From: Ben Greear Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 12:51:41 -0700 Subject: [ath9k-devel] [PATCH] ath9k: add module option for disabling 11n functionality In-Reply-To: <4E0A2F8A.8010102@fedoraproject.org> References: <4E0A2F8A.8010102@fedoraproject.org> Message-ID: <4E0A30CD.9030006@candelatech.com> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: ath9k-devel@lists.ath9k.org 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.... Ben -- Ben Greear Candela Technologies Inc http://www.candelatech.com