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