On Tue, 29 Jul 2014, Larry Finger wrote:
You should try the experimental firmware file from
https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/egrumbach/linux-firmware.git/plain/iwlwifi-7260-9.ucode?h=Core6.
I am currently testing it and getting throughput of 60 Mbps on the 2.4 GHz band,
and 90 Mbps at 5 GHz.
For what it's worth - on both this experimental firmware and previous
revisions, I can do > 200Mbps to the public internet (on my office
internet connection), with 13 other users currently on the same AP as me
(the APs are Cisco 3702i's managed by a Cisco 2504.) This is (obviously)
on the 5ghz band, with VHT enabled. I've had issues with occasional
'dropouts' with this card, where traffic will randomly stop passing and/or
ping times will jump to > 10s; sometimes it clears up on its own,
somethings I have to re-associate to the AP to get it to stop. I'm hoping
the new firmware and/or the newest Cisco WLC build fixes it; testing now.
Borislav - you didn't mention what firmware revision you are running; if
you aren't on one of the -9 builds, I'd highly recommend moving to it.
I do have the following set in
/etc/modprobe.d/iwlwifi-disable-powersave.conf:
"options iwlwifi power_save=0 bt_coex_active=0"
Once I move to 3.16, I'll probably try turning both of those features back
on, and see what happens.
Here's a speedtest result; I've gotten better, but this is representative
of my average speeds:
http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/3655207245
In any case - this card _is_ capable of decent speeds for sure!
-Nate
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