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* [ath9k-devel] ath9k ar9285, wlan speed <2 Mbyte/s, how to speedup?
@ 2012-01-03 19:01 Alexander Müller
  2012-01-03 20:17 ` Peter Stuge
                   ` (2 more replies)
  0 siblings, 3 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Alexander Müller @ 2012-01-03 19:01 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: ath9k-devel

Hi,

I have an Atheros AR9285 in my Samsung Notebook and run Kubuntu 11.10 
and Win7 on it.
While using Win7 i get speeds of about 8 Mbyte/s
When using Kubuntu I get only speeds below 2 Mbyte/s

I tried the daily driver of 2 january 2012, but nothing changed.
via wired I get about 8 Mbyte/s, just to show that its not on the server 
side.

Is it possibly to get higher speeds?
it's just kinda sad to get speeds from 5 years ago with new Hardware.

thanks

Here some data:

*iw list:*
Wiphy phy0
         Band 1:
                 Capabilities: 0x11ce
                         HT20/HT40
                         SM Power Save disabled
                         RX HT40 SGI
                         TX STBC
                         RX STBC 1-stream
                         Max AMSDU length: 7935 bytes
                         DSSS/CCK HT40
                 Maximum RX AMPDU length 65535 bytes (exponent: 0x003)
                 Minimum RX AMPDU time spacing: 8 usec (0x06)
                 HT TX/RX MCS rate indexes supported: 0-7
                 Frequencies:
                         * 2412 MHz [1] (14.0 dBm)
                         * 2417 MHz [2] (15.0 dBm)
                         * 2422 MHz [3] (15.0 dBm)
                         * 2427 MHz [4] (15.0 dBm)
                         * 2432 MHz [5] (15.0 dBm)
                         * 2437 MHz [6] (15.0 dBm)
                         * 2442 MHz [7] (15.0 dBm)
                         * 2447 MHz [8] (15.0 dBm)
                         * 2452 MHz [9] (15.0 dBm)
                         * 2457 MHz [10] (15.0 dBm)
                         * 2462 MHz [11] (15.0 dBm)
                         * 2467 MHz [12] (15.0 dBm) (passive scanning)
                         * 2472 MHz [13] (14.0 dBm) (passive scanning)
                         * 2484 MHz [14] (disabled)
                 Bitrates (non-HT):
                         * 1.0 Mbps
                         * 2.0 Mbps (short preamble supported)
                         * 5.5 Mbps (short preamble supported)
                         * 11.0 Mbps (short preamble supported)
                         * 6.0 Mbps
                         * 9.0 Mbps
                         * 12.0 Mbps
                         * 18.0 Mbps
                         * 24.0 Mbps
                         * 36.0 Mbps
                         * 48.0 Mbps
                         * 54.0 Mbps
         max # scan SSIDs: 4
         Supported interface modes:
                  * IBSS
                  * managed
                  * AP
                  * AP/VLAN
                  * WDS
                  * monitor
                  * mesh point
                  * Unknown mode (8)
                  * Unknown mode (9)
         Supported commands:
                  * new_interface
                  * set_interface
                  * new_key
                  * new_beacon
                  * new_station
                  * new_mpath
                  * set_mesh_params
                  * set_bss
                  * authenticate
                  * associate
                  * deauthenticate
                  * disassociate
                  * join_ibss
                  * Unknown command (68)
                  * Unknown command (55)
                  * Unknown command (57)
                  * Unknown command (59)
                  * Unknown command (67)
                  * set_wiphy_netns
                  * Unknown command (65)
                  * Unknown command (66)
                  * Unknown command (82)
                  * Unknown command (81)
                  * Unknown command (84)
                  * Unknown command (87)
                  * Unknown command (85)
                  * testmode
                  * connect
                  * disconnect
*iwlist wlan0 scan:*
wlan0     Scan completed :
           Cell 01 - Address: 00:1C:4A:4G:DH:I9
                     Channel:5
                     Frequency:2.432 GHz (Channel 5)
                     Quality=70/70  Signal level=-33 dBm
                     Encryption key:on
                     ESSID:"mySSID"
                     Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
                               9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
                     Bit Rates:24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
                     Mode:Master
                     Extra:tsf=000000024f19e180
                     Extra: Last beacon: 15856ms ago
                     IE: Unknown: 00066165786C616E
                     IE: Unknown: 010882848B968C129824
                     IE: Unknown: 030105
                     IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
                         Group Cipher : TKIP
                         Pairwise Ciphers (1) : CCMP
                         Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                     IE: WPA Version 1
                         Group Cipher : TKIP
                         Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP
                         Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                     IE: Unknown: 2A0100
                     IE: Unknown: 3204B048606C
                     IE: Unknown: 
DD180050F2020101800003A4000027A4000042435E0062322F00
                     IE: Unknown: 
2D1A4E101BFFFF000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
                     IE: Unknown: 
3D16050F0800000000000000000000000000000000000000
                     IE: Unknown: DD0900037F01010000FF7F
                     IE: Unknown: DD0A00037F04010001000000

