Return-path: Received: from mail.candelatech.com ([208.74.158.172]:60218 "EHLO ns3.lanforge.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751987Ab1F1Ukd (ORCPT ); Tue, 28 Jun 2011 16:40:33 -0400 Message-ID: <4E0A3C36.8040305@candelatech.com> (sfid-20110628_224038_156750_2CA71AFA) Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 13:40:22 -0700 From: Ben Greear MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Luis R. Rodriguez" CC: Michel Alexandre Salim , ath9k-devel@venema.h4ckr.net, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, "John W. Linville" , Jouni Malinen , Senthil Balasubramanian , Vasanthakumar Thiagarajan Subject: Re: [ath9k-devel] [PATCH] ath9k: add module option for disabling 11n functionality References: <4E0A2F8A.8010102@fedoraproject.org> <4E0A30CD.9030006@candelatech.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 06/28/2011 01:06 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 12:51 PM, Ben Greear wrote: >> On 06/28/2011 12:46 PM, Michel Alexandre Salim wrote: >>> Some wireless base stations implement 802.11n mode in ways that >>> open-source drivers cannot handle properly, resulting in very unstable >>> connections. This patch introduces an '11n_disable' option to the ath9k >>> driver, similar to the same option for the iwlagn driver. >>> >>> Tested at the internal wireless network of www.cs.fau.de, where 802.11n >>> currently only works reliably with Windows clients. >> >> Would be lovely if this could be per VIF, and settable through something >> dynamic, even if just debugfs or similar.... > > WTF. Are such APs WFA certified? Can you provide more details as to > why there is a mode that "open-source drivers cannot handle properly". I'd like the feature for testing purposes (use ath9k to act like just an a/b/g NIC). No idea about whatever the original poster is using. Thanks, Ben > > Luis -- Ben Greear Candela Technologies Inc http://www.candelatech.com