> From:
owner-misc@openbsd.org [mailto:owner-misc@openbsd.org]
> On Behalf Of Damon McMahon
> Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2007 9:42 AM
> To: misc list
> Subject: Re: Slow ral(4) 802.11b in hostap mode?
>
> Thanks for the responses from Peter and others.
>
> The CAVEAT seems only to apply to the USB variant - mine is a PCI:
>
> # dmesg| grep ral0
> ral0 at pci0 dev 15 function 0 "Ralink RT2560" rev 0x01: irq 5,
> address 00:13:d3:6a:bb:9d
> ral0: MAC/BBP RT2560 (rev 0x04), RF RT2525
>
> I've tried setting specific media types rather than
> autoselect but if
> anything this reduces throughput. I also have an aftermarket high-
> gain antenna fitted. Are there any other suggestions readers
> can offer?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Damon
>
>
> On 20/09/2007, at 1:09 AM, Peter N. M. Hansteen wrote:
>
> > Damon McMahon writes:
> >
> >> Also, while top(1) shows that the CPU is 95% idle the ssh terminal
> >> seems very sluggish when the ral(4) connection is maxed out, even
> >> when it's another host that's maxing it out (i.e. not the host on
> >> which the ssh client is operating).
> >
> > It's sort of a known problem I'm afraid. it sounds like you're stuck
> > on a suboptimal mode, and ral doesn't really know how to fix
> > that. It's under CAVEATS at the end of the ral(4) man page.
> >
> > --
> > Peter N. M. Hansteen, member of the first RFC 1149
> implementation team
> >
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>
http://www.nuug.no/
> > "Remember to set the evil bit on all malicious network traffic"
> > delilah spamd[29949]: 85.152.224.147: disconnected after 42673
> > seconds.