*iw dev wlan0 link:*
Connected to 00:1c:4a:G5:Hd:I9 (on wlan0)
         SSID: mySSID
         freq: 2432
         RX: 148276513 bytes (133973 packets)
         TX: 7880580 bytes (68321 packets)
         signal: -34 dBm
         tx bitrate: 121.5 MBit/s MCS 6 40Mhz

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* [ath9k-devel] ath9k ar9285, wlan speed <2 Mbyte/s, how to speedup?
  2012-01-03 19:01 [ath9k-devel] ath9k ar9285, wlan speed <2 Mbyte/s, how to speedup? Alexander Müller
@ 2012-01-03 20:17 ` Peter Stuge
  2012-01-04  7:20 ` Adrian Chadd
  2012-01-04 11:02 ` Mohammed Shafi
  2 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Peter Stuge @ 2012-01-03 20:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: ath9k-devel

Alexander M?ller wrote:
> it's just kinda sad

Very good summary.


//Peter

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* [ath9k-devel] ath9k ar9285, wlan speed <2 Mbyte/s, how to speedup?
  2012-01-03 19:01 [ath9k-devel] ath9k ar9285, wlan speed <2 Mbyte/s, how to speedup? Alexander Müller
  2012-01-03 20:17 ` Peter Stuge
@ 2012-01-04  7:20 ` Adrian Chadd
  2012-01-04 15:08   ` Alexander Müller
  2012-01-04 11:02 ` Mohammed Shafi
  2 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Adrian Chadd @ 2012-01-04  7:20 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: ath9k-devel

On 3 January 2012 11:01, Alexander M?ller <aexme@arcor.de> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have an Atheros AR9285 in my Samsung Notebook and run Kubuntu 11.10 and
> Win7 on it.
> While using Win7 i get speeds of about 8 Mbyte/s
> When using Kubuntu I get only speeds below 2 Mbyte/s
>
> I tried the daily driver of 2 january 2012, but nothing changed.
> via wired I get about 8 Mbyte/s, just to show that its not on the server
> side.
>
> Is it possibly to get higher speeds?
> it's just kinda sad to get speeds from 5 years ago with new Hardware.

Well, is it TX or RX speed? Or both?

2 megabytes/sec sounds like it's doing 11g only, but you've shown it's
currently selected MCS6, so it should be TX'ing fine.

It would likely be nice if there were some better tools for trying to
log some aggregate, real-time statistics as to what's going on, both
TX and RX. It's quite likely something that's easily fixed.

I don't have a Linux box handy, but the output of the phy debug
statistics would be nice. Eg, stuff like:

* The output of the rate control logic;
* The output of the packet errror counters.

I also wonder if ubuntu is shipping with the 'nohwcrypt' option enabled.

Would someone please give me a hand and help Alexander here find out
the above? That way we can try and move forward.

(Note: with ar9285 issues it seems ath9k is either having issues with
antenna selection and/or crypto handling. I don't know why the latter
is occuring and I don't have time to go digging into it. I do know the
driver can and does do full rate MCS7 TX though. I've done it myself,
both Linux and FreeBSD.)



Adrian

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* [ath9k-devel] ath9k ar9285, wlan speed <2 Mbyte/s, how to speedup?
  2012-01-03 19:01 [ath9k-devel] ath9k ar9285, wlan speed <2 Mbyte/s, how to speedup? Alexander Müller
  2012-01-03 20:17 ` Peter Stuge
  2012-01-04  7:20 ` Adrian Chadd
@ 2012-01-04 11:02 ` Mohammed Shafi
  2012-01-04 15:13   ` Alexander Müller
  2 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Mohammed Shafi @ 2012-01-04 11:02 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: ath9k-devel

On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 12:31 AM, Alexander M?ller <aexme@arcor.de> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have an Atheros AR9285 in my Samsung Notebook and run Kubuntu 11.10 and
> Win7 on it.
> While using Win7 i get speeds of about 8 Mbyte/s
> When using Kubuntu I get only speeds below 2 Mbyte/s
>
> I tried the daily driver of 2 january 2012, but nothing changed.
> via wired I get about 8 Mbyte/s, just to show that its not on the server
> side.

