Why am I not seeing 10 Mbps throughput in both directions using FTP software?
There are several factors (outside of radio performance) that could be causing this. Before testing the throughput over the RF link, verify you have more than 10 Mbps throughput each way with laptops or PC’s directly connected with a crossover cable. Once this benchmark is established, ensure that the software settings for buffer sizes are set to maximum. It is also important to ensure that there is no interference in the area by performing a site survey and the su testrflink command. If there are no packets being dropped due to interference, remove any switches, hubs, and other network devices. A proper speed test should be conducted via computer to computer (with no other devices) in order to rule out any other factors which could be slowing the performance.
