From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 17 06:39:41 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 6196C16A402 for ; Thu, 17 May 2007 06:39:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sepherosa@gmail.com) Received: from an-out-0708.google.com (an-out-0708.google.com [209.85.132.250]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 222B813C458 for ; Thu, 17 May 2007 06:39:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sepherosa@gmail.com) Received: by an-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id d23so105457and for ; Wed, 16 May 2007 23:39:40 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=LLjL7mZdyYD3AqSK5j+2+QuVh8cHLbKEi0d16TG1pIdQNTkGsMrf7p96dp3JkUqOY8Aosgrp1KHyCnqMA4vw9T90NNbl2uX+nf/851QmEszIGuHzT10dRlVo5vGXmJOLJ+1uTQ4c9IkGqkuyHCU6AAs3m7T6SyvoTDJXCPs4lbE= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=kZCRZSrJYAx0vLFTpmyOHT9cPAFl3nZDtVrdyalHEaQeCyZzY9Ql4Nd7rzMfvK55E8QSyn6zhbuhmbBdRmK6WljGkqbZZRjblo/731OJyKTmM7GN9avJcyvF2eEFko5mBDmnLMpvI249SDyBgUKLVajhHGwGz5e8Hlo60AkiLg8= Received: by 10.100.229.12 with SMTP id b12mr53836anh.1179383980509; Wed, 16 May 2007 23:39:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.100.57.7 with HTTP; Wed, 16 May 2007 23:39:40 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 14:39:40 +0800 From: "Sepherosa Ziehau" To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: 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 06:39:41 -0000 On 5/17/07, Kernel Jake wrote: > % 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) You mentioned you were using Sample, then the TX rate shown by ifconfig is for packets whose size are <= 250 bytes. Please use netperf or iperf to do some real measure instead of reading the output of ifconfig. BTW, higher TX rate does not necessarily mean you will have better TX performance. Best Regards, sephe -- Live Free or Die