Prerequisites#

Readers of this document are expected to be familiar with the Standard WLAN AP configuration, iperf tools, IP addressing, and DHCP.

Hardware#

Following are the details for hardware requirements.

S.N. Hardware Components Quantity Description
1. SiWT917 RCP Wi-Fi 6 Single Band + BLE 5.4 Wireless Radio.

Radio boards: BRD4346A

Adapter board: BRD8045B

1
  • SiWx917_RB4346A: Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth LE Co-Processor Radio board
  • BRD8045B: Adapter board for Raspberry Pi Expansion Kit
2. PC/Laptop/Embedded Platform with Linux OS 2
  1. Raspberry Pi 4 with SiWT917 RPi image
  2. Dell Latitude 3520 with Ubuntu 20.04
3. Standard WLAN Access Point 1 To connect with Raspberry Pi 4
4. Monitor, mouse, and keyboard 1 To connect Raspberry Pi 4 with the monitor
5. Ethernet/HDMI cables 1 ASUS TUF Gaming AX5400 Dual-band Wi-Fi 6

Note: For more information, refer to Getting Started Guide.

Software#

Following are the details for software requirements.

S.N.

Software Components

Description

1.

SiWT917 RCP Driver

si91x-rcp-driver

2.

Kernel Version from 3.18 to 6.1

For example, In this test case, the system's kernel version is 6.1

3.

wpa supplicant

For example, wpa_supplicant 2.10.

4.

Measurement Tool - iperf

Refer to the section Configure iperf and test.