[Soekris] Atheros maxes out CPU at 24Mb/s on net4801

[Eric Lammerts]

Flemming Frandsen wrote:
> Hi, I'm using Atheros 5212 minipci cards with the latest linux driver 
> (from SVN) and I find that I cannot get more than 24Mb/s out of the 
> wireless link, is that normal?

Do you have iptables enabled in your kernel? I found that the connection 
tracking (which it will do even if you don't actually have any iptables 
rules) takes quite some CPU time on my boards (4826).

Eric