Re: HostAP / Linksys WMP11 going to 802.11-DS not 802.11b


From: Jouni Malinen (jkmaline_at_cc.hut.fi)
Date: 2002-06-10 14:17:24 UTC



On Mon, Jun 10, 2002 at 05:54:27AM -0700, mikeraz_at_PATCH.COM wrote:

> Looking for help here. My freshly installed Linksys WMP11 card being
> driven with the HostAP driver does not come up in 802.11b mode and does
> not respond to a iwconfig rate set:

> [root_at_dawg modules]# iwconfig wlan0
> wlan0 IEEE 802.11-DS ESSID:"www.personaltelco.net" Nickname:"patch"

That "IEEE 802.11-DS" is just a hard coded string that is returned no matter what card is used..

> [root_at_dawg modules]# iwconfig wlan0 rate 11M
> [root_at_dawg modules]# iwconfig wlan0
> wlan0 IEEE 802.11-DS ESSID:"www.personaltelco.net" Nickname:"patch"
> Mode:Master Frequency:2.422GHz Access Point: 00:06:25:A7:22:8E
> Bit Rate=2Mb/s Tx-Power:-7 dBm Sensitivity=1/3

Rate command is not really yet supported in Master mode (i.e., it is not used for anything even though you can set it). Bit rate seems to be fixed to 2 Mbps even though 11 Mbps was used. However, this is changed in the CVS version to report last used TX rate.

> So what am I missing in getting this driver/card combination set up to
> do 11Mb/s?

Most probably, it is already using 11 Mbps.

-- 
Jouni Malinen                                            PGP id EFC895FA


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