[gentoo-user] ath0 turbo mode (108Mbps)

[gentoo-user] ath0 turbo mode (108Mbps)

[Grant]

Has anyone gotten turbo mode to work with their madwifi/ath0 cards?
It is supported according to this (search for "turbo"):

http://madwifi.org/wiki/FAQ/HowDoI

I'm using the latest madwifi-ng on my router and client, and the
client uses wpa_supplicant to connect.  I've set these:

iwpriv ath0 mode 3
iwpriv ath0 turbo 1

on both systems, and both return "1" from:

iwpriv ath0 get_turbo

The problem is, I only see a maximum of 54Mbps from:

iwlist ath0 rate

Does anyone have any suggestions?

Also, how can I set up the above commands to be executed
automatically?  I can't seem to make it happen in /etc/conf.d/net.

- Grant
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Re: [gentoo-user] ath0 turbo mode (108Mbps)

[Jerry McBride]

On Sunday 08 October 2006 14:26, Grant wrote:
> Has anyone gotten turbo mode to work with their madwifi/ath0 cards?
> It is supported according to this (search for "turbo"):
>
> http://madwifi.org/wiki/FAQ/HowDoI
>
> I'm using the latest madwifi-ng on my router and client, and the
> client uses wpa_supplicant to connect.  I've set these:
>
> iwpriv ath0 mode 3
> iwpriv ath0 turbo 1
>
> on both systems, and both return "1" from:
>
> iwpriv ath0 get_turbo
>
> The problem is, I only see a maximum of 54Mbps from:
>
> iwlist ath0 rate
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions?
>
> Also, how can I set up the above commands to be executed
> automatically?  I can't seem to make it happen in /etc/conf.d/net.
>
> - Grant

Hi Grant,

You won't like this and probably I'll get hammered, but... I stopped using a 
lot of the  gentoo startup scripts months ago, including the network stuff...

I simply add them to /etc/conf.d/locale.start. Much faster startup and much 
more reliable in terms of setup anyways....

Cheers...



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Re: [gentoo-user] ath0 turbo mode (108Mbps)

[Grant]

> > Has anyone gotten turbo mode to work with their madwifi/ath0 cards?
> > It is supported according to this (search for "turbo"):
> >
> > http://madwifi.org/wiki/FAQ/HowDoI
> >
> > I'm using the latest madwifi-ng on my router and client, and the
> > client uses wpa_supplicant to connect.  I've set these:
> >
> > iwpriv ath0 mode 3
> > iwpriv ath0 turbo 1
> >
> > on both systems, and both return "1" from:
> >
> > iwpriv ath0 get_turbo
> >
> > The problem is, I only see a maximum of 54Mbps from:
> >
> > iwlist ath0 rate
> >
> > Does anyone have any suggestions?
> >
> > Also, how can I set up the above commands to be executed
> > automatically?  I can't seem to make it happen in /etc/conf.d/net.
> >
> > - Grant
>
> Hi Grant,
>
> You won't like this and probably I'll get hammered, but... I stopped using a
> lot of the  gentoo startup scripts months ago, including the network stuff...
>
> I simply add them to /etc/conf.d/locale.start. Much faster startup and much
> more reliable in terms of setup anyways....

I do hate to hear that.

I can have the iwpriv settings executed with:

iwpriv_ath0=( "mode 3" "turbo 1" )

and I was told on the madwifi IRC channel that the 108Mbps rate won't
actually show up with "iwlist ath0 rate" because turbo just does
rate*2 down the line.  I'm still wondering if turbo mode should work
with wpa_supplicant and if there is any way to determine if turbo mode
is actually functional on my system though.

- Grant
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Re: [gentoo-user] ath0 turbo mode (108Mbps)

[Jerry McBride]

On Sunday 08 October 2006 20:14, Grant wrote:
> > > Has anyone gotten turbo mode to work with their madwifi/ath0 cards?
> > > It is supported according to this (search for "turbo"):
> > >
> > > http://madwifi.org/wiki/FAQ/HowDoI
> > >
> > > I'm using the latest madwifi-ng on my router and client, and the
> > > client uses wpa_supplicant to connect.  I've set these:
> > >
> > > iwpriv ath0 mode 3
> > > iwpriv ath0 turbo 1
> > >
> > > on both systems, and both return "1" from:
> > >
> > > iwpriv ath0 get_turbo
> > >
> > > The problem is, I only see a maximum of 54Mbps from:
> > >
> > > iwlist ath0 rate
> > >
> > > Does anyone have any suggestions?
> > >
> > > Also, how can I set up the above commands to be executed
> > > automatically?  I can't seem to make it happen in /etc/conf.d/net.
> > >
> > > - Grant
> >
> > Hi Grant,
> >
> > You won't like this and probably I'll get hammered, but... I stopped
> > using a lot of the  gentoo startup scripts months ago, including the
> > network stuff...
> >
> > I simply add them to /etc/conf.d/locale.start. Much faster startup and
> > much more reliable in terms of setup anyways....
>
> I do hate to hear that.
>
> I can have the iwpriv settings executed with:
>
> iwpriv_ath0=( "mode 3" "turbo 1" )
>
> and I was told on the madwifi IRC channel that the 108Mbps rate won't
> actually show up with "iwlist ath0 rate" because turbo just does
> rate*2 down the line.  I'm still wondering if turbo mode should work
> with wpa_supplicant and if there is any way to determine if turbo mode
> is actually functional on my system though.
>
> - Grant



Out f curiosity, Grant, what brand wifi hardware are you using. I'll be doing 
a wifi install early next year and I'm always interested in hearing about 
personal experiences rather than "hear say"...

Thank you, Jerry.
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Re: [gentoo-user] ath0 turbo mode (108Mbps)

[Grant]

> Out f curiosity, Grant, what brand wifi hardware are you using. I'll be doing
> a wifi install early next year and I'm always interested in hearing about
> personal experiences rather than "hear say"...
>
> Thank you, Jerry.

It's all Netgear stuff and it works well.  1x WG511T (PCMCIA) and 2x
WG311T (PCI).  The driver is proprietary, but there is an open-source
version in the works.  Lots of info here:

http://madwifi.org

Right now I'm trying to figure out how to:

1. enable turbo mode (108Mbps)
2. get it to operate on 5Ghz instead of 2.4Ghz (I guess this has
something to do with 802.11a?)
3. connect via WPA with wireless-tools instead of wpa_supplicant

- Grant
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