[ltp] Re: slow wireless lan connection

Micha Feigin linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Sat, 28 Feb 2009 14:13:55 +0200


On Sat, 28 Feb 2009 11:56:19 +0100
Christoph Bier <christoph.bier@web.de> wrote:

> Volker Krueger schrieb am 23.02.2009 14:58:
> 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I am curious about your experience with wireless lan in terms of speed.
> > the throughput on my local network is 1.1MB/s, as tested with dd on nfs
> > or with scp.
> 
> Nearly the same here.
> 
> > On my laptop, I have an IWL5300ABGN
> 
> dmesg says I have a 5300AGN (not ABGN).

AFAIK all G hardware also supports b as they are downward compatible. Both use
the same frequency the difference is , b is 11Mb/s and  g is 55Mb/s. A and N
are different versions, although I think that N is still provisional so it is
working on a pre-standard protocol.

> 
> [...]
> 
> Best
> Christoph