wifi limited to 180KBps

[Tomas Quintero]

On 4/29/05, Chris Richards <chrisric at routemaster.net> wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
> 
> I have installed a Netgear 802.11b (MA311) PCI card into my freebsd box
> but I can't get it to transfer data faster than 180KBps in either
> direction. I have tried the card in 2 freebsd boxes one running 5.1
> Release and the other 5.4 Stable, no difference. I also ran trafshow on
> wi0 and the traffic looks to come in bursts.
> 
> I have included my config below, can anyone see a problem?
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> -Chris

Have you considered the possibility that it's because you are running
802.11b, which is stuck at 11Mbps. Rough math puts that at 1MB/s.
Rougher math says after overhead etc., perhaps theres a large CONCRETE
wall between yourself and the WAP. All things to consider.

I haven't ever used wireless on anything other than my laptop, but I
do notice this

> TX rate (selection):                    [ 11 ]
> TX rate (actual speed):                 [ 2 ]

Could that be assumed to be 11Mbps selected, and 2Mbps actual speed.
Again after rough math, 2Mbps would equate to around 200KB/s, or in
your case 180KB/s.

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-Tomas Quintero