Support for QCA6174 [168c:003e]

[Michael Krupp]

Hello Michał


yes, I checked the actual performance via netcat, scp and rsync. I'll report
back once I have tested against another AP.


Michael


On 10/27/2015 07:22 AM, Michal Kazior wrote:
> On 26 October 2015 at 22:18, Michael Krupp <michaelkrupp at gmx.net> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>>
>> I managed to get it (sort of) working with the eeprom extracted from the
>> windows
>> driversand thefirmware from kvalo's ath10k-repo on GitHub.See more details
>> below.
>>
>> Unfortunately I only get a bandwidth of about 2Mb/s connected to a 54Mb/s
>> AP.Is
>> this a known limitation to ath10k right now, or may there be a way to get it
>> working at full speed?
>>
>>
>> Also, thank You Michał for pointing me the right direction and helping make
>> it
>> usable, at least.
>>
>> --
> [...]
>> # iwconfig wlp7s0:
>>
>> wlp7s0    IEEE 802.11abgn  ESSID:"[REMOVED]"
>>           Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.457 GHz  Access Point: 00:24:FE:A8:2C:55
>>           Bit Rate=1 Mb/s   Tx-Power=20 dBm
>>           Retry short limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
>>           Encryption key:off
>>           Power Management:on
>>           Link Quality=69/70  Signal level=-41 dBm
>>           Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
>>           Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:32 Missed beacon:0
> 
> Did you actually check the performance? The driver doesn't report tx
> rate properly due to firmware limitation so it always reports 1mbps or
> 6mbps to userspace tools.
> 
> Sidenote: `iwconfig` is deprecated. `iw` is the go-to wireless tool now.
> 
> 
> Michał
> 
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