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authorsam <sam@FreeBSD.org>2003-08-02 06:16:59 +0000
committersam <sam@FreeBSD.org>2003-08-02 06:16:59 +0000
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update to reflect bugs fixed in v0.9.5.2 of the hal
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@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"/
-.Dd July 13, 2003
+.Dd August 1, 2003
.Dt ATH 4
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -284,16 +284,8 @@ Alternatively, most 11g compatibility issues are in the 802.11 layer
and you may be able to workaround issues by modifying the
.Xr wlan 4
module.
-.Pp
-Atheros Turbo mode is untested.
.Sh BUGS
.Pp
-Roaming mode is broken.
-If you lose your access point by going out of
-range the driver does not automaticaly re-associate.
-.Pp
-Adhoc mode is untested and possibly/probably broken.
-.Pp
Performance in lossy environments is suboptimal.
The algorithm used to select the rate for transmitted packets is
very simplistic.
@@ -306,11 +298,5 @@ The Atheros hardware is known to be capable of transfer rates of 23-34 Mb/s
(or more) in 11a and 11g modes using their NDIS (aka Windows) driver.
Results with this driver are mixed and seem to vary significantly.
.Pp
-It has been observed that getting a DHCP address sometimes requires
-multiple tries.
-This seems to happen only with AR5211 and AR5212 parts and mostly
-in a noisy environment (i.e. one where many access points are found).
-This problem is specific to the driver and not the hardware.
-.Pp
The driver does not fully enable power-save operation of the chip;
consequently power use is suboptimal.
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