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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
line-height:150%'>Hi to all,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
line-height:150%'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
line-height:150%'>            </span></font><span
lang=EN-GB>I’m actually using the 0.2pre1 version over a Wrap board with
one CM9 card. I have no problem having the ath0 interface working in Master
Mode, I get a very good Access Point. Now I’m interested in testing the
possibility to perform long (><st1:metricconverter ProductID="5 Km" w:st="on">5
 Km</st1:metricconverter>) point to point links. I’m not a 802.11a-guru,
so maybe I’m wrong, but I have put the ath interface of both clients in
Ad-Hoc mode with the same SSID. I get the two clients connecting each other but
with a very very low speed < 1Mps, the iwconfig reports 0 Kbps even if the
received signal is bigger than -18 dBm (when the two clients are few meters
away). I have changed the radio cards and the antenna, but it definitely seem a
software problem.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;line-height:150%'>It’s a problem of the madwifi driver included in
the 0.2pre1? <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;line-height:150%'>Tomorrow I will update to the 0.2pre3 version, but I
would to know if the Ad-Hoc mode is the best one for a point to point link; in fact,
reading the madwifi-ng documentation I am a bit confused since you can use both
the Ad-Hoc (iwconfig) mode and the WDS functionality putting one client in STA
mode and the other one in AP mode.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;line-height:150%'>Thanks.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;line-height:150%'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;line-height:150%'>Tommaso<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;line-height:150%'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

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