I have a senao nl-2511 ext2 card set in hostap mode. I noticed the transfer
speeds were a bit slow. Any reason why the default is 2MB?? Can't it be
11MBS which is usually the standard? How or where can I change this?

My ifconfig looks like this for the senao card

wi0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet 192.168.x.x netmask xxxxxxxxxx broadcast 192.168.x.x
ether xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect <hostap> (DS/2Mbps <hostap>)
status: associated
ssid xxxxx 1:xxxx
stationname xxxxx-s
channel x authmode OPEN powersavemode OFF powersavesleep 100
wepmode MIXED weptxkey 1
wepkey 1:128-bit