Subject: Re: Atheros Driver, changing ACK timeout?
To: josh <josh@petrieelectronics.com>
From: Charles M. Hannum <abuse@spamalicious.com>
List: tech-misc
Date: 07/23/2004 05:07:23
On Friday 23 July 2004 04:33, josh wrote:
> Is there a way to change the ACK timeout for the atheros driver?
>
> I want to do some long distance links ( eg, 30km + ) and the default ACK
> timeout is not long enough for the RF to get there and back. As a result,
> DUP packets occur when pinging, and in general performance is horrid.
>
> Ive looked thru the ath driver stuff, and I could not see anything relating
> to changing the ACK timeout.. perhaps it is in the HAL?

Like many things, this is indeed buried in the HAL, which we don't really have 
access to.

How are you propagating the signal 30km?