> I've recently obtained one of these laptops, and thought I'd try Freebsd
> on it. While the install went well and basic functionality is all
> present (install from cd works, boots ok afterwards, X works, ethernet
> re interface works), there are a few niggles. I'll post about the
> others later, but my initial focus is wireless networking.
>
> The card is an Intel 3945ABG detected as:
>
> wpi0: <Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG> mem 0xfe1ff000-0xfe1fffff irq 17
> at device 0.0 on pci3
> wpi0: Ethernet address: 00:1b:77:10:2e:af
> wpi0: 11g rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps
> 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
>
> Doing a basic attempt at an ip address from about 1 metre away from a
> Linksys WAG54GV2 (unsecured access for now) results in a working
> association:
>
> $ ifconfig wpi0 inet 192.168.1.65 netmask 255.255.255.0 ssid darkmatter
> $ ifconfig wpi0
> wpi0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
> ether 00:1b:77:10:2e:af
> inet 192.168.1.65 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255
> media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (OFDM/9Mbps)
> status: associated
> ssid darkmatter channel 1 (2412 Mhz 11g) bssid 00:18:39:6a:73:ec
> authmode OPEN privacy OFF txpower 50 bmiss 7 scanvalid 60
> protmode CTS
>
> ... and quite good performance. However moving a very small distance
> away - the next room (say 5 metres) quickly results in performance so
> poor, it is unusable (timeouts and complaints from ftp sites about too
> may connections from my ip).
>
> Now before scrubbing off that nasty os beginning with W that came with
> the laptop I tested wireless performance from several rooms away (say
> 10+ metres), and it was acceptable (the purpose of this comment being to
> show that in theory, wireless access at greater ranges than I'm seeing
> now is possible!).
>
> Are there any suggestions about how to improve range/performance? as I'm
> really enjoying using Freebsd on a laptop - just being a *little*
> further away from the access point would be great!
>
> I'm running 7-STABLE from 28-02-2008.
>
> Cheers
>
> Mark
>
>
>
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