From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Luis R. Rodriguez Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 09:49:04 -0700 Subject: [ath9k-devel] ath9k on DWA556 - Very low data rate in Ad-Hoc mode In-Reply-To: <10ed27610808110326q46971baao6889d730aff70cce@mail.gmail.com> References: <10ed27610808110326q46971baao6889d730aff70cce@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <20080811164904.GF6128@tesla> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: ath9k-devel@lists.ath9k.org On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 03:26:05AM -0700, Saravanan M P wrote: > Hi > I installed this DLink PCIe cards in the two desktops to create an adhoc network. Surprisingly, the data rate that I got (verified through Iperf) was around 1Mbps. All default settings. > Any one faced this issue earlier? Any suggested solutions? > I'm trying to stream video between these machines and need a good throughput. Saravanan, Thanks for reporting this and testing. As of right now Ad-hoc just has the initial bits and pieces, we haven't finished it nor tested it thoroughly. For now you should not rely on it. We will address this eventually though. Thanks, Luis