Return-path: Received: from mga03.intel.com ([143.182.124.21]:26460 "EHLO mga03.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751345AbYLCRgF (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Dec 2008 12:36:05 -0500 Subject: Re: Unusually low speeds with ath5k and iwl3945 From: reinette chatre To: Maxim Levitsky Cc: Bob Copeland , "ipw3945-devel@lists.sourceforge.net" , "ath5k-devel@lists.ath5k.org" , "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "wally@theblackmoor.net" In-Reply-To: <1228324148.23040.0.camel@maxim-laptop> References: <492719ED.5000006@gmail.com> <1228323319.12006.3.camel@rc-desk> <1228324148.23040.0.camel@maxim-laptop> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Wed, 03 Dec 2008 09:36:58 -0800 Message-Id: <1228325818.13338.3.camel@rc-desk> (sfid-20081203_183611_067329_08E03E75) Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 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