Subject: kern/28244: no turbo mode recognised for NetGear WG311T and WG511T
To: None <kern-bug-people@netbsd.org, gnats-admin@netbsd.org,>
From: None <joel@carnat.net>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 11/12/2004 11:09:01
>Number:         28244
>Category:       kern
>Synopsis:       no turbo mode recognised for NetGear WG311T and WG511T
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    kern-bug-people
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Nov 12 11:09:00 +0000 2004
>Originator:     Joel CARNAT
>Release:        NetBSD 2.0_RC4
>Organization:
>Environment:
NetBSD cherie.tumfatig.net 2.0_RC4 NetBSD 2.0_RC4 (CHERIE-$Revision: 1.595.2.11 $) #4: Sun Nov  7 19:40:54 CET 2004  ptijo@cherie.tumfatig.net:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/CHERIE i386
>Description:
I have both NetGear WG311T (PCI) and WG511T (PCMCIA) cards which are sold as 108Mbps capable. NetBSD can find any "turbo mode" for those cards.

here's some info of my the PCI (WG311T) Card
*** dmesg part ***
ath0 at pci1 dev 13 function 0
ath0: interrupting at irq 9
ath0: mac 5.6 phy 4.1 5ghz radio 1.7 2ghz radio 2.3
ath0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps
ath0: 11g rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
ath0: 802.11 address: 00:09:5b:e8:07:d6
*** ifconfig -m ath0 ***
ath0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
        ssid mySSID nwkey *****
        powersave off
        bssid 00:09:5b:e8:07:d6 chan 10
        address: 00:09:5b:e8:07:d6
        media: IEEE802.11 OFDM54 mode 11g hostap (autoselect mode 11g hostap)
        status: active
        supported IEEE802.11 media:
                media autoselect
                media autoselect mediaopt adhoc
                media autoselect mediaopt hostap
                media autoselect mediaopt monitor
                media autoselect mode 11b
                media autoselect mode 11b mediaopt adhoc
                media autoselect mode 11b mediaopt hostap
                media autoselect mode 11b mediaopt monitor
                media DS1 mode 11b
                media DS1 mode 11b mediaopt adhoc
                media DS1 mode 11b mediaopt hostap
                media DS1 mode 11b mediaopt monitor
                media DS2 mode 11b
                media DS2 mode 11b mediaopt adhoc
                media DS2 mode 11b mediaopt hostap
                media DS2 mode 11b mediaopt monitor
                media DS5 mode 11b
                media DS5 mode 11b mediaopt adhoc
                media DS5 mode 11b mediaopt hostap
                media DS5 mode 11b mediaopt monitor
                media DS11 mode 11b
                media DS11 mode 11b mediaopt adhoc
                media DS11 mode 11b mediaopt hostap
                media DS11 mode 11b mediaopt monitor
                media autoselect mode 11g
                media autoselect mode 11g mediaopt adhoc
                media autoselect mode 11g mediaopt hostap
                media autoselect mode 11g mediaopt monitor
                media DS1 mode 11g
                media DS1 mode 11g mediaopt adhoc
                media DS1 mode 11g mediaopt hostap
                media DS1 mode 11g mediaopt monitor
                media DS2 mode 11g
                media DS2 mode 11g mediaopt adhoc
                media DS2 mode 11g mediaopt hostap
                media DS2 mode 11g mediaopt monitor
                media DS5 mode 11g
                media DS5 mode 11g mediaopt adhoc
                media DS5 mode 11g mediaopt hostap
                media DS5 mode 11g mediaopt monitor
                media DS11 mode 11g
                media DS11 mode 11g mediaopt adhoc
                media DS11 mode 11g mediaopt hostap
                media DS11 mode 11g mediaopt monitor
                media OFDM6 mode 11g
                media OFDM6 mode 11g mediaopt adhoc
                media OFDM6 mode 11g mediaopt hostap
                media OFDM6 mode 11g mediaopt monitor
                media OFDM9 mode 11g
                media OFDM9 mode 11g mediaopt adhoc
                media OFDM9 mode 11g mediaopt hostap
                media OFDM9 mode 11g mediaopt monitor
                media OFDM12 mode 11g
                media OFDM12 mode 11g mediaopt adhoc
                media OFDM12 mode 11g mediaopt hostap
                media OFDM12 mode 11g mediaopt monitor
                media OFDM18 mode 11g
                media OFDM18 mode 11g mediaopt adhoc
                media OFDM18 mode 11g mediaopt hostap
                media OFDM18 mode 11g mediaopt monitor
                media OFDM24 mode 11g
                media OFDM24 mode 11g mediaopt adhoc
                media OFDM24 mode 11g mediaopt hostap
                media OFDM24 mode 11g mediaopt monitor
                media OFDM36 mode 11g
                media OFDM36 mode 11g mediaopt adhoc
                media OFDM36 mode 11g mediaopt hostap
                media OFDM36 mode 11g mediaopt monitor
                media OFDM48 mode 11g
                media OFDM48 mode 11g mediaopt adhoc
                media OFDM48 mode 11g mediaopt hostap
                media OFDM48 mode 11g mediaopt monitor
                media OFDM54 mode 11g
                media OFDM54 mode 11g mediaopt adhoc
                media OFDM54 mode 11g mediaopt hostap
                media OFDM54 mode 11g mediaopt monitor
                media DS1
                media DS1 mediaopt adhoc
                media DS1 mediaopt hostap
                media DS1 mediaopt monitor
                media DS2
                media DS2 mediaopt adhoc
                media DS2 mediaopt hostap
                media DS2 mediaopt monitor
                media DS5
                media DS5 mediaopt adhoc
                media DS5 mediaopt hostap
                media DS5 mediaopt monitor
                media DS11
                media DS11 mediaopt adhoc
                media DS11 mediaopt hostap
                media DS11 mediaopt monitor
                media OFDM6
                media OFDM6 mediaopt adhoc
                media OFDM6 mediaopt hostap
                media OFDM6 mediaopt monitor
                media OFDM9
                media OFDM9 mediaopt adhoc
                media OFDM9 mediaopt hostap
                media OFDM9 mediaopt monitor
                media OFDM12
                media OFDM12 mediaopt adhoc
                media OFDM12 mediaopt hostap
                media OFDM12 mediaopt monitor
                media OFDM18
                media OFDM18 mediaopt adhoc
                media OFDM18 mediaopt hostap
                media OFDM18 mediaopt monitor
                media OFDM24
                media OFDM24 mediaopt adhoc
                media OFDM24 mediaopt hostap
                media OFDM24 mediaopt monitor
                media OFDM36
                media OFDM36 mediaopt adhoc
                media OFDM36 mediaopt hostap
                media OFDM36 mediaopt monitor
                media OFDM48
                media OFDM48 mediaopt adhoc
                media OFDM48 mediaopt hostap
                media OFDM48 mediaopt monitor
                media OFDM54
                media OFDM54 mediaopt adhoc
                media OFDM54 mediaopt hostap
                media OFDM54 mediaopt monitor
        inet x.x.x.x netmask x.x.x.x broadcast x.x.x.x
        inet6 fe80::209:5bff:fee8:7d6%ath0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x2

>How-To-Repeat:
* plug the card
* boot the OS
* ifconfig -m ath0
* ifconfig up the interface and send datas
>Fix: