Can somebody confirm this problem?
--
Regards
Joerg
----- Urspr?ngliche Mail ----
> Von: Joerg Pommnitz <[email protected]>
> An: [email protected]
> Gesendet: Donnerstag, den 14. Januar 2010, 13:39:17 Uhr
> Betreff: "iwconfig wlan0 rate auto" fails on latest wireless-testing with ath9k
>
> Hello all,
> if I set a fixed data rate with iwconfig I can't get out anymore.
> Trying to switch back to automatic rate control gives an error message:
>
> Script started on Thu Jan 14 13:18:14 2010
> root@ath9k-0-007:~# iwconfigwlan0
> Warning: Driver for device wlan0 has been compiled with version 22
> of Wireless Extension, while this program supports up to version 20.
> Some things may be broken...
>
> wlan0 IEEE 802.11abgn ESSID:"athtest5200"
> Mode:Ad-Hoc Frequency:5.2 GHz Cell: 02:02:6F:23:12:0B
> Tx-Power=20 dBm
> Retry limit:7 RTSthr:off Fragment thr:off
> Encryption key:off
> Power Management:off
>
> root@ath9k-0-007:~# iwconfigwlan0 rate 6M
> root@ath9k-0-007:~# iwconfigwlan0
> Warning: Driver for device wlan0 has been compiled with version 22
> of Wireless Extension, while this program supports up to version 20.
> Some things may be broken...
>
> wlan0 IEEE 802.11abgn ESSID:"athtest5200"
> Mode:Ad-Hoc Frequency:5.2 GHz Cell: 02:02:6F:23:12:0B
> Tx-Power=20 dBm
> Retry limit:7 RTSthr:off Fragment thr:off
> Encryption key:off
> Power Management:off
>
> root@ath9k-0-007:~# iwconfigwlan0 rate auto
> Error for wireless request "Set Bit Rate" (8B20) :
> SET failed on device wlan0 ; Invalid argument.
> root@ath9k-0-007:~#
> Script done on Thu Jan 14 13:18:56 2010
>
> Funny thing is, not even "rmmodath9k mac80211" is enough to get out of
> the fixed data rate.
>
> Any ideas? And, BTW. will there be a way to set the data rate with iw?
>
> --
> Regards
> Joerg
>
> __________________________________________________
> Do You Yahoo!?
> Sie sind Spam leid? Yahoo! Mail verf?gt ?ber einen herausragenden Schutz gegen
> Massenmails.
> http://mail.yahoo.com
__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Sie sind Spam leid? Yahoo! Mail verf?gt ?ber einen herausragenden Schutz gegen Massenmails.
http://mail.yahoo.com
Joerg Pommnitz a ?crit :
> Can somebody confirm this problem?
>
> --
> Regards
> Joerg
>
>
I confirm! :-)
Regards,
Benoit