How to know real bandwidth of a radio link?

RouterOS Wireless Networking
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Hi, this is my problem:

I have a wireless link (2x RB532 with CM9 cards) and the tx/rx rate is 54 Mbps but when I try to test the link with bandwidth test I have these results:

UDP only Receive=6.7 Mbps
UDP only Send= 10.9 Mbps
TCP only Receive = 5.3 Mbps
TCP only send = 6.7 Mbps

I have about same values on a 24 Mbps link… why?

There is a method for calculate real bandwidth of a wireless link?
How the processor speed can influence the speed of the data transfer?

Thank You

Paolo

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Paolo,
first of all it is better to run bandwidth test trough wireless link, connect two powerful worskstations on both ends,
PC1==Router1—Wireless—Router2==PC2, run bandwidth from PC1 to PC2.
Bandwidth test takes a lot of CPU resources, if you running tests directly to router.

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Hi Sergejs, Thank’s for answer

I’ve tried with two PC connected to the routers but results are about the same… :frowning:

Any suggestion?

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Try running in turbo mode.