>> Hm.. found here one report about bad perfomance on this driver >> https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2312343 >> >> affected persons seems to use WEP encryption. >> >> What encryption do are you using? I just wish I could do some testing on a single machine. Every test suite I've seen always involves 2 machines. Why can't I use the wifi chip on the mother board and the ar9271(a usb stick) to test basic communications on the ar9271. The problem is I don't know where to begin. Bruce