Hi Linus,

>From A to B(radio 1) it is 5.24GHz. Throughput is 40Mbps.

>From B(radio 2) to C it is 2.412GHz.
Throughput is 38Mbps.

>From A to C the throughput is just 20Mbps.

Thanks.
Jack.

On Mon, Oct 14, 2013 at 11:37 PM, Linus Lüssing <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Jack,
>
> what is the throughput you get from B to C? What was the
> throughput you got on the 2.4GHz link alone? Did you change to
> 2.4GHz on A-B or B-C?
>
> Cheers, Linus
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 14, 2013 at 09:26:41AM +0800, Zaki wrote:
>> Hi Simon,
>>
>> Thanks for your reply.  I am using omni antenna right now and what i
>> got when i did an iPerf from A to C is only 20Mbps.  It looks like the
>> throughput is cut to half (just like a single radio mesh).  Tried 2.4G
>> frequency in one of the pair, had the same result too.  Anything in
>> terms of setting of batman-adv i can look for?.
>>
>> Rgds,
>> Jack
>>
>> On Sun, Oct 13, 2013 at 10:36 PM, Simon Wunderlich
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > Hi Zaki/Jack,
>> >
>> > On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 11:11:04AM +0800, Zaki wrote:
>> >> Hi,
>> >>
>> >> I am a newbie in batman-adv.  I got a question regarding Hops and
>> >> Throughput, especially in regards with a collocated dual-radio device.
>> >>  Hopefully somebody could offer some help here for me to fully
>> >> understand batman-adv operation.  I have 3 devices, namely A, B and C.
>> >>
>> >> A is only having single radio (operating at Freq 5.20G in AdHoc mode).
>> >>  Put this under bat0.  Bridge bat0 with eth0.
>> >> B is having dual-radio (radio1 operates at 5.20G in AdHoc mode, radio2
>> >> is at 5.24G in AdHoc mode). Put these under bat0. Bridge bat0 with
>> >> eth0
>> >> C is like A (single radio, operating at 5.24G in AdHoc mode). Put this
>> >> under bat0.  Bridge bat0 with eth0.
>> >>
>> >> So, the wireless link will be like this :
>> >>
>> >> [A]::::::::::::::: [B(radio1)---B(radio2)]::::::::::::::::[C]
>> >>
>> >> 1) If i were to ping from A to C, how many hops is it considered?.  Is
>> >> it 2 hops or 3 hops?.
>> >
>> > that would be two hops. One hop is considered traversing one link, and
>> > you have two links here.
>> >
>> >> 2) If my Iperf TCP throughput from A to B is 40Mbps, what is the
>> >> expected throughput of Iperf from A to C ?.
>> >
>> > That depends. If the links are not interferring, you should get approx.
>> > the maximum of both link throughputs. So if one link is 30 mbit/s, the 
>> > second
>> > is 25 mbit/s, that whole path would yield 25 mbit/s - there might be tcp
>> > effects further decreasing throughput (latency etc).
>> >
>> > However you use two frequencies adjacent to each other. If you use omni
>> > antennas, expect a lot of interferences (even if the channels are not
>> > overlapping). If you use directional antennas you should be fine.
>> >
>> > Cheers,
>> >         Simon
>> >
>> >
>> >>
>> >> Thanks a lot.
>> >>
>> >> Jack.

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