Return-path: Received: from mail.candelatech.com ([208.74.158.172]:51710 "EHLO ns3.lanforge.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750778Ab3CAPf0 (ORCPT ); Fri, 1 Mar 2013 10:35:26 -0500 Message-ID: <5130CAAE.8070807@candelatech.com> (sfid-20130301_163530_168379_B440C1D9) Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2013 07:35:10 -0800 From: Ben Greear MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Sujith Manoharan CC: Felix Fietkau , Adrian Chadd , "Luis R. Rodriguez" , Paul Stewart , linux-wireless Subject: Re: [RFC] ath9k: remove ath9k_rate_control References: <1360329197-72631-1-git-send-email-nbd@openwrt.org> <20757.1753.863278.858198@gargle.gargle.HOWL> <511508A6.8020104@openwrt.org> <51152D9E.1040106@openwrt.org> <20130227192030.GW12537@pogo> <512ECE01.8010102@openwrt.org> <20782.54505.239733.82364@gargle.gargle.HOWL> <512EDDC5.7020901@openwrt.org> <20784.48093.263373.125536@gargle.gargle.HOWL> In-Reply-To: <20784.48093.263373.125536@gargle.gargle.HOWL> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 03/01/2013 06:31 AM, Sujith Manoharan wrote: > Felix Fietkau wrote: >> What was the distance and what was the rate used? > > A distance of about a meter between the AP and STA. > > AP: DB120 - running an internal build. > STA: WB222 - wireless-testing HEAD. > Signal is about -43 dBm. > Channel 40, HT40- > > I've attached sample runs with minstrel_ht and ath9k-rc. With minstrel_ht, > the numbers fluctuate between 180 and 190 Mbps and the average throughput > varies each time (185, 186 etc.). With ath9k-rc, it's 195+ always. We can run some tests through attenuators today. I assume UDP would be good, or is TCP traffic preferred? (In our tests, we see significantly more throughput with UDP than TCP, even when we hacked on TCP ack delay). Is wireless-testing the preferred tree to test against? Thanks, Ben > > Sujith > -- Ben Greear Candela Technologies Inc http://www.candelatech.com