wifi limited to 180KBps

From: Chris Richards (chrisric_at_routemaster.net)
Date: 04/30/05

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    Hi Everyone,

    I have installed a Netgear 802.11b (MA311) PCI card into my freebsd box
    but I can't get it to transfer data faster than 180KBps in either
    direction. I have tried the card in 2 freebsd boxes one running 5.1
    Release and the other 5.4 Stable, no difference. I also ran trafshow on
    wi0 and the traffic looks to come in bursts.

    I have included my config below, can anyone see a problem?

    Thank you.

    -Chris

    -----------------------------------------------
    wi0: <Intersil Prism2.5> mem 0x40400000-0x40400fff irq 21 at device 10.0
    on pci2
    wi0: using RF:PRISM2.5 MAC:ISL3874A(Mini-PCI)
    wi0: Intersil Firmware: Primary (1.1.0), Station (1.4.9)
    wi0: Ethernet address: 00:09:5b:69:15:58
    wi0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps

    su-2.05b# uname -a
    FreeBSD spunky2.routemaster.net 5.4-STABLE FreeBSD 5.4-STABLE #3: Thu
    Apr 21 01:03:43 EST 2005
    chrisric@spunky2.routemaster.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SPUNKY2 i386

    su-2.05b# ifconfig wi0
    wi0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
            inet6 fe80::209:5bff:fe69:1558%wi0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x2
            inet 10.10.11.254 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 10.10.11.255
            ether 00:09:5b:69:15:58
            media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet DS/11Mbps <hostap>
    (DS/2Mbps <hostap>)
            status: associated
            ssid Spunky_AP 1:Spunky_AP
            stationname "FreeBSD WaveLAN/IEEE node"
            channel 6 authmode OPEN powersavemode OFF powersavesleep 100
            rtsthreshold 2312 protmode CTS
            wepmode OFF weptxkey 1

    NIC serial number: [ 99SA01000000 ]
    Station name: [ FreeBSD WaveLAN/IEEE node ]
    SSID for IBSS creation: [ Spunky_AP ]
    Current netname (SSID): [ Spunky_AP ]
    Desired netname (SSID): [ Spunky_AP ]
    Current BSSID: [ 00:09:5b:69:15:58 ]
    Channel list: [ 7ff ]
    IBSS channel: [ 6 ]
    Current channel: [ 6 ]
    Comms quality/signal/noise: [ 0 81 27 ]
    dBm Coms Quality: [ 0 -73 -73 ]
    Promiscuous mode: [ Off ]
    Process 802.11b Frame: [ Off ]
    Intersil-Prism2 based card: [ 1 ]
    Port type (1=BSS, 3=ad-hoc): [ 6 ]
    MAC address: [ 00:09:5b:69:15:58 ]
    TX rate (selection): [ 11 ]
    TX rate (actual speed): [ 2 ]
    RTS/CTS handshake threshold: [ 2312 ]
    Create IBSS: [ Off ]
    Access point density: [ 1 ]
    Power Mgmt (1=on, 0=off): [ 0 ]
    Max sleep time: [ 100 ]
    PRI Identity: [ 21 0 1 1 ]
    STA Identity: [ 31 9 1 4 ]
    Card ID register: [ 8013 0 1 0 ]
    Regulatory Domains: [ usa ]
    Temperature Range: [ 1 ]
    WEP encryption: [ Off ]
    TX encryption key: [ 1 ]
    Encryption keys: [ ][ ][ ][ ]
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