[ath9k-devel] Dlink 655 Wireless Mbs

[Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com>]

On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 07:12:29AM -0800, Brian wrote:
> 
> 
> Sujith,
> >> Does this mean if I do a git-pull now I should get this?
> >> Or is there some delay?
> >>
> >
> > You should get it, since the commit is in wireles-testing.
> >
> I got Already up-to-date so you must have updated a few days ago before
> my last go.
> 
> The wireless link seems to be a lot more stable and I have not had a
> lockup since.
> 
> However, I still have the problem where my router shows.
> 
> IP Address      Mode    Rate (Mbps)     Signal (%)
> 0.0.0.0         802.11g         130     62
> 
> Now I thought this might just have been a router issue so I upgraded my
> firmware(glutton for punishment:). The update went well I am now at
> firmware Version: 1.21
> Hardware Version: A3
> Product Page: DIR-655
> (no-securespot version)
> 
> Again this seems to have improved things a lot.
> But I am still left with the problem above.
> Given that the wireless says it is set up for 11n
> 
> Wireless Enabled
> 802.11 Mode : Mixed 802.11n and 802.11g
> Channel Width : 40MHz
> Channel : 8
> Secondary Channel : 4
> WISH : Active
> Wi-Fi Protected Setup : Enabled/Configured
> 
> I do not understand why it says 11g

It means it will support stations that use either 11n or 11g.
If you have a station that supports 11n it will use 11n rates and
aggregation. If you use an 11g STA it will stick to 11g for
communication only with that STA.

> Is there any way to show the actual MBs from the host side?

New patch for nl80211/cfg80211/iw has support to see what last TX rate
was being used, even for 11n rates. Check the lists for that.

  Luis