Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2019 15:33:41 -0700 From: Adrian Chadd <adrian.chadd@gmail.com> To: georg@bege.email Cc: "freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org" <freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Atheros AR9280 5GHz working but still slow? (FreeBSD 11.3) Message-ID: <CAJ-Vmo=xutYwuut0Z0xz9XUHMDvzw-PLe154_R35%2BAXR5rNU-w@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <f14b01d07f6d3a03ff91eecbbedaf842@bege.email> References: <c6edaad8-0bd3-4ada-7e45-886e7fc5c57c@bege.email> <CAJ-VmomvUXUjEOJQ5U1Xo814So2wEMN2ts=CSLbCVC2u0XEdbg@mail.gmail.com> <b6b10072-a6a4-8b21-cf96-581fc856e65a@bege.email> <CAJ-VmokaOrepmTGP3cMxiGQOs04kPzRpk4xhSb4KsMc5ak7iiA@mail.gmail.com> <f14b01d07f6d3a03ff91eecbbedaf842@bege.email>
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Yeah, the iwm code is missing all of the 11n/11ac handling code. :-) -adrian On Wed, 4 Sep 2019 at 01:42, <georg@bege.email> wrote: > Hello, > > I see - ok so its not possible with the iwm driver yet. > Care to elaborate the details, whats missing etc.? > > regards, > > Am 2019-09-04 02:34, schrieb Adrian Chadd: > > Hm, 16 and 12 RSSI isn't that high, and it's selecting low bitrates. > > > > 3165 only does 11abg right now iirc, the iwm driver doesn't do 11n or > > 11ac. > > > > -a > > > > On Tue, 3 Sep 2019 at 16:25, Georg Bege <georg@bege.email> wrote: > > > >> Hi Adrian, > >> > >> the output is as follows > >> -------------------------------snip-------------------------------- > >> ADDR AID CHAN RATE RSSI IDLE TXSEQ RXSEQ CAPS FLAG > >> e0:94:67:e5:ab:1e 1 40 54M 16.5 0 54934 29184 EP AQ > >> RSN WME > >> ac:92:32:2c:1b:9b 2 40 7M 12.5 0 946 23648 EP > >> AQPHTRS > >> WME HTCAP RSN > >> -------------------------------snip-------------------------------- > >> > >> I've measured this aprox. 2MB/s with my laptop, which is also using > >> FreeBSD 12. > >> Its having an Intel wireless 3165 card. > >> > >> regards, > >> Georg > >> > >> Am 04.09.19 um 00:58 schrieb Adrian Chadd: > >>> hi! > >>> > >>> No, you should be getting more than 2 megabits/sec. > >>> > >>> Whats the output of "ifconfig wlan0 list sta" ? > >>> > >>> > >>> -adrian > >>> > >>> > >>> On Wed, 28 Aug 2019 at 16:41, Georg Bege <georg@bege.email> wrote: > >>> > >>> Hello community, > >>> > >>> Im using a Wifi AP with an Atheros card now for quite some > >> time, > >>> since a > >>> couple of FreeBSD revisions. I guess started back on FreeBSD > >> 10(?). > >>> > >>> My wifi AP seem to limit me to 2MB/s basically, which is > >> pretty slow. > >>> Im not sure if all my options are ok, or if there are some > >> ways I can > >>> tweak around it... > >>> Is this a limitation of the current driver? > >>> Would be very interesting to hear from someone who runs a > >> similar setup > >>> and has more speed/throughput than I do. > >>> I only have this box with this card, cant really tinker a lot > >> around > >>> with other cards - and as I know Atheros is one of the drivers > >> which is > >>> better supported than others. > >>> Back then it was quite hard to get 5GHz running correctly.... > >>> > >>> Some of my debug output, config files etc.: > >>> > >> > > -------------------------------dmesg-ath------------------------------- > >>> ath0: <Atheros 9280> mem 0xfe800000-0xfe80ffff at device 0.0 > >> on pci4 > >>> [ath] enabling AN_TOP2_FIXUP > >>> ath0: [HT] enabling HT modes > >>> ath0: [HT] 1 stream STBC receive enabled > >>> ath0: [HT] 1 stream STBC transmit enabled > >>> ath0: [HT] 2 RX streams; 2 TX streams > >>> ath0: AR9280 mac 128.2 RF5133 phy 13.0 > >>> ath0: 2GHz radio: 0x0000; 5GHz radio: 0x00c0 > >>> > >> > > -------------------------------dmesg-ath------------------------------- > >>> > >>> > >> > > -------------------------ifconfig-wlan0-------------------------------- > >>> wlan0: > >> flags=8943<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,PROMISC,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> > >>> metric > >>> 0 mtu 1500 > >>> ether XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX > >>> hwaddr XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX > >>> nd6 options=29<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED,AUTO_LINKLOCAL> > >>> media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode > >> 11na > >>> <hostap> > >>> status: running > >>> ssid XXXXXXXXXXX channel 40 (5200 MHz 11a ht/20) > >> bssid > >>> XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX > >>> regdomain ETSI country DE ecm authmode WPA2/802.11i > >> privacy > >>> MIXED > >>> deftxkey 2 AES-CCM 2:128-bit AES-CCM 3:128-bit > >> txpower 17 > >>> mcastrate 6 > >>> mgmtrate 6 scanvalid 60 ampdulimit 64k ampdudensity 8 > >>> shortgi wme > >>> burst dtimperiod 1 -dfs > >>> groups: wlan > >>> > >> > > -------------------------ifconfig-wlan0-------------------------------- > >>> As you can see Im using "country DE" - but this cant be the > >> reason for > >>> such slow speed? > >>> > >>> > >> > > -------------------------rc.conf-------------------------------------- > >>> create_args_wlan0="wlanmode hostap channel 40:ht/20 country > >> de" > >>> > >> > > -------------------------rc.conf-------------------------------------- > >>> > >>> > >> > > ------------------------hostapd.conf---------------------------------- > >>> interface=wlan0 > >>> ctrl_interface=/var/run/hostapd > >>> ctrl_interface_group=0 > >>> ssid=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXx > >>> wmm_enabled=1 > >>> ieee80211d=1 > >>> country_code=DE > >>> wpa=2 > >>> wpa_passphrase=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX > >>> wpa_key_mgmt=WPA-PSK > >>> wpa_pairwise=CCMP > >>> rsn_pairwise=CCMP > >>> > >> > > ------------------------hostapd.conf---------------------------------- > >>> > >>> best regards, > >>> -- > >>> Georg Bege > >>> Mail: georg@bege.email > >>> IRC: megaTherion @ Freenode > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org > >> <mailto:freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org> > >>> mailing list > >>> https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-wireless > >>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to > >>> "freebsd-wireless-unsubscribe@freebsd.org > >>> <mailto:freebsd-wireless-unsubscribe@freebsd.org>" > >>> > >> > >> -- > >> Georg Bege > >> Mail: georg@bege.email > >> XMPP: therion@ninth-art.de > >> IRC: megaTherion @ Freenode >
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