On Thu, 29 Mar 2007, Larry Finger wrote:

> Also on the FTP site are two Perl scripts for testing. One of them 
> (perf_test.pl) uses an Iperf
> server somewhere on your LAN. The other (file_test.pl) works with an NFS 
> server on your LAN to
> measure transfer rates.
>

Here is somet testing from me on my BCM4311 with a 2050 radio, the laptop 
was about 8 feet away from the AP.

Rate set to 5.5 Mbs with iwconfig
Transmit rate: 18.4 18.5 18.4 18.5 18.5 Mbits/sec, Max: 18.5, Min: 18.4, 
Average: 18.5, Sigma: 0.0
  Receive rate: 18.6 18.5 18.5 18.5 18.5 Mbits/sec, Max: 18.6, Min: 18.5, 
Average: 18.5, Sigma: 0.0

Rate set to 6 Mbs with iwconfig
Transmit rate: 16.5 18.2 18.4 18.4 13.8 Mbits/sec, Max: 18.4, Min: 13.8, 
Average: 17.1, Sigma: 1.8
  Receive rate: 18.3 18.3 18.4 17.5 14.9 Mbits/sec, Max: 18.4, Min: 14.9, 
Average: 17.5, Sigma: 1.3

Rate set to 9 Mbs with iwconfig
Transmit rate: 14.6 13.2 14.8 15.2 16.6 Mbits/sec, Max: 16.6, Min: 13.2, 
Average: 14.9, Sigma: 1.1
  Receive rate: 13.9 15.0 16.0 16.2 16.6 Mbits/sec, Max: 16.6, Min: 13.9, 
Average: 15.5, Sigma: 1.0

Rate set to 11 Mbs with iwconfig
Transmit rate: 16.3 14.3 11.3 10.7 11.2 Mbits/sec, Max: 16.3, Min: 10.7, 
Average: 12.8, Sigma: 2.2
  Receive rate: 15.1 15.5 9.76 11.6 13.5 Mbits/sec, Max: 15.5, Min: 9.8, 
Average: 13.1, Sigma: 2.2


Rate set to 18 Mbs with iwconfig
Transmit rate: 16.2 18.5 18.5 18.3 18.1 Mbits/sec, Max: 18.5, Min: 16.2, 
Average: 17.9, Sigma: 0.9
  Receive rate: 17.1 18.4 18.1 18.2 17.9 Mbits/sec, Max: 18.4, Min: 17.1, 
Average: 17.9, Sigma: 0.4

Rate set to 24 Mbs with iwconfig
Transmit rate: 18.3 17.9 17.2 18.2 18.5 Mbits/sec, Max: 18.5, Min: 17.2, 
Average: 18.0, Sigma: 0.5
  Receive rate: 18.2 17.3 17.3 18.5 18.5 Mbits/sec, Max: 18.5, Min: 17.3, 
Average: 18.0, Sigma: 0.5

Rate set to 36 Mbs with iwconfig
Transmit rate: 18.6 18.6 18.5 18.3 16.9 Mbits/sec, Max: 18.6, Min: 16.9, 
Average: 18.2, Sigma: 0.6
  Receive rate: 18.7 18.4 18.4 16.8 17.2 Mbits/sec, Max: 18.7, Min: 16.8, 
Average: 17.9, Sigma: 0.8

Rate set to 48 Mbs with iwconfig
Transmit rate: 15.9 17.0 15.8 18.5 17.9 Mbits/sec, Max: 18.5, Min: 15.8, 
Average: 17.0, Sigma: 1.1
  Receive rate: 18.0 18.3 18.2 18.4 18.5 Mbits/sec, Max: 18.5, Min: 18.0, 
Average: 18.3, Sigma: 0.2


To put this in perspective here is what I got from the same setup using 
the ndiswrapper and the windows driver:

Rate set to 5.5 Mbs with iwconfig
Transmit rate: 4.23 4.19 4.27 4.26 4.29 Mbits/sec, Max: 4.29, Min: 4.19, 
Average: 4.25, Sigma: 0.03
  Receive rate: 13.3 13.0 12.7 13.2 13.2 Mbits/sec, Max: 13.3, Min: 12.7, 
Average: 13.1, Sigma: 0.2

Rate set to 6 Mbs with iwconfig
Transmit rate: 4.51 4.43 4.59 4.61 4.45 Mbits/sec, Max: 4.61, Min: 4.43, 
Average: 4.52, Sigma: 0.07
  Receive rate: 16.5 16.0 16.3 15.2 16.4 Mbits/sec, Max: 16.5, Min: 15.2, 
Average: 16.1, Sigma: 0.5

Rate set to 9 Mbs with iwconfig
Transmit rate: 6.39 6.11 6.36 6.42 6.36 Mbits/sec, Max: 6.42, Min: 6.11, 
Average: 6.33, Sigma: 0.11
  Receive rate: 16.2 16.9 16.8 16.9 16.5 Mbits/sec, Max: 16.9, Min: 16.2, 
Average: 16.7, Sigma: 0.3

Rate set to 11 Mbs with iwconfig
Transmit rate: 6.74 6.86 6.82 6.74 6.85 Mbits/sec, Max: 6.86, Min: 6.74, 
Average: 6.80, Sigma: 0.05
  Receive rate: 14.0 14.0 14.0 13.9 14.0 Mbits/sec, Max: 14.0, Min: 13.9, 
Average: 14.0, Sigma: 0.0

Rate set to 18 Mbs with iwconfig
Transmit rate: 10.8 10.9 10.8 10.8 10.8 Mbits/sec, Max: 10.9, Min: 10.8, 
Average: 10.8, Sigma: 0.0
  Receive rate: 17.4 17.4 17.9 17.8 17.7 Mbits/sec, Max: 17.9, Min: 17.4, 
Average: 17.6, Sigma: 0.2

Rate set to 24 Mbs with iwconfig
Transmit rate: 12.9 13.0 13.2 13.0 12.9 Mbits/sec, Max: 13.2, Min: 12.9, 
Average: 13.0, Sigma: 0.1
  Receive rate: 17.9 17.9 18.0 18.1 17.8 Mbits/sec, Max: 18.1, Min: 17.8, 
Average: 17.9, Sigma: 0.1

Rate set to 36 Mbs with iwconfig
Transmit rate: 16.3 16.1 15.9 16.0 16.1 Mbits/sec, Max: 16.3, Min: 15.9, 
Average: 16.1, Sigma: 0.1
  Receive rate: 18.3 17.3 17.5 18.1 18.1 Mbits/sec, Max: 18.3, Min: 17.3, 
Average: 17.9, Sigma: 0.4

Rate set to 48 Mbs with iwconfig
Transmit rate: 17.6 17.6 17.6 17.7 17.3 Mbits/sec, Max: 17.7, Min: 17.3, 
Average: 17.6, Sigma: 0.1
  Receive rate: 18.3 18.2 18.2 18.3 18.4 Mbits/sec, Max: 18.4, Min: 18.2, 
Average: 18.3, Sigma: 0.1


At this point now I'd feel pretty comfortable getting rid of the 
ndiswrapper stuff completely now.  Thanks for your excellent work on this 
everybody :)

-Aaron
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