Network throughput is, to put it mildly, half-baked. Higher values, are they even possible via rt2800usb.ko & Co.? °°°°°°°°°°°°°°° $ iperf -s -i 1 ------------------------------------------------------------ Server listening on TCP port 5001 TCP window size: 85.3 KByte (default) ------------------------------------------------------------ [ 4] local 192.168.2.5 port 5001 connected with 192.168.2.52 port 57150 [ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth [ 4] 0.0- 1.0 sec 1.56 MBytes 13.1 Mbits/sec [ 4] 1.0- 2.0 sec 1.82 MBytes 15.3 Mbits/sec [ 4] 2.0- 3.0 sec 1.74 MBytes 14.6 Mbits/sec [ 4] 3.0- 4.0 sec 1.86 MBytes 15.6 Mbits/sec [ 4] 4.0- 5.0 sec 1.94 MBytes 16.3 Mbits/sec [ 4] 5.0- 6.0 sec 1.92 MBytes 16.1 Mbits/sec [ 4] 6.0- 7.0 sec 1.85 MBytes 15.5 Mbits/sec [ 4] 7.0- 8.0 sec 1.82 MBytes 15.2 Mbits/sec [ 4] 8.0- 9.0 sec 1.75 MBytes 14.7 Mbits/sec [ 4] 9.0-10.0 sec 1.82 MBytes 15.2 Mbits/sec [ 4] 0.0-10.4 sec 18.9 MBytes 15.2 Mbits/sec °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°° $ iperf -c 192.168.2.5 -i 1 ------------------------------------------------------------ Client connecting to 192.168.2.5, TCP port 5001 TCP window size: 85.0 KByte (default) ------------------------------------------------------------ [ 3] local 192.168.2.52 port 57150 connected with 192.168.2.5 port 5001 [ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth [ 3] 0.0- 1.0 sec 1.75 MBytes 14.7 Mbits/sec [ 3] 1.0- 2.0 sec 2.00 MBytes 16.8 Mbits/sec [ 3] 2.0- 3.0 sec 1.75 MBytes 14.7 Mbits/sec [ 3] 3.0- 4.0 sec 1.88 MBytes 15.7 Mbits/sec [ 3] 4.0- 5.0 sec 2.00 MBytes 16.8 Mbits/sec [ 3] 5.0- 6.0 sec 1.88 MBytes 15.7 Mbits/sec [ 3] 6.0- 7.0 sec 1.75 MBytes 14.7 Mbits/sec [ 3] 7.0- 8.0 sec 2.25 MBytes 18.9 Mbits/sec [ 3] 8.0- 9.0 sec 1.38 MBytes 11.5 Mbits/sec [ 3] 9.0-10.0 sec 2.12 MBytes 17.8 Mbits/sec [ 3] 0.0-10.1 sec 18.9 MBytes 15.6 Mbits/sec °°°°°°°°°°°°°°° $ iperf -s -i 1 ------------------------------------------------------------ Server listening on TCP port 5001 TCP window size: 85.3 KByte (default) ------------------------------------------------------------ [ 4] local 192.168.2.52 port 5001 connected with 192.168.2.5 port 49178 [ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth [ 4] 0.0- 1.0 sec 3.24 MBytes 27.2 Mbits/sec [ 4] 1.0- 2.0 sec 3.58 MBytes 30.0 Mbits/sec [ 4] 2.0- 3.0 sec 4.11 MBytes 34.5 Mbits/sec [ 4] 3.0- 4.0 sec 4.44 MBytes 37.2 Mbits/sec [ 4] 4.0- 5.0 sec 4.71 MBytes 39.5 Mbits/sec [ 4] 5.0- 6.0 sec 4.64 MBytes 39.0 Mbits/sec [ 4] 6.0- 7.0 sec 4.49 MBytes 37.7 Mbits/sec [ 4] 7.0- 8.0 sec 4.61 MBytes 38.6 Mbits/sec [ 4] 8.0- 9.0 sec 4.43 MBytes 37.2 Mbits/sec [ 4] 9.0-10.0 sec 4.66 MBytes 39.1 Mbits/sec [ 4] 0.0-10.1 sec 43.5 MBytes 36.0 Mbits/sec °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°° $ iperf -c 192.168.2.52 -i 1 ------------------------------------------------------------ Client connecting to 192.168.2.52, TCP port 5001 TCP window size: 85.0 KByte (default) ------------------------------------------------------------ [ 3] local 192.168.2.5 port 49178 connected with 192.168.2.52 port 5001 [ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth [ 3] 0.0- 1.0 sec 3.62 MBytes 30.4 Mbits/sec [ 3] 1.0- 2.0 sec 3.62 MBytes 30.4 Mbits/sec [ 3] 2.0- 3.0 sec 4.12 MBytes 34.6 Mbits/sec [ 3] 3.0- 4.0 sec 4.38 MBytes 36.7 Mbits/sec [ 3] 4.0- 5.0 sec 4.88 MBytes 40.9 Mbits/sec [ 3] 5.0- 6.0 sec 4.75 MBytes 39.8 