[smartBridges] Bandwidth Throughput

[Peter Cartwright]

{this is my first try on this email-forum, so I hope it works!}   What sort of throughput do you all get with the Smartbridges kit?  We have been noticing some strange results and have been trying to pin down what is happening.   Closest we have got to a real test is as follows:   Internet connection: 2Mbps :: ::=== computer (1) (connected via an Ethernet switch) :: AirpointProTotal (set as access point) :: 600m across basically a level open field (good RSSI and Link Quality) :: AirpointProTotal (set as client bridge) :: computer (2)   We first ran a throughput test just over the link using QCheck.  This gave us around 1.2Mbps to 1.4Mbps from computer (1) to computer (2), but strangely over 4Mbps the other way.   Next test was using toast (www.toast.net/performance) to measure throughput onto the Internet proper.  Computer (1) would get around 1.2Mbps, but computer (2) could only manage 0.6Mbps.   In both tests, we would run first one computer then the other etc to ensure that the same general conditions were applying.   This seeems strange to us for two reasons:   (1) why should the radio link throughput be so different in the different directions?   (2) why should the Internet throughput half when a single Smartbridges link is added (which according to the first test is able to deliver throughputs of well over 1Mbps).   When we add in double/triple hops, the Internet throughput drops even further.  For example, adding an AirpointPro Outdoor - Airbridge Indoor link as a second hop reduced the toast test to only 350Kbps.  To me, this suggests that it is 802.11b that is doing something.   Anyone noticed anything similar, or have any ideas?   Peter   Loop Scorpio Ltd providers of Ledbury Broadband and Highnam Broadband www.ledburybroadband.co.uk www.highnambroadband.co.uk