From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 17 03:00:43 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5DDE416A404 for ; Thu, 17 May 2007 03:00:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from vlado@botka.homeunix.org) Received: from smtp-out3.iol.cz (smtp-out3.iol.cz [194.228.2.91]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DE85313C44C for ; Thu, 17 May 2007 03:00:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from vlado@botka.homeunix.org) Received: from antivir5.iol.cz (unknown [192.168.30.212]) by smtp-out3.iol.cz (Postfix) with ESMTP id EDF1863EB8 for ; Thu, 17 May 2007 04:38:58 +0200 (CEST) Received: from localhost (antivir5.iol.cz [127.0.0.1]) by antivir5.iol.cz (Postfix) with ESMTP id CAA8D66C006 for ; Thu, 17 May 2007 04:38:58 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at iol.cz Received: from antivir5.iol.cz ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (antivir5.iol.cz [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10224) with LMTP id 1uAk1xA49k9K for ; Thu, 17 May 2007 04:38:58 +0200 (CEST) Received: from smtp-out3.iol.cz (mta-out3 [192.168.30.28]) by antivir5.iol.cz (Postfix) with ESMTP id A00ED66C005 for ; Thu, 17 May 2007 04:38:58 +0200 (CEST) Received: from ace.botka.homeunix.org (3.77.broadband2.iol.cz [83.208.77.3]) by smtp-out3.iol.cz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 78DC157E51 for ; Thu, 17 May 2007 04:38:56 +0200 (CEST) Received: by ace.botka.homeunix.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id C9376165; Thu, 17 May 2007 04:38:55 +0200 (CEST) Received: from srv.g1.netng.org (ac.botka.homeunix.org [192.168.1.5]) by ace.botka.homeunix.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A2A51163 for ; Thu, 17 May 2007 04:38:52 +0200 (CEST) Received: from srv (srv [10.1.0.10]) by srv.g1.netng.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 771D8BD4A for ; Thu, 17 May 2007 04:38:52 +0200 (CEST) Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 04:38:52 +0200 From: Vladimir Botka To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20070517043852.19e93a67@srv> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Claws Mail 2.9.1 (GTK+ 2.10.11; i386-portbld-freebsd6.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: ath 802.11g throughput in 6.2-RELEASE X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 03:00:43 -0000 Dne Wed, 16 May 2007 18:12:08 -0500 "Kernel Jake" napsal(a): > Since upgrading to 6.2-RELEASE from 6.0-RC1, I have seen lower ath0 > network throughput than I had previously. I can't remember exactly > what speeds I had prior to 6.2, but they were definitely greater than > 11 Mbps, probably closer to 48 Mbps. > > When I used my old 6.0-RC1 kernel config file with 6.2-RELEASE, it > contained "device ath_rate_onoe", and the speed was between 1 and 5 > Mbps . I then noticed that the 6.2 ath man page listed "device > ath_rate_sample", so I changed my config to use "sample" instead of > "onoe", and now I get around 11 Mbps. But it still isn't as fast as > it used to be. Nothing changed in my environment other than my > client (meaning physical layout, wireless channel, wap firmware, etc). > > WAP: D-Link WRT54G ver.4, Firmware version 4.71.1 Hyperwrt 2.1b1 + > Thibor15c NIC: D-Link DWL-G520 Rev.B3 > > % uname -a > FreeBSD canary 6.2-RELEASE-p3 FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE-p3 #0: Mon May 14 > 22:14:35 CDT 2007 jake@canary:/usr/src/sys/i386/compile/CANARY > i386 > > % dmesg | grep ath > ath_hal: 0.9.17.2 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413, > RF5413) ath0: mem 0xeb000000-0xeb00ffff irq 17 at > device 14.0 on pci0 ath0: Ethernet address: 00:11:95:92:72:55 > ath0: mac 7.9 phy 4.5 radio 5.6 > > % ifconfig ath0 > ath0: flags=8843 mtu 1500 > inet 192.168.1.55 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255 > inet 192.168.1.54 netmask 0xffffffff broadcast 192.168.1.54 > ether 00:11:95:92:72:55 > media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11g > (DS/11Mbps) status: associated > ssid yagi channel 2 bssid 00:14:bf:27:f1:bc > authmode WPA privacy ON deftxkey UNDEF TKIP 2:128-bit TKIP > 3:128-bit txpowmax 36 bmiss 7 protmode OFF burst roaming MANUAL > bintval 100 > > Maybe interference problem. Any new bluetooth device in the vicinity ? -vlado