ATH5K Performance Note: Initial ping includes the ARP time, thus showing over 9000ms for both attempts, however note that individual icmp sequences are significantly lower with NDIS Wrapper All testing conducted with WPA2 security enabled. Kernel Module ppokeefe@pokeefe-laptop:~$ ping 10.0.0.254 PING 10.0.0.254 (10.0.0.254) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 10.0.0.254: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=138 ms 64 bytes from 10.0.0.254: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=13.6 ms 64 bytes from 10.0.0.254: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=13.9 ms 64 bytes from 10.0.0.254: icmp_seq=4 ttl=64 time=37.7 ms 64 bytes from 10.0.0.254: icmp_seq=5 ttl=64 time=17.5 ms 64 bytes from 10.0.0.254: icmp_seq=6 ttl=64 time=6.16 ms 64 bytes from 10.0.0.254: icmp_seq=7 ttl=64 time=3.26 ms 64 bytes from 10.0.0.254: icmp_seq=8 ttl=64 time=16.8 ms 64 bytes from 10.0.0.254: icmp_seq=9 ttl=64 time=5.25 ms 64 bytes from 10.0.0.254: icmp_seq=10 ttl=64 time=4.73 ms ^C --- 10.0.0.254 ping statistics --- 10 packets transmitted, 10 received, 0% packet loss, time 9036ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 3.269/25.812/138.868/38.885 ms pokeefe@pokeefe-laptop:~$ ------------------------------------------------------------- 2Wire Speed Meter: 334.80kbps pokeefe@pokeefe-laptop:~$ lsmod | grep -i ath ath5k 108420 0 lbm_cw_mac80211 211248 1 ath5k lbm_cw_cfg80211 42260 2 ath5k,lbm_cw_mac80211 led_class 12164 2 acer_wmi,ath5k pokeefe@pokeefe-laptop:~$ NDISWRAPPER Module pokeefe@pokeefe-laptop:~$ ping 10.0.0.254 PING 10.0.0.254 (10.0.0.254) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 10.0.0.254: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=2.75 ms 64 bytes from 10.0.0.254: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=2.04 ms 64 bytes from 10.0.0.254: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=1.49 ms 64 bytes from 10.0.0.254: icmp_seq=4 ttl=64 time=1.49 ms 64 bytes from 10.0.0.254: icmp_seq=5 ttl=64 time=1.45 ms 64 bytes from 10.0.0.254: icmp_seq=6 ttl=64 time=1.52 ms 64 bytes from 10.0.0.254: icmp_seq=7 ttl=64 time=1.48 ms 64 bytes from 10.0.0.254: icmp_seq=8 ttl=64 time=1.40 ms 64 bytes from 10.0.0.254: icmp_seq=9 ttl=64 time=1.45 ms 64 bytes from 10.0.0.254: icmp_seq=10 ttl=64 time=2.30 ms ^C --- 10.0.0.254 ping statistics --- 10 packets transmitted, 10 received, 0% packet loss, time 9042ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 1.406/1.742/2.757/0.443 ms pokeefe@pokeefe-laptop:~$ ------------------------------------------------------------- 2Wire Speed Meter: 2.63 Mbps pokeefe@pokeefe-laptop:~$ lsmod | grep -i ath pokeefe@pokeefe-laptop:~$ pokeefe@pokeefe-laptop:~$ ndiswrapper -l net5211 : driver installed device (168C:001C) present (alternate driver: ath5k)