_bugs

  Luis