Return-path: Received: from canee.jelmoni.net ([188.40.108.53]:51973 "EHLO canee.jelmoni.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751609Ab1G3MN1 (ORCPT ); Sat, 30 Jul 2011 08:13:27 -0400 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by canee.jelmoni.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 52B291102DB for ; Sat, 30 Jul 2011 14:03:36 +0200 (CEST) Received: from canee.jelmoni.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (scai.jelmoni.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id pbHCXcsDchw7 for ; Sat, 30 Jul 2011 14:03:34 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [192.168.177.184] (host162.190-226-71.telecom.net.ar [190.226.71.162]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: bmeier@swiss-wireless.com.ar) by canee.jelmoni.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id D9674110281 for ; Sat, 30 Jul 2011 14:03:33 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <4E33F30D.80807@swiss-wireless.com.ar> (sfid-20110730_141331_419934_B59C84C8) Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2011 09:03:25 -0300 From: Beat Meier MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: What about long distance links in 5.8GHz with ath5k? Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hello I try to use the new ath5k drivers instead of madwifi with long distance links (8km-20km) at 5.8GHz I have not found how to configure the distance settings link in madwifi and I have really bad throughout with ath5k driver as client using wpa_supplicant. Client: Alix board with voyage-0.7.5 (wpa_supplicant 0.7.3), Radio WL54AGP23 (168C:001B) Server: wrap board with voyage-0.5.0 (madwifi-0.9.4 / hostapd 0.5.5), Radio WL54AGP23(168C:001B) Output of the 8km link tests: The rate is set fix to 24M on both sites for iperf tests Signal on sta (ath5k driver): -60dbm iperf server running on sta: 9Mbps Signal on ap (madwifi driver): -64dbm (-65dbm noise -96) iperf server running on ap: 400kbps-1.2Mbps Signal on sta (madwifi driver): -51dbm (-42dbm noise -85) iperf server running on sta: 12.5Mbps Signal on ap (madwifi driver): -53dbm (-54dbm noise -96) iperf server running on ap: 10.3Mbps If I use ath5k on server with hostapd i.e. voyage-0.7.5 the client does connect and disconnect there is no link established... Any hints/solutions/experiences? Greetings Beat