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