From: Ben Greear Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 13:40:22 -0700 Subject: [ath9k-devel] [PATCH] ath9k: add module option for disabling 11n functionality In-Reply-To: References: <4E0A2F8A.8010102@fedoraproject.org> <4E0A30CD.9030006@candelatech.com> Message-ID: <4E0A3C36.8040305@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 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