Re: [2.6.27-rc7 vs 2.6.29 Regresion] Wifi Network Slownes rt2500pci

From: Ivo van Doorn
Date: Mon May 25 2009 - 07:23:24 EST


On Monday 25 May 2009, Alejandro Riveira Fernández wrote:
> I reported it previously but i'm resending it as a regresion
>
> More info on the bugzilla
>
> http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13362
>
> I bisected it in the estable tree (it regresses too) and the revert
> helps there but reverting the upstream commit in mainline does not help
> to fix it completely...

Bug 9273 - rt2500pci: low TCP throughput
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9273

Bug 443203 - Fedora rawhide + ralink = slow bit rate
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=443203

[Hardy][Intrepid] Low bandwidth with rt2400 / rt2500 drivers
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/190515

I can't call this a regression, dozens people have reported the problems
ranging from kernels 2.6.25 to 2.6.29. Perhaps in your case it worked slightly
better once, but that was not the case for all other users.

Have you tried the "iwconfig wlan0 rate54M" workaround?

Ivo
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