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Date:      Thu, 29 Apr 2004 09:29:25 -0500 (CDT)
From:      Scott Pilz <scottp@tznet.com>
To:        Brian Fundakowski Feldman <green@freebsd.org>
Cc:        freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: hostap TX fix in 5.x 
Message-ID:  <20040429092503.V49036@mail.tznet.com>
In-Reply-To: <200404291418.i3TEInJb046861@green.homeunix.org>
References:  <200404291418.i3TEInJb046861@green.homeunix.org>

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	11mbit/half duplex 802.11b.. I've seen speeds at around
600KBytes/sec (4.6mbit/sec) which is about the best you can do - and isn't
bad by any means. As I explained below, the problem is with FBSD 5.X (all
the way to CURRENT), where I'm seeing the speeds drop from what they were
in 4.x to around 180KBytes/sec (or 1.4mbit/sec).


	Scott

On Thu, 29 Apr 2004, Brian Fundakowski Feldman wrote:

> Scott Pilz <scottp@tznet.com> wrote:
> > 	Has anyone found a fix for this problem yet?
> >
> > Affects: In FreeBSD-5.x / Current
> > Card Used: Prism 2.5, tried all firmware (from 1.3.9 to 1.7.2)
> >
> > While the interface (wi driver) is set to hostap, associated clients can
> > upload at 11mbit/sec but download a maximum at half of that (I'm seeing a
> > maximum being around 180KB/sec).
>
> I think you need to reevaluate testing procedures; there is no way you could
> be getting remotely close to 11mbit/s speeds.  Please provide more accurate
> figures for comparison or it's hard to guess what might be "wrong".
>
> --
> Brian Fundakowski Feldman                           \'[ FreeBSD ]''''''''''\
>   <> green@FreeBSD.org                               \  The Power to Serve! \
>  Opinions expressed are my own.                       \,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,\
>
>
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