In F16, Atheros AR5008 being restricted to 18mb/s

[Steven Stern]

On 05/20/2012 05:55 PM, JD wrote:
> $ iwconfig wlan0
> wlan0     IEEE 802.11bgn  ESSID:"Private"
>           Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.452 GHz  Access Point:
> 00:AA:BB:CC:DD:EE
>           Bit Rate=18 Mb/s   Tx-Power=27 dBm
>           Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr=2346 B   Fragment thr=2346 B
>           Power Management:off
>           Link Quality=58/70  Signal level=-52 dBm
>           Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
>           Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:32   Missed beacon:0
> 
> I have tried to force 54G, to no avail:
> 
> # iwconfig wlan0 rate 54G
> # iwconfig wlan0
> wlan0     IEEE 802.11bgn  ESSID:"Sean&Anna"
>           Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.452 GHz  Access Point:
> 00:1D:5A:C8:91:C1
>           Bit Rate=18 Mb/s   Tx-Power=27 dBm
>           Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr=2346 B   Fragment thr=2346 B
>           Encryption key:off <<<---- Not true!! Do not know why iwconfig
> is saying this.
>           Power Management:off
>           Link Quality=57/70  Signal level=-53 dBm
>           Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
>           Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:62   Missed beacon:0
> 
> Is the router capable of limiting the rate selectively for some wifi
> clients
> and not others? I have checked 2 other computers on  wifi, and they
> are at 54G.
> 
> 
> 
> 
I have an Atheros (D-link) card that says it's at 54M, but I rarely get
24M when going to other computers on the lan... usually about 11M.  Your
link quality seems better than mine.


$ iwconfig wlan0
wlan0     IEEE 802.11bg  ESSID:"Bandit"
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.422 GHz  Access Point:
00:18:E7:F7:50:2A
          Bit Rate=54 Mb/s   Tx-Power=27 dBm
          Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality=45/70  Signal level=-65 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:1  Invalid misc:1598   Missed beacon:0



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-- Steve