Mbits/sec [ 3] 6.0- 7.0 sec 4.38 MBytes 36.7 Mbits/sec [ 3] 7.0- 8.0 sec 4.88 MBytes 40.9 Mbits/sec [ 3] 8.0- 9.0 sec 4.25 MBytes 35.7 Mbits/sec [ 3] 9.0-10.0 sec 4.50 MBytes 37.7 Mbits/sec [ 3] 0.0-10.0 sec 43.5 MBytes 36.5 Mbits/sec °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°° # lsusb -d 148f:3070 -v Bus 002 Device 003: ID 148f:3070 Ralink Technology, Corp. RT2870/RT3070 Wireless Adapter Device Descriptor: bLength 18 bDescriptorType 1 bcdUSB 2.00 bDeviceClass 0 (Defined at Interface level) bDeviceSubClass 0 bDeviceProtocol 0 bMaxPacketSize0 64 idVendor 0x148f Ralink Technology, Corp. idProduct 0x3070 RT2870/RT3070 Wireless Adapter bcdDevice 1.01 iManufacturer 1 Ralink iProduct 2 802.11 n WLAN iSerial 3 1.0 bNumConfigurations 1 Configuration Descriptor: bLength 9 bDescriptorType 2 wTotalLength 67 bNumInterfaces 1 bConfigurationValue 1 iConfiguration 0 bmAttributes 0x80 (Bus Powered) MaxPower 450mA Interface Descriptor: bLength 9 bDescriptorType 4 bInterfaceNumber 0 bAlternateSetting 0 bNumEndpoints 7 bInterfaceClass 255 Vendor Specific Class bInterfaceSubClass 255 Vendor Specific Subclass bInterfaceProtocol 255 Vendor Specific Protocol iInterface 5 1.0 Endpoint Descriptor: bLength 7 bDescriptorType 5 bEndpointAddress 0x81 EP 1 IN bmAttributes 2 Transfer Type Bulk Synch Type None Usage Type Data wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes bInterval 0 Endpoint Descriptor: bLength 7 bDescriptorType 5 bEndpointAddress 0x01 EP 1 OUT bmAttributes 2 Transfer Type Bulk Synch Type None Usage Type Data wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes bInterval 0 Endpoint Descriptor: bLength 7 bDescriptorType 5 bEndpointAddress 0x02 EP 2 OUT bmAttributes 2 Transfer Type Bulk Synch Type None Usage Type Data wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes bInterval 0 Endpoint Descriptor: bLength 7 bDescriptorType 5 bEndpointAddress 0x03 EP 3 OUT bmAttributes 2 Transfer Type Bulk Synch Type None Usage Type Data wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes bInterval 0 Endpoint Descriptor: bLength 7 bDescriptorType 5 bEndpointAddress 0x04 EP 4 OUT bmAttributes 2 Transfer Type Bulk Synch Type None Usage Type Data wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes bInterval 0 Endpoint Descriptor: bLength 7 bDescriptorType 5 bEndpointAddress 0x05 EP 5 OUT bmAttributes 2 Transfer Type Bulk Synch Type None Usage Type Data wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes bInterval 0 Endpoint Descriptor: bLength 7 bDescriptorType 5 bEndpointAddress 0x06 EP 6 OUT bmAttributes 2 Transfer Type Bulk Synch Type None Usage Type Data wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes bInterval 0 Device Qualifier (for other device speed): bLength 10 bDescriptorType 6 bcdUSB 2.00 bDeviceClass 0 (Defined at Interface level) bDeviceSubClass 0 bDeviceProtocol 0 bMaxPacketSize0 64 bNumConfigurations 1 Device Status: 0x0000 (Bus Powered) °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°° $ modinfo rt2800usb -n /lib/modules/3.17.2-200.fc20.