Hi Otto, Thanks for all of the testing and information!
> > iperf3 --client 192.168.1.3 --time 1 -b 0 > Connecting to host 192.168.1.3, port 5201 > [ 5] local 192.168.1.13 port 35792 connected to 192.168.1.3 port 5201 > [ ID] Interval Transfer Bitrate Retr Cwnd > [ 5] 0.00-1.00 sec 1.62 MBytes 13.6 Mbits/sec 0 56.6 KBytes > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > [ ID] Interval Transfer Bitrate Retr > [ 5] 0.00-1.00 sec 1.62 MBytes 13.6 Mbits/sec 0 sender > [ 5] 0.00-1.01 sec 1.38 MBytes 11.4 Mbits/sec receiver > > There is an attic between me and the server, and the signal strength is 60%. These are much better figures than what I have been seeing. > It is a work horse. When the chip heats up, the link goes down, however. > > This is the current situation: > > Access Point drivers: > acx IEEE 802.11a/b/g > ath IEEE 802.11a/b/g > athn IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n > bwfm IEEE 802.11a/ac/ax/b/g/n <-------- > pgt IEEE 802.11a/b/g > ral IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n > rtw IEEE 802.11b > rum IEEE 802.11a/b/g > ural IEEE 802.11b/g > wi IEEE 802.11b > > Wireless drivers in use > athn IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n > > So, bwfm is the only "ax" option for a fast and modern AP, but it seems hard > to find. Fast isn't realy an important thing for me. Faster is nice, but usable is the main thing. I swapped out my ath card for a iwn card. It works great now, 20Mbit/sec in both directions. So no issues with the antennas on this laptop. Not sure why that card was performing so poorly for me. I recall having poor ath performance on FreeBSD as well. Not sure if it's chipset specific, or maybe related to my AP? -Henrich