looks like a throughput regression
kindly check whether there is any improvement with
http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Download/stable#compat-wireless_2.6.39_stable_releases
http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Download/stable#compat-wireless_2.6.38_stable_releases

>
> Is it possibly to get higher speeds?
> it's just kinda sad to get speeds from 5 years ago with new Hardware.
>
> thanks
>
> Here some data:
>
> iw list:
> Wiphy phy0
> ??????? Band 1:
> ??????????????? Capabilities: 0x11ce
> ??????????????????????? HT20/HT40
> ??????????????????????? SM Power Save disabled
> ??????????????????????? RX HT40 SGI
> ??????????????????????? TX STBC
> ??????????????????????? RX STBC 1-stream
> ??????????????????????? Max AMSDU length: 7935 bytes
> ??????????????????????? DSSS/CCK HT40
> ??????????????? Maximum RX AMPDU length 65535 bytes (exponent: 0x003)
> ??????????????? Minimum RX AMPDU time spacing: 8 usec (0x06)
> ??????????????? HT TX/RX MCS rate indexes supported: 0-7
> ??????????????? Frequencies:
> ??????????????????????? * 2412 MHz [1] (14.0 dBm)
> ??????????????????????? * 2417 MHz [2] (15.0 dBm)
> ??????????????????????? * 2422 MHz [3] (15.0 dBm)
> ??????????????????????? * 2427 MHz [4] (15.0 dBm)
> ??????????????????????? * 2432 MHz [5] (15.0 dBm)
> ??????????????????????? * 2437 MHz [6] (15.0 dBm)
> ??????????????????????? * 2442 MHz [7] (15.0 dBm)
> ??????????????????????? * 2447 MHz [8] (15.0 dBm)
> ??????????????????????? * 2452 MHz [9] (15.0 dBm)
> ??????????????????????? * 2457 MHz [10] (15.0 dBm)
> ??????????????????????? * 2462 MHz [11] (15.0 dBm)
> ??????????????????????? * 2467 MHz [12] (15.0 dBm) (passive scanning)
> ??????????????????????? * 2472 MHz [13] (14.0 dBm) (passive scanning)
> ??????????????????????? * 2484 MHz [14] (disabled)
> ??????????????? Bitrates (non-HT):
> ??????????????????????? * 1.0 Mbps
> ??????????????????????? * 2.0 Mbps (short preamble supported)
> ??????????????????????? * 5.5 Mbps (short preamble supported)
> ??????????????????????? * 11.0 Mbps (short preamble supported)
> ??????????????????????? * 6.0 Mbps
> ??????????????????????? * 9.0 Mbps
> ??????????????????????? * 12.0 Mbps
> ??????????????????????? * 18.0 Mbps
> ??????????????????????? * 24.0 Mbps
> ??????????????????????? * 36.0 Mbps
> ??????????????????????? * 48.0 Mbps
> ??????????????????????? * 54.0 Mbps
> ??????? max # scan SSIDs: 4
> ??????? Supported interface modes:
> ???????????????? * IBSS
> ???????????????? * managed
> ???????????????? * AP
> ???????????????? * AP/VLAN
> ???????????????? * WDS
> ???????????????? * monitor
> ???????????????? * mesh point
> ???????????????? * Unknown mode (8)
> ???????????????? * Unknown mode (9)
> ??????? Supported commands:
> ???????????????? * new_interface
> ???????????????? * set_interface
> ???????????????? * new_key
> ???????????????? * new_beacon
> ???????????????? * new_station
> ???????????????? * new_mpath
> ???????????????? * set_mesh_params
> ???????????????? * set_bss
> ???????????????? * authenticate
> ???????????????? * associate
> ???????????????? * deauthenticate
> ???????????????? * disassociate
> ???????????????? * join_ibss
> ???????????????? * Unknown command (68)
> ???????????????? * Unknown command (55)
> ???????????????? * Unknown command (57)
> ???????????????? * Unknown command (59)
> ???????????????? * Unknown command (67)
> ???????????????? * set_wiphy_netns
> ???????????????? * Unknown command (65)
> ???????????????? * Unknown command (66)
> ???????????????? * Unknown command (82)
> ???????????????? * Unknown command (81)
> ???????????????? * Unknown command (84)
> ???????????????? * Unknown command (87)
> ???????????????? * Unknown command (85)
> ???????????????? * testmode
> ???????????????? * connect
> ???????????????? * disconnect
> iwlist wlan0 scan:
> wlan0???? Scan completed :
> ????????? Cell 01 - Address: 00:1C:4A:4G:DH:I9
> ??????????????????? Channel:5
> ??????????????????? Frequency:2.432 GHz (Channel 5)
> ??????????????????? Quality=70/70? Signal level=-33 dBm
> ??????????????????? Encryption key:on
> ??????????????????? ESSID:"mySSID"
> ??????????????????? Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
> ????????????????????????????? 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
> ??????????????????? Bit Rates:24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
> ??????????????????? Mode:Master
> ??????????????????? Extra:tsf=000000024f19e180
> ??????????????????? Extra: Last beacon: 15856ms ago
> ??????????????????? IE: Unknown: 00066165786C616E
> ??????????????????? IE: Unknown: 010882848B968C129824
> ??????????????????? IE: Unknown: 030105
> ??????????????????? IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
> ??????????????????????? Group Cipher : TKIP
> ??????????????????????? Pairwise Ciphers (1) : CCMP
> ??????????????????????? Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
> ??????????????????? IE: WPA Version 1
> ??????????????????????? Group Cipher : TKIP
> ??????????????????????? Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP
> ??????????????????????? Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
> ??????????????????? IE: Unknown: 2A0100
> ??????????????????? IE: Unknown: 3204B048606C
> ??????????????????? IE: Unknown:
> DD180050F2020101800003A4000027A4000042435E0062322F00
> ??????????????????? IE: Unknown:
> 2D1A4E101BFFFF000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
> ??????????????????? IE: Unknown:
> 3D16050F0800000000000000000000000000000000000000
> ??????????????????? IE: Unknown: DD0900037F01010000FF7F
> ??????????????????? IE: Unknown: DD0A00037F04010001000000
>
> iw dev wlan0 link:
> Connected to 00:1c:4a:G5:Hd:I9 (on wlan0)
> ??????? SSID: mySSID
> ??????? freq: 2432
> ??????? RX: 148276513 bytes (133973 packets)
> ??????? TX: 7880580 bytes (68321 packets)
> ??????? signal: -34 dBm
> ??????? tx bitrate: 121.5 MBit/s MCS 6 40Mhz
>
>
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-- 
shafi

