Re: Issues with TP-Link UE300

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Torsten <torsten@cnc-london.net> wrote:

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> Still connected to USB, I looked it up before replying
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> It looks more like a hardware design issue of the device it is connected to plus many other issues related to the “Dongle” itself.
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> From: Joel Carnat <joel@carnat.net>
> Sent: 28 September 2020 00:21
> To: Torsten <torsten@cnc-london.net>
> Cc: misc@openbsd.org
> Subject: Re: Issues with TP-Link UE300
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> Well, this is no wifi device. This is an ethernet dongle.
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> That particular one:
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> https://www.tp-link.com/en/home-networking/computer-accessory/ue300/
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> Envoyé de mon iPad
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> Le 28 sept. 2020 à 00:55, Torsten <torsten@cnc-london.net <mailto:torsten@cnc-london.net> > a écrit :
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> HI
> As far as I can tell, WiFi is nominal speed, not designated speed
> Another dominating factors for that would be USB connection type, hardware bus connections, motherboard design, direct processor lanes to where
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> Wifi is what it is, never as good as hard wired 100mb/1000mb or even 10gb connections
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> Best
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-misc@openbsd.org <mailto:owner-misc@openbsd.org> <owner-misc@openbsd.org <mailto:owner-misc@openbsd.org> > On Behalf Of Joel Carnat
> Sent: 27 September 2020 22:43
> To: misc@openbsd.org <mailto:misc@openbsd.org>
> Subject: Issues with TP-Link UE300
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> Hi,
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> I have plugged a TP-Link UE300 on my ThinkPad X260 running OpenBSD -snapshot and it seems I can't get more than 100Mbps.
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> The dongle attaches and get an IP address. But the speed seems limited.
> Same behaviour when attached to the USB3 port of my APU4D4 (running 6.7).
> When plugged in a MacBook Pro (running macos), it gets Gbps speed.
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> I have noticed that it gets attached to cdce0; I thought the RTL8153 chipset would give me an ure0 device.
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> Is this expected?
> Is there something I can do to get Gbps out of this device?
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> Thanks for help,
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> OpenBSD 6.8 (GENERIC.MP) #85: Sun Sep 27 13:39:51 MDT 2020
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> cdce0 at uhub0 port 15 configuration 2 interface 0 "TP-LINK USB 10/100/1000 LAN" rev 3.00/30.00 addr 4
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> # doas usbdevs -v
> Controller /dev/usb0:
> addr 01: 8086:0000 Intel, xHCI root hub
> super speed, self powered, config 1, rev 1.00
> driver: uhub0
> addr 02: 8087:0a2b Intel, Bluetooth
> full speed, self powered, config 1, rev 0.01
> driver: ugen0
> addr 03: 5986:0706 SunplusIT Inc, Integrated Camera
> high speed, power 500 mA, config 1, rev 0.12
> driver: uvideo0
> addr 04: 2357:0601 TP-LINK, USB 10/100/1000 LAN
> super speed, power 64 mA, config 2, rev 30.00, iSerial 000001000000
> driver: cdce0
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