Bug 640767 - Very slow connection speed (1Mbps) with Atheros 9170usb adapter (TP-Link WN821N)
Summary: Very slow connection speed (1Mbps) with Atheros 9170usb adapter (TP-Link WN821N)
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Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 640612
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: kernel
Version: 14
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Kernel Maintainer List
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2010-10-06 19:06 UTC by v.plessky
Modified: 2010-10-13 12:42 UTC (History)
8 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2010-10-13 12:42:22 UTC
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Description v.plessky 2010-10-06 19:06:19 UTC
Description of problem:

I get very slow connection speed (1Mbps) with Atheros 9170usb adapter (tested TP-Link WN821N)

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

Fedora 14 - night build dated Oct.4, 2010


How reproducible:

Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Insert USB Wi-Fi adapter into USB slot
2. Connect to Access Point
3. Check Connection Information in Network Manager
  
Actual results:

Connection sped is 1Mbps

Expected results:

Connection sped should be 54Mbps
(AP is located 1m from computer)


Additional info:

Device identificaton:
-------------------------
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0cf3:1002 Atheros Communications, Inc. TP-Link TL-WN821N v2 [Atheros AR9001U-(2)NG]
Device Descriptor:
  bLength                18
  bDescriptorType         1
  bcdUSB               2.00
  bDeviceClass          255 Vendor Specific Class
  bDeviceSubClass       255 Vendor Specific Subclass
  bDeviceProtocol       255 Vendor Specific Protocol
  bMaxPacketSize0        64
  idVendor           0x0cf3 Atheros Communications, Inc.
  idProduct          0x1002 TP-Link TL-WN821N v2 [Atheros AR9001U-(2)NG]
  bcdDevice            1.06
  iManufacturer          16 ATHER
  iProduct               32 USB2.0 WLAN
  iSerial                48 12345
  bNumConfigurations      1
  Configuration Descriptor:
    bLength                 9
    bDescriptorType         2
    wTotalLength           46
    bNumInterfaces          1
    bConfigurationValue     1
    iConfiguration          0 
    bmAttributes         0x80
      (Bus Powered)
    MaxPower              500mA
    Interface Descriptor:
      bLength                 9
      bDescriptorType         4
      bInterfaceNumber        0
      bAlternateSetting       0
      bNumEndpoints           4
      bInterfaceClass       255 Vendor Specific Class
      bInterfaceSubClass      0 
      bInterfaceProtocol      0 
      iInterface              0 
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x01  EP 1 OUT
        bmAttributes            2
          Transfer Type            Bulk
          Synch Type               None
          Usage Type               Data
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0200  1x 512 bytes
        bInterval               0
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x82  EP 2 IN
        bmAttributes            2
          Transfer Type            Bulk
          Synch Type               None
          Usage Type               Data
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0200  1x 512 bytes
        bInterval               0
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x83  EP 3 IN
        bmAttributes            3
          Transfer Type            Interrupt
          Synch Type               None
          Usage Type               Data
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0040  1x 64 bytes
        bInterval               1
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x04  EP 4 OUT
        bmAttributes            3
          Transfer Type            Interrupt
          Synch Type               None
          Usage Type               Data
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0040  1x 64 bytes
        bInterval               1
Device Qualifier (for other device speed):
  bLength                10
  bDescriptorType         6
  bcdUSB               2.00
  bDeviceClass          255 Vendor Specific Class
  bDeviceSubClass       255 Vendor Specific Subclass
  bDeviceProtocol       255 Vendor Specific Protocol
  bMaxPacketSize0        64
  bNumConfigurations      1
Device Status:     0x0000
  (Bus Powered)

Comment 1 v.plessky 2010-10-06 19:12:20 UTC
iwconfig
-------------------
Ralink RT2500 (built-in 802.11g mini-PCI adapter)
*************
wlan1     IEEE 802.11bg  ESSID:"dd-wrt"  
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.412 GHz  Access Point: 00:1B:FC:91:83:4C   
          Bit Rate=54 Mb/s   Tx-Power=20 dBm   
          Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:on
          Link Quality=70/70  Signal level=-24 dBm  
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

Atheros9170usb
**************
wlan2     IEEE 802.11bgn  ESSID:"dd-wrt"  
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.412 GHz  Access Point: 00:1B:FC:91:83:4C   
          Bit Rate=1 Mb/s   Tx-Power=20 dBm   
          Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality=70/70  Signal level=-19 dBm  
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

As you can see, link quality for both adapters is 100% (70/70)

But Bit Rate for Atheros9170usb is only 1Mbps

ifconfig details
-------------------------------------
eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:16:17:51:9A:1D  
          inet addr:192.168.1.50  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::216:17ff:fe51:9a1d/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:29653 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:14963 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:42835359 (40.8 MiB)  TX bytes:1058381 (1.0 MiB)
          Interrupt:19 Base address:0x4000 

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

wlan1     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:13:D3:84:FE:9D  
          inet addr:192.168.1.51  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::213:d3ff:fe84:fe9d/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:422 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:28 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:90594 (88.4 KiB)  TX bytes:6028 (5.8 KiB)

wlan2     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr D8:5D:4C:8D:4B:72  
          inet addr:192.168.1.72  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::da5d:4cff:fe8d:4b72/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:165 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:21 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:39008 (38.0 KiB)  TX bytes:5452 (5.3 KiB)

Comment 2 Stanislaw Gruszka 2010-10-13 12:42:22 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 640612 ***


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