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800usb.ko.xz °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°° # dmesg -t | grep 'rt2\|2-3' usb 2-3: new high-speed USB device number 3 using ehci-pci usb 2-3: New USB device found, idVendor=148f, idProduct=3070 usb 2-3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3 usb 2-3: Product: 802.11 n WLAN usb 2-3: Manufacturer: Ralink usb 2-3: SerialNumber: 1.0 usb 2-3: reset high-speed USB device number 3 using ehci-pci ieee80211 phy0: rt2x00_set_rt: Info - RT chipset 3070, rev 0201 detected ieee80211 phy0: rt2x00_set_rf: Info - RF chipset 0005 detected usbcore: registered new interface driver rt2800usb rt2800usb 2-3:1.0 wlp0s4f1u3: renamed from wlan0 ieee80211 phy0: rt2x00lib_request_firmware: Info - Loading firmware file 'rt2870.bin' ieee80211 phy0: rt2x00lib_request_firmware: Info - Firmware detected - version: 0.29 °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°° # iwconfig wlp0s4f1u3 wlp0s4f1u3 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:"AP1" Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: 00:01:02:03:04:05 Bit Rate=45 Mb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm Retry short limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Encryption key:off Power Management:off Link Quality=70/70 Signal level=-17 dBm Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:1414 Invalid misc:18505 Missed beacon:0 °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°° # iw wlp0s4f1u3 info Interface wlp0s4f1u3 ifindex 5 wdev 0x1 addr 00:02:04:08:04:02 type managed wiphy 0 channel 6 (2437 MHz), width: 40 MHz, center1: 2427 MHz °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°° # iw wlp0s4f1u3 link Connected to 00:01:02:03:04:05 (on wlp0s4f1u3) SSID: AP1 freq: 2437 RX: 3943127090 bytes (5404885 packets) TX: 235612402 bytes (2728395 packets) signal: -17 dBm tx bitrate: 45.0 MBit/s MCS 2 40MHz short GI bss flags: short-slot-time dtim period: 1 beacon int: 100 °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°° # iw wlp0s4f1u3 station dump Station 00:01:02:03:04:05 (on wlp0s4f1u3) inactive time: 0 ms rx bytes: 3943288404 rx packets: 5404992 tx bytes: 235616874 tx packets: 2728447 tx retries: 567959 tx failed: 1414 signal: -17 dBm signal avg: -17 dBm tx bitrate: 45.0 MBit/s MCS 2 40MHz short GI rx bitrate: 108.0 MBit/s MCS 5 40MHz authorized: yes authenticated: yes preamble: long WMM/WME: yes MFP: no TDLS peer: no °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°° # iw wlp0s4f1u3 scan | grep associated -A50 BSS 00:01:02:03:04:05(on wlp0s4f1u3) -- associated TSF: 132040964986 usec (1d, 12:40:40) freq: 2437 beacon interval: 100 TUs capability: ESS Privacy ShortSlotTime (0x0411) signal: -13.00 dBm last seen: 176 ms ago Information elements from Probe Response frame: SSID: AP1 Supported rates: 1.0* 2.0* 5.5* 11.0* 6.0 9.0 12.0 18.0 DS Parameter set: channel 6 ERP: <no flags> Extended supported rates: 24.0 36.0 48.0 54.0 HT capabilities: Capabilities: 0x186e HT20/HT40 SM Power Save disabled RX HT20 SGI RX HT40 SGI No RX STBC Max AMSDU length: 7935 bytes DSSS/CCK HT40 Maximum RX AMPDU length 32767 bytes (exponent: 0x002) Minimum RX AMPDU time spacing: 16 usec (0x07) HT RX MCS rate indexes supported: 0-15 HT TX MCS rate indexes are undefined HT operation: * primary channel: 6 * secondary channel offset: below * STA channel width: any * RIFS: 0 * HT protection: no * non-GF present: 0 * OBSS non-GF present: 0 * dual beacon: 0 * dual CTS protection: 0 * STBC beacon: 0 * L-SIG TXOP Prot: 0 * PCO active: 0 * PCO phase: 0 RSN: * Version: 1 * Group cipher: CCMP * Pairwise ciphers: CCMP * Authentication suites: PSK * Capabilities: 1-PTKSA-RC 1-GTKSA-RC (0x0000) WMM: * Parameter version 1 * BE: CW 15-1023, AIFSN 3 * BK: CW 15-1023, AIFSN 