[ath9k] AR5008/AR5416 802.11n wireless card performs very slowly
Bug #298192 reported by
Aaron Kelley
This bug affects 4 people
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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linux (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Using Ubuntu 8.10.
I have a wireless card with the Atheros AR5008 chipset (802.11n), and it uses the ath9k driver. The performance of this card in Ubuntu is terrible.
On an 802.11n network, where I often connect in Windows or OS X at a reported speed of 130 mbps (with none of these speed issues); iwconfig in Ubuntu reports that I am connected at 1 mbps. I do not know if the information iwconfig is presenting is accurate, however, there is a noticeable drop in the speed of local transfers (i.e., transferring files over a LAN is very slow, controlling a machine via VNC crawls). Switching to a 100 mbps resolves all speed issues, when the difference shouldn't be that noticeable.
Changed in linux (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
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Clarification:
> Switching to a 100 mbps resolves all speed issues, when the difference shouldn't be that noticeable.
I meant using a wired connection here. :-P