What changes are being made in Turbo mode to get the extra through put ?
Higher modulations, lower over head ?, compression ?, or something else?
The improvement is through channel bonding.
2x20MHz channels are used, giving twice the raw capacity.
The same modulation formats are be used as non-turbo
In a practical system, you need to have enough CPU power to make it work.
Using RouterOS it is possible to get 80Mbps UDP using bandwidth test end-to-end through a link in Turbo mode - but that needs a fast CPU platform.
Conversely, if you have a slow machine, non-Turbo modes can give faster throughput, as there is less “atheros processing” to do per packet sent.
Regards
Thanks, I was not sure if that was all that was happening or not.
Any Idea if you can see the those high through put levels on a 532 RB ? Just interested as I have not yet tested that config.
Hi there,
There is a test report posted on the forum for RB532 by Mikrotik.
Personally I got 47Mbps UDP through a pair of those boards on test.
TCP is slower.
Also Nstreme, which aggregates small packets and increases bandwidth/range performance, takes up CPU power too.
If that’s enough for you, great, use it.
Otherwise, you need more CPU power.
Mikrotik are improving their OS all the time, and later versions seem to show higher throughput for a CPU-limited system.
Regards