TCP tests are typically about 60% to 75% of 'air' speed. By 'internal speed' test MDK is referring to built in radio to radio iperf test...
Regards Faisal Imtiaz Snappy Internet& Telecom On 6/28/2010 1:15 PM, Dennis Burgess wrote: > What about TCP? > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > Dennis Burgess, Mikrotik Certified Trainer > Link Technologies, Inc -- Mikrotik& WISP Support Services > Office: 314-735-0270 Website: http://www.linktechs.net > LIVE On-Line Mikrotik Training - Author of "Learn RouterOS" > > > -----Original Message----- > From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On > Behalf Of MDK > Sent: Monday, June 28, 2010 11:03 AM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: [WISPA] Airmax speed > > > I put up a temporary install of a UBNT rocket / sector combination, and > it's at one of my regular AP spots, it sees quite a bit of noise. > > using a nanobridge as a cpe, and with only one other client online... > I > was able, at 4 miles, to get an internal speed test of 120mbit. This > is > using 40 mhz channel. > > It isn't "ideal' conditions, in fact, far from it, as the client end was > looking past an obstruction, in the form of foliage in the fresnel zone, > and the other end sees noise on what unused rf space there is around the > -85 to -90 range. > > I was able, using a 20 mhz channel, to get over 60 mbit throughput. > didn't realize until later I was partially sharing the spectrum with > another ap on the site. > > Impressive. Not so impressive is that at 8.2 miles, with the client > just > peeking over the rooftop of the next door house, and through a tiny gap > in trees a block away, throughput is about 8-12 down and 1-5 up, varies > at > times. 20 mhz channel. > > the internal speed test is used mostly for the speed tests at the short > client, as I didn't have a fast enough machine to shove that much data, > and using speedtest.net tests for the client at 8.2 miles. > > speed tests tended to raise the ping times from 1-6 ms to 8 to 20 ms, > with apparently some random noise caused long pings now and then. > > > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Neofast, Inc, Making internet easy > 541-969-8200 509-386-4589 > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > -------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > -------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/