Re: [Ilw] Re: Slow throughput on Ultimate-N 6300

[Steve Freitas <steve@newportit.com>]

Emmanuel,

Thank you for your quick response!

It is a regression. I regularly had 300 Mbps speeds on this very access 
point, but it was years ago, in the 2.6 kernel series. However, I 
believe, from extensive online searches, that Intel has disabled the N 
functionality in the firmware on Linux, ostensibly until they (you? :-) 
) can fix whatever problem they were seeing. With the demise of the 
Intel Linux Wireless bug tracker, though, public tracking of the bug has 
been impossible. There are now-dead links to the defunct bug tracker 
over this very issue.

Sadly I only get 2 MByte/s on N, and under 1 MByte/s G.

I have not tried another access point in ages. Tired of replacing fried 
Netgears and Dlinks and Belkins, I've converted all my friends and 
families to Apple's access points. I'll try to locate something else and 
see how it goes.

Thanks again,

Steve

On 07/09/13 22:35, Grumbach, Emmanuel wrote:
>>> I understand that it's well-known that N is broken for Linux on this
>>> wireless chipset. You can add me to the list of those suffering under
>>> it. Can you provide me with a status update on work performed towards
>>> resolution of this issue?
>>>
>>> I'm on Debian unstable, kernel 3.9 amd64, using iwlwifi wireless
>>> firmware version 9.221.4.1 build 25532 on a Thinkpad T410, and I'm
>>> connected to an Apple Airport Extreme base station (3rd generation).
>>>
> Is this a regression?
> Has it worked better before?
>
> Also - did you try another access point? I seem to remember that we have had issues against Apple's access points.