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* [ath9k-devel] ath9k ar9285, wlan speed <2 Mbyte/s, how to speedup?
  2012-01-04  7:20 ` Adrian Chadd
@ 2012-01-04 15:08   ` Alexander Müller
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Alexander Müller @ 2012-01-04 15:08 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: ath9k-devel

Hi,

<2Mbyte/s is for receiving from a samba Server.
for sending its a little more like 2.5 Mbyte/s.

with "options ath9k nohwcrypt=1" in /etc/modprobe.d/ath9k.conf I get 
about 2.1-2.2 Mbyte/s receiving

don't know if thats what you wanted

iw --debug phy phy0 info

-- Debug: Received Message:
--------------------------   BEGIN NETLINK MESSAGE 
---------------------------
   [HEADER] 16 octets
     .nlmsg_len = 2160
     .nlmsg_type = 24 <0x18>
     .nlmsg_flags = 0 <>
     .nlmsg_seq = 1325689164
     .nlmsg_pid = 2494
   [PAYLOAD] 2144 octets
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................ph
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     78 00                                                 x.
---------------------------  END NETLINK MESSAGE   
---------------------------
Wiphy phy0
         Band 1:
                 Capabilities: 0x11ce
                         HT20/HT40
                         SM Power Save disabled
                         RX HT40 SGI
                         TX STBC
                         RX STBC 1-stream
                         Max AMSDU length: 7935 bytes
                         DSSS/CCK HT40
                 Maximum RX AMPDU length 65535 bytes (exponent: 0x003)
                 Minimum RX AMPDU time spacing: 8 usec (0x06)
                 HT TX/RX MCS rate indexes supported: 0-7
                 Frequencies:
                         * 2412 MHz [1] (14.0 dBm)
                         * 2417 MHz [2] (14.0 dBm)
                         * 2422 MHz [3] (14.0 dBm)
                         * 2427 MHz [4] (14.0 dBm)
                         * 2432 MHz [5] (14.0 dBm)
                         * 2437 MHz [6] (14.0 dBm)
                         * 2442 MHz [7] (14.0 dBm)
                         * 2447 MHz [8] (14.0 dBm)
                         * 2452 MHz [9] (14.0 dBm)
                         * 2457 MHz [10] (14.0 dBm)
                         * 2462 MHz [11] (14.0 dBm)
                         * 2467 MHz [12] (14.0 dBm) (passive scanning)
                         * 2472 MHz [13] (14.0 dBm) (passive scanning)
                         * 2484 MHz [14] (disabled)
                 Bitrates (non-HT):
                         * 1.0 Mbps
                         * 2.0 Mbps (short preamble supported)
                         * 5.5 Mbps (short preamble supported)
                         * 11.0 Mbps (short preamble supported)
                         * 6.0 Mbps
                         * 9.0 Mbps
                         * 12.0 Mbps
                         * 18.0 Mbps
                         * 24.0 Mbps
                         * 36.0 Mbps
                         * 48.0 Mbps
                         * 54.0 Mbps
         max # scan SSIDs: 4
         Supported interface modes:
                  * IBSS
                  * managed
                  * AP
                  * AP/VLAN
                  * WDS
                  * monitor
                  * mesh point
                  * Unknown mode (8)
                  * Unknown mode (9)
         Supported commands:
                  * new_interface
                  * set_interface
                  * new_key
                  * new_beacon
                  * new_station
                  * new_mpath
                  * set_mesh_params
                  * set_bss
                  * authenticate
