Return-path: Received: from mail-gx0-f174.google.com ([209.85.161.174]:60464 "EHLO mail-gx0-f174.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751209Ab0J3AAH (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Oct 2010 20:00:07 -0400 Received: by gxk23 with SMTP id 23so2329673gxk.19 for ; Fri, 29 Oct 2010 17:00:06 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4CCB601A.9010909@lwfinger.net> Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2010 19:00:26 -0500 From: Larry Finger MIME-Version: 1.0 To: seno CC: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] rtl8187b: do not do per packet TX AGC References: <1282974868-22237-1-git-send-email-cascardo@holoscopio.com> <4C798080.8010002@lwfinger.net> <20100830141218.GB30864@tuxdriver.com> <4C7BC4D9.1010108@lwfinger.net> <20100830152841.GB2950@barata.holoscopio.com> <4CC71CFF.8050004@lwfinger.net> <20101026185341.GA4608@barata.holoscopio.com> <20101028191305.2960c83b@gotham.conectiva> <20101029135449.GB3768@barata.holoscopio.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 10/29/2010 05:31 PM, seno wrote: > I noticed that the connection is fast for a short time after booting (10 mbit @ > 10 meters), but a few seconds after the download on speedtest.net started > (meaning the network gets under load), speed drops to 1 mbit and never recovers > to faster speed again; somehow like an "unrecoverable fallback mechanism"...? Is your device overheating?