[maemo-developers] [maemo-developers] Unreliable Large Network Transfers

[From: Andrew J. Barr]

I don't have any advice for you...but I do want to say proprietary
wireless drivers suck, and this is a very real example of why. Shame on
Conexant for not working with the Prism54 guys, and shame on Nokia for
using proprietary drivers. It sounds like the driver needs fixed, and no
one can do that except for Conexant or Nokia.

/Andrew

On Thu, 2006-12-14 at 19:16 -0500, Mike Lococo wrote:
> Hi Folks,
> 
> I posted an earlier version of this comment on maemo-users a few days 
> ago and got one confirmation from another person experiencing similar 
> behavior, but no useful advice (they simply stopped using the network 
> for transfers)... so I thought I'd try again here.
> 
> I'm finding that large (>200MB) transfers of data via the wifi network 
> are extremely unreliable.  They start out running at a reasonable speed 
> (350KB/sec-600KB/sec), but within a few moments slow to less than 
> 100KB/sec.  The rates become very erratic, and the device GUI becomes 
> very unresponsive.
> 
>    I've reproduced the problem in a variety of scenarios:
> 
>     - unison over SSH with a variety of connection settings
>     - wget from a local webserver
>     - using the bundled webbrowser from a local webserver
>     - All of the above while connected to my wrt54gc access point at home
>       on which I'm the only user, have strong signal levels, and no
>       history of interference problems.
>     - All of the above on whatever enterprise level access points are
>       used in the Cornell University wireless infrastructure.  Again,
>       strong signals, familiar locations, no history of interference.
>     - All of the above in situations in which other wireless clients are
>       able run the same download at high-speed without mishap.
> 
> Does anyone have advice about how I could further troubleshoot or 
> isolate this issue?  Is anyone pushing substantial amounts of data over 
> the network without these problems?
> 
> Thanks in advance for any advice,
> Mike
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