                  * associate
                  * deauthenticate
                  * disassociate
                  * join_ibss
                  * Unknown command (68)
                  * Unknown command (55)
                  * Unknown command (57)
                  * Unknown command (59)
                  * Unknown command (67)
                  * set_wiphy_netns
                  * Unknown command (65)
                  * Unknown command (66)
                  * connect
                  * disconnect
-- Debug: Received Message:
--------------------------   BEGIN NETLINK MESSAGE 
---------------------------
   [HEADER] 16 octets
     .nlmsg_len = 36
     .nlmsg_type = 2 <ERROR>
     .nlmsg_flags = 0 <>
     .nlmsg_seq = 1325689164
     .nlmsg_pid = 2494
   [ERRORMSG] 20 octets
     .error = 0 "Success"
   [ORIGINAL MESSAGE] 16 octets
     .nlmsg_len = 16
     .nlmsg_type = 24 <0x18>
     .nlmsg_flags = 5 <REQUEST,ACK>
     .nlmsg_seq = 1325689164
     .nlmsg_pid = 2494
---------------------------  END NETLINK MESSAGE   
---------------------------


On 04.01.2012 08:20, Adrian Chadd wrote:
> Well, is it TX or RX speed? Or both?
>
> 2 megabytes/sec sounds like it's doing 11g only, but you've shown it's
> currently selected MCS6, so it should be TX'ing fine.
>
> It would likely be nice if there were some better tools for trying to
> log some aggregate, real-time statistics as to what's going on, both
> TX and RX. It's quite likely something that's easily fixed.
>
> I don't have a Linux box handy, but the output of the phy debug
> statistics would be nice. Eg, stuff like:
>
> * The output of the rate control logic;
> * The output of the packet errror counters.
>
> I also wonder if ubuntu is shipping with the 'nohwcrypt' option enabled.
>
> Would someone please give me a hand and help Alexander here find out
> the above? That way we can try and move forward.
>
> (Note: with ar9285 issues it seems ath9k is either having issues with
> antenna selection and/or crypto handling. I don't know why the latter
> is occuring and I don't have time to go digging into it. I do know the
> driver can and does do full rate MCS7 TX though. I've done it myself,
> both Linux and FreeBSD.)
>
>
>
> Adrian
>

^ permalink raw reply	[flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread

* [ath9k-devel] ath9k ar9285, wlan speed <2 Mbyte/s, how to speedup?
  2012-01-04 11:02 ` Mohammed Shafi
@ 2012-01-04 15:13   ` Alexander Müller
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Alexander Müller @ 2012-01-04 15:13 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: ath9k-devel

Hi,

I tried the

2.6.39_stable_releases
2.6.38_stable_releases

but nothing changed.


On 04.01.2012 12:02, Mohammed Shafi wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 12:31 AM, Alexander M?ller<aexme@arcor.de>  wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have an Atheros AR9285 in my Samsung Notebook and run Kubuntu 11.10 and
>> Win7 on it.
>> While using Win7 i get speeds of about 8 Mbyte/s
>> When using Kubuntu I get only speeds below 2 Mbyte/s
>>
>> I tried the daily driver of 2 january 2012, but nothing changed.
>> via wired I get about 8 Mbyte/s, just to show that its not on the server
>> side.
> looks like a throughput regression
> kindly check whether there is any improvement with
> http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Download/stable#compat-wireless_2.6.39_stable_releases
> http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Download/stable#compat-wireless_2.6.38_stable_releases

^ permalink raw reply	[flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread

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