Hi guys,

I am still looking for an answer to my question below...
What is a valid range of TX-Power values?

Thanks & Regards
Kornelius Dridger


> This helps, thanks, but is the card actually transmitting with 10dBm if
> I
> set it? Or is the card using some standard power level..
> 
> I want to measure packet error rates between two stations in ad-hoc
> mode for
> several power levels.
> Therefore I need to know the exact power levels I can work with.
> Unfortunately I don't have access to a spectrum analyzer.
> 
> Can someone help me with this?
> 
> Regards,
> Kornelius Dridger
> 
> > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> > Von: Xingang Zhang [mailto:zhang.xing...@gmail.com]
> > Gesendet: Freitag, 5. März 2010 20:12
> > An: Kornelius Dridger
> > Cc: ath5k-devel@lists.ath5k.org
> > Betreff: Re: [ath5k-devel] Tx power support
> >
> > "Kornelius Dridger" <kdrid...@mail.uni-paderborn.de> writes:
> >
> >
> > > Hi guys,
> > >
> > > according to [1] the card transmits on some standard power levels.
> > >
> > > Can you tell me more about these power levels and how to set