7 * VI: CW 7-15, AIFSN 2, TXOP 3008 usec * VO: CW 3-7, AIFSN 2, TXOP 1504 usec °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°° # iw list / iw phy0 info Wiphy phy0 max # scan SSIDs: 4 max scan IEs length: 2257 bytes Coverage class: 0 (up to 0m) Device supports RSN-IBSS. Supported Ciphers: * WEP40 (00-0f-ac:1) * WEP104 (00-0f-ac:5) * TKIP (00-0f-ac:2) * CCMP (00-0f-ac:4) Available Antennas: TX 0 RX 0 Supported interface modes: * IBSS * managed * AP * AP/VLAN * WDS * monitor * mesh point Band 1: Capabilities: 0x172 HT20/HT40 Static SM Power Save RX Greenfield RX HT20 SGI RX HT40 SGI RX STBC 1-stream Max AMSDU length: 3839 bytes No DSSS/CCK HT40 Maximum RX AMPDU length 65535 bytes (exponent: 0x003) Minimum RX AMPDU time spacing: 2 usec (0x04) HT RX MCS rate indexes supported: 0-7, 32 TX unequal modulation not supported HT TX Max spatial streams: 1 HT TX MCS rate indexes supported may differ 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 Frequencies: * 2412 MHz [1] (20.0 dBm) * 2417 MHz [2] (20.0 dBm) * 2422 MHz [3] (20.0 dBm) * 2427 MHz [4] (20.0 dBm) * 2432 MHz [5] (20.0 dBm) * 2437 MHz [6] (20.0 dBm) * 2442 MHz [7] (20.0 dBm) * 2447 MHz [8] (20.0 dBm) * 2452 MHz [9] (20.0 dBm) * 2457 MHz [10] (20.0 dBm) * 2462 MHz [11] (20.0 dBm) * 2467 MHz [12] (20.0 dBm) * 2472 MHz [13] (20.0 dBm) * 2484 MHz [14] (disabled) Supported commands: * new_interface * set_interface * new_key * start_ap * new_station * new_mpath * set_mesh_config * set_bss * authenticate * associate * deauthenticate * disassociate * join_ibss * join_mesh * set_tx_bitrate_mask * frame * frame_wait_cancel * set_wiphy_netns * set_channel * set_wds_peer * probe_client * set_noack_map * register_beacons * start_p2p_device * set_mcast_rate * Unknown command (104) * connect * disconnect Supported TX frame types: * IBSS: 0x00 0x10 0x20 0x30 0x40 0x50 0x60 0x70 0x80 0x90 0xa0 0xb0 0xc0 0xd0 0xe0 0xf0 * managed: 0x00 0x10 0x20 0x30 0x40 0x50 0x60 0x70 0x80 0x90 0xa0 0xb0 0xc0 0xd0 0xe0 0xf0 * AP: 0x00 0x10 0x20 0x30 0x40 0x50 0x60 0x70 0x80 0x90 0xa0 0xb0 0xc0 0xd0 0xe0 0xf0 * AP/VLAN: 0x00 0x10 0x20 0x30 0x40 0x50 0x60 0x70 0x80 0x90 0xa0 0xb0 0xc0 0xd0 0xe0 0xf0 * mesh point: 0x00 0x10 0x20 0x30 0x40 0x50 0x60 0x70 0x80 0x90 0xa0 0xb0 0xc0 0xd0 0xe0 0xf0 * P2P-client: 0x00 0x10 0x20 0x30 0x40 0x50 0x60 0x70 0x80 0x90 0xa0 0xb0 0xc0 0xd0 0xe0 0xf0 * P2P-GO: 0x00 0x10 0x20 0x30 0x40 0x50 0x60 0x70 0x80 0x90 0xa0 0xb0 0xc0 0xd0 0xe0 0xf0 * P2P-device: 0x00 0x10 0x20 0x30 0x40 0x50 0x60 0x70 0x80 0x90 0xa0 0xb0 0xc0 0xd0 0xe0 0xf0 Supported RX frame types: * IBSS: 0x40 0xb0 0xc0 0xd0 * managed: 0x40 0xd0 * AP: 0x00 0x20 0x40 0xa0 0xb0 0xc0 0xd0 * AP/VLAN: 0x00 0x20 0x40 0xa0 0xb0 0xc0 0xd0 * mesh point: 0xb0 0xc0 0xd0 * P2P-client: 0x40 0xd0 * P2P-GO: 0x00 0x20 0x40 0xa0 0xb0 0xc0 0xd0 * P2P-device: 0x40 0xd0 software interface modes (can always be added): * AP/VLAN * monitor valid interface combinations: * #{ AP, mesh point } <= 8, total <= 8, #channels <= 1 HT Capability overrides: * MCS: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff * maximum A-MSDU length * supported channel width * short GI for 40 MHz * max A-MPDU length exponent * min MPDU start spacing Device supports TX status socket option. Device supports HT-IBSS. Device supports low priority scan. Device supports scan flush. Device supports AP scan. °°°°°°°° poma -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html