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Re: [ath9k-devel] [PATCH] ath9k: add module option for disabling 11n functionality

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On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 12:51 PM, Ben Greear <greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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".

  Luis
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