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Weidmuller WI-MOD-945-E: 900Mhz Wireless Ethernet & Device Server v2.16 User Manual

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Weidmuller Wireless Ethernet Modem & Device Server WI-MOD-945-E User Manual

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that it has been enabled and the module has been reset. Each press of the “Measure Throughput” button will perform a
TCP throughput test of 10 second duration.

You will see the message “Performing Iperf Test” text and if you look at the modules you will see the TX/Link & RX Led’s
flashing very fast as it performs the test. Approximately 10 seconds later a graph showing the actual throughput over the
10 second period and a calculated average will be displayed.

The graph below shows the data throughput range between 8 and 14.5Mbits per second with an overall average of
10.9Mbits per second.

It is recommended to perform this throughput test a number of times to get better sample of the overall throughput.

Figure 72 - Iperf Throughput

The expected throughput will depend on a number of things, the distance setting, selected channel width, and whether
using the internal Iperf utility or running Iperf externally on a laptop or PC (at both ends of the link).

The following table shows the estimated throughput results based on real world communications. These estimates are not
necessarily the maximum that are achievable in the modems but are used more as a guideline to determine the
performance of the radio link.

The Iperf throughput result provides an excellent measure of the performance of a radio link. In general, if the results you
get are a lot worse than the best case values listed below, this is a certain indication that the radio link has either poor
RSSI, or high noise or interference, or both.

For RSSI or Received Signal Strength Indication see section 4.1 -

“Connectivity”

For information on checking interference or noise see section 4.2 - Channel Survey (Utilisation)

Distance

Setting

Iperf

Location

20MHz

Channel

10MHz

Channel

5MHz

Channel

1.25MHz
Channel

2.5MHz

Channel

1000m

Internal

10.5 Mbps 7.5 Mbps

5. Mbps

2.4 Mbps

1.4 Mbps

1000m

External

16. Mbps

10.5 Mbps 6. Mbps

2.8 Mbps

1.5 Mbps

3000m

Internal

10. Mbps

7. Mbps

4.7 Mbps

2.4 Mbps

1.4 Mbps

3000m

External

15. Mbps

9. Mbps

6. Mbps

2.7 Mbps

1.5 Mbps

5000m

Internal

9. Mbps

6. Mbps

4.5 Mbps

2.3 Mbps

1.4 Mbps

5000m

External

13. Mbps

8. Mbps

6. Mbps

2.6 Mbps

1.5 Mbps

10000m

Internal

7. Mbps

5. Mbps

4. Mbps

2.2 Mbps

1.3 Mbps

10000m

External

10. Mbps

7. Mbps

5. Mbps

2.4 Mbps

1.4 Mbps