Wireless Speed Issues

[Jouni Malinen]

On Tue, Jun 22, 2004 at 10:54:12PM +0000, Brian Sturgill wrote:

> It actually is a speed issue. I used ftp to check speed and the upload from 
> the client rocks but the download sucks. There is definitelty a 
> compatibility issue between Orinoco cards and HostAP.  I tried a pcmcia 
> card and a usb orinoco and both had the same results. Probably a non 
> standard way the orinoco negotiates with the ap.

Would you be able to use a wireless sniffer to capture the packets both
during the association (i.e., the rate negotiation) and during a data
test that shows some odd behavior. The sniffer should be able to store
the used transmit rate in order to be useful for debugging this issue.

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Jouni Malinen                                            PGP id EFC895FA