On Tue, 2012-11-06 at 18:59 +0000, Eddie Chapman wrote: > On 06/11/12 15:54, Johannes Berg wrote: > > The problem here is that some devices (notably iwlwifi) will not allow > > (by firmware) to connect to such an AP as HT40- if that is not allowed. > > So I prevented it generally, but we can make it device dependent. I > > don't like it much, but I suppose we can do it. Try this patch: > > > > http://p.sipsolutions.net/0129f39c7d882289.txt > > > > It will still prohibit this configuration when the driver said it's not > > allowed, but will allow it when there were other reasons to not allow > > it. > > Just to report, with the patch under discussion re-applied > (3a40414f826a8f1096d9b94c4a53ef91b25ba28d), plus the patch at your link > above, my throughput is back to normal again. Ok, thanks. > So I guess the above patch resolves the issue (on the face of it) for > me, but whether it is a suitable solution I've no idea. Right, we're still looking at that. It seems that it's not an ideal solution, the regulatory change I proposed is probably better. Could you check if it helps as well? That is, remove this patch, and apply this one: http://p.sipsolutions.net/8877cbe3440d94b1.txt johannes -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
