Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 21:05:45 +0300 From: Peter Pentchev <roam@orbitel.bg> To: mobile@FreeBSD.org Subject: Lucent Orinoco - 500KB/s peak? Message-ID: <20010419210545.H1527@ringworld.oblivion.bg>
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Hi, I'm using Lucent Orinoco WaveLAN cards - one in a true PCMCIA slot in a laptop, another in a PCMCIA->ISA bridge on a desktop station. Both boxes are running today's 4.3-RC, and there is a third identical card in a PCMCIA slot of a Win98 laptop. The Win98 card is in Windows's fake "peer-to-peer" mode, the two BSD cards are in BSS mode. There is no access point hardware anywhere nearby. All three cards are set to channel 10. Transfers from any to any machine invariably peak at about 500KB/s, which seems to me like a 5.5Mbit/s transfer. In the meantime, the Windows driver monitor reports a 11Mbit/s connection, while both if_wi's report '2' as their actual tx rate :) Which of these is right - 5.5, 11, or (obviously not) 2? :) Is it possible that there is a ~ 50% overhead in the wireless transfer, so I'm seeing a 11Mbit/s channel as effective 5.5Mbit/s? Or have I messed something up? :) G'luck, Peter -- This would easier understand fewer had omitted. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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