linux-kernel - Re: Unusually low speeds with ath5k and iwl3945

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Message-Id: <1228325818.13338.3.camel@rc-desk>
Date:	Wed, 03 Dec 2008 09:36:58 -0800
From:	reinette chatre <reinette.chatre@...el.com>
To:	Maxim Levitsky <maximlevitsky@...il.com>
Cc:	Bob Copeland <me@...copeland.com>,
	"ipw3945-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net" 
	<ipw3945-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net>,
	"ath5k-devel@...ts.ath5k.org" <ath5k-devel@...ts.ath5k.org>,
	"linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org" <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"wally@...blackmoor.net" <wally@...blackmoor.net>
Subject: Re: Unusually low speeds with ath5k and iwl3945

On Wed, 2008-12-03 at 09:09 -0800, Maxim Levitsky wrote:
> On Wed, 2008-12-03 at 08:55 -0800, reinette chatre wrote:
> > On Fri, 2008-11-21 at 12:28 -0800, Maxim Levitsky wrote:
> > 
> > > sorry for cross-posting, but this issue really spans both iwl3945 and ath5k.
> > > 
> > > I have two laptops (acer 5720, and aspire one) and I see some strange speed issues.
> > > 
> > > I initially blamed iwl3945, then thought it got fixed, but now I have ath5k, and speeds are low
> > > and I suspect that both drivers has bugs regarding to speed.
> > 
> > We just posted some fixes to iwl3945 rate scaling. Could you please test
> > with http://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=122824880823630&w=2 ?
> > 
> > Thank you
> > 
> > Reinette
> > 
> > 
> I''l test this, but for all my tests rate on iwl3945 was already 54M,
> could this still help?
> 

Yes. Please test with netcat as you did previously to see if you get
better performance.

Thanks

Reinette

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