If the access points are very close together, you might also try turning down TX power on both ends.
What is the dBm reported by iw station dump at each end? Anything below 60dBm might indicate the radios are talking way too loud. On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 7:09 PM, Ray Gibson <rgib...@futurec.net> wrote: > Hello, > > I've just spent the last few hours reading many threads in the archives > from this list. I'm hoping someone may be able to help me, else I think I > have a batch of bad radios. > > Summary: hardware is two identical routerstation pros running OpenWRT > bleeding edge from 2012-03-14 (with a compat-wireless from february I > believe). SR71-A (ath9k) radio in each. > > I'm bringing up the interfaces in each like this: > > iw phy0 interface add wlan0 type mp > iw phy0 set channel 36 HT40+ > iw wlan0 set meshid TheMeshID > ifconfig wlan0 up > brctl addif br-lan wlan0 > > Running iperf in either direction produces a range of 13-16 Mbits/sec when > I can point to countless examples in the mailing list archives that show > people getting significantly higher bandwidth. > > While pushing my test through, an `iw dev wlan0 station dump` on either > node often shows the bitrates at: > > 300.0 MBit/s MCS 15 40Mhz short GI > > I'm getting similar, if not poorer results on higher 5ghz channels (149+, > 157+). Am I horribly misconfiguring something or is it my hardware? My > antennas are 3x3 panels spaced about 10 meters apart. > > Thanks for any insight, > > -- > Ray Gibson > Future Concepts IS Inc. > 909-593-6705 x2096 > > > > > This communication constitutes an electronic communication within the > meaning of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 USC 2510, and its > disclosure is strictly limited to the recipient intended by the sender of > this message. This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are proprietary > and intended for the sole use of the individual or entity to whom they are > addressed. They are not to be viewed, shared, copied or forwarded, > regardless to whom, without the expressed permission of Future Concepts > I.S., Inc. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the > sender and immediately delete it from your system. Thank you. > > ______________________________**_________________ > openwrt-devel mailing list > openwrt-devel@lists.openwrt.**org <openwrt-devel@lists.openwrt.org> > https://lists.openwrt.org/**mailman/listinfo/openwrt-devel<https://lists.openwrt.org/mailman/listinfo/openwrt-devel> > -- Ben West http://gowasabi.net b...@gowasabi.net
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