Re: RaLink RT2500 802.11g Cardbus/mini-PCI

[Ivo van Doorn <ivdoorn@gmail.com>]

Hi,

> >> Is the last kernel code working with RaLink RT2500 802.11g Cardbus/mini-PCI?
> > 
> > With 'latest' do you mean:
> >  latest 2.6.25-rc kernel?
> >  latest wireless-testing git snapshot
> >  latest rt2x00 git snapshot
> > 
> > The latter 2 should work fine, the first one has known issues
> > but the state variates per person.
> 
> I was complaining about speed a while ago, so after reading this post, I 
> thought I should try again and tell you:
> 
> The version in wireless-testing seems to work great, a test download 
> gave me 1.24MB/s, which is about the same speed I get with my (Intel 
> wireless) laptop. I am using rt2500pci.
> 
> Does the above mean that the stock driver in 2.6.25 will still be slow?

Most likely yes.
Although I hear mixed reports, some say it depends on the rate selection
algorithm, some claim rt2x00 in 2.6.24 is faster then wireless-testing and
others claim the exact opposite.
At the moment it is hard to tell, but I haven't collected data yet with specific
information about the used rate selection module and exact data transfer
numbers.

Ivo