On Tue 12 Nov 2013 11:55:43 AM GMT, Sergey Ryazanov wrote: > Hi list, > > we test pretty old hardware based on AR5414 chip with pretty old > madwifi driver, which even use binary hal. Our spectral analyzer shows > that in 2.4GHz band this chip transmits OFDM-preamble with any of the > OFDM rates (6-54 mbps), instead of .11b-compatable DSSS-preamble. Does > anybody could provide some clue: is this chip supports DSSS-OFDM mode > according to section 19.7 of IEEE 802.11-2012? > > When I digging the ath5k code I faced the AR_PHY_MODE (0xa200) > register, which seems to controls the behavior of chip. This register > contains two interesting bit: > AR_PHY_MODE_MOD_CCK bit 0 (0x00000001) > AR_PHY_MODE_MOD_DYN bit 3 (0x00000004) > > If I am correctly understand, _MOD_DYN just enables the CCK (DSSS) > block. But what the purpose of the AR_PHY_MODE_MOD_CCK bit? >
>From what I know: MOD_DYN = CCK + OFDM (for g) MOD_CCK = CCK only (for b) _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-wireless To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
