joshua stein wrote:
> On Thu, 14 Oct 2021 at 09:21:18 +0200, Stefan Hagen wrote:
> > This ramp up time is reproducible. It always starts slower in the first
> > 1 or 2 seconds and then ramps up to full speed.
> 
> I've observed this in ethernet transfers on OpenBSD for a long time, 
> it's not limited to WiFi.
> 

I see it, but only upstream. This is the upper link speed end for the
iperf3 server (FreeBSD) as well, so the test may be skewed.

Ethernet:

[x13](0)(~)$ iperf3 -c 192.168.1.20
Connecting to host 192.168.1.20, port 5201
[  5] local 192.168.1.69 port 37380 connected to 192.168.1.20 port 5201
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate
[  5]   0.00-1.00   sec   104 MBytes   876 Mbits/sec
[  5]   1.00-2.00   sec   104 MBytes   870 Mbits/sec
[  5]   2.00-3.00   sec   104 MBytes   870 Mbits/sec
[  5]   3.00-4.00   sec   104 MBytes   870 Mbits/sec

[x13](1)(~)$ iperf3 -R -c 192.168.1.20
Connecting to host 192.168.1.20, port 5201
Reverse mode, remote host 192.168.1.20 is sending
[  5] local 192.168.1.69 port 44067 connected to 192.168.1.20 port 5201
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate
[  5]   0.00-1.00   sec  78.9 MBytes   662 Mbits/sec
[  5]   1.00-2.00   sec   110 MBytes   924 Mbits/sec
[  5]   2.00-3.00   sec   111 MBytes   929 Mbits/sec
[  5]   3.00-4.00   sec   110 MBytes   926 Mbits/sec

Best regards,
Stefan

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