Re: [rt2x00-users] MediaTek Inc. MT7601U Wireless Adapter

[Andreas Hartmann <andihartmann@freenet.de>]

poma wrote:
> 
> A new patch[1] mainly based on patches at 
> https://github.com/ashaffer/rt3573sta
> and several network throughput tests via the Iperf.
> Tested with kernels:
> - 3.15.10-200.fc20.x86_64
> - 3.16.1-301.fc21.x86_64
> - 3.17.0-0.rc2.git3.1.fc22.x86_64
> - 3.16.1-301.fc21.i686
> - 3.17.0-0.rc2.git3.1.fc22.i686
> 
> <Proximity>
> Wi-Fi <~20cm LOS~> AP(Wi-Fi <-bridge-> 100Mbit switch) <-> Ethernet
> 
> <AP>
> # iwconfig ra0
> ra0       RTWIFI SoftAP  ESSID:"Geppetto"  
>           Mode:Managed  Channel=13  Access Point: 00:22:44:66:88:aa   
>           Bit Rate=150 Mb/s   
> </AP>
>           
> <Wi-Fi>
> $ iwconfig ra0 
> ra0       Ralink STA  ESSID:"Geppetto"  Nickname:"MT7601STA"
>           Mode:Managed  Frequency=2.472 GHz  Access Point: 00:22:44:66:88:aa   
>           Bit Rate=150 Mb/s   
>           RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
>           Link Quality=100/100  Signal level:-22 dBm  Noise level:-53 dBm
>           Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
>           Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0
> </Wi-Fi>
> 
> <Ethernet>
> $ ifconfig bridge0
> bridge0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
>         inet 192.168.2.2  netmask 255.255.255.0  broadcast 192.168.2.255
>         ether 00:12:34:56:78:90  txqueuelen 0  (Ethernet)
>         RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
>         TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0
> </Ethernet>
> 
> <Ethernet-TCP>
> $ iperf -s -i 1
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> Server listening on TCP port 5001
> TCP window size: 85.3 KByte (default)
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> [  4] local 192.168.2.2 port 5001 connected with 192.168.2.36 port 58536
> [ ID] Interval       Transfer     Bandwidth
> [  4]  0.0- 1.0 sec  10.6 MBytes  88.9 Mbits/sec
> [  4]  1.0- 2.0 sec  11.2 MBytes  94.1 Mbits/sec
> [  4]  2.0- 3.0 sec  11.2 MBytes  94.1 Mbits/sec
> [  4]  3.0- 4.0 sec  11.2 MBytes  94.1 Mbits/sec
> [  4]  4.0- 5.0 sec  11.2 MBytes  94.1 Mbits/sec
> [  4]  5.0- 6.0 sec  11.2 MBytes  94.1 Mbits/sec
> [  4]  6.0- 7.0 sec  11.2 MBytes  94.1 Mbits/sec
> [  4]  7.0- 8.0 sec  11.2 MBytes  94.1 Mbits/sec
> [  4]  8.0- 9.0 sec  11.2 MBytes  94.1 Mbits/sec
> [  4]  9.0-10.0 sec  11.2 MBytes  94.1 Mbits/sec
> [  4]  0.0-10.1 sec   113 MBytes  93.6 Mbits/sec
> </Ethernet-TCP>

...

Thanks for providing test results. With respect to the bottleneck fast
ethernet switch in between and that it is most probably a 1x1:1 mimo
config according[1], they are fine!

The 64bit patch you attached is fine for use with tunneling, like vxlan,
too!


Regards,
Andreas

[1] (one line)
https://wikidevi.com/wiki/Special:Ask?title=Special:Ask&q=[[Chip1+model::~MT7601U*]]&po=?Interface%250D%250A?Form+factor=FF%250D%250A?Interface+connector+type=USB+conn.%250D%250A?FCC+ID%250D%250A?Manuf%250D%250A?Manuf+product+model=Manuf.+mdl%250D%250A?Vendor+ID%250D%250A?Device+ID%250D%250A?Chip1+model%250D%250A?Supported+802dot11+protocols=PHY+modes%250D%250A?MIMO+config%250D%250A?OUI%250D%250A?Estimated+year+of+release=Est.+year&eq=yes&p[format]=broadtable&order[0]=ASC&sort_num=&order_num=ASC&p[limit]=500&p[offset]=&p[link]=all&p[sort]=&p[headers]=show&p[mainlabel]=&p[intro]=&p[outro]=&p[searchlabel]=…+further+results&p[default]=&p[class]=sortable+wikitable+smwtable