Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2019 17:34:15 -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-VmokaOrepmTGP3cMxiGQOs04kPzRpk4xhSb4KsMc5ak7iiA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <b6b10072-a6a4-8b21-cf96-581fc856e65a@bege.email> References: <c6edaad8-0bd3-4ada-7e45-886e7fc5c57c@bege.email> <CAJ-VmomvUXUjEOJQ5U1Xo814So2wEMN2ts=CSLbCVC2u0XEdbg@mail.gmail.com> <b6b10072-a6a4-8b21-cf96-581fc856e65a@bege.email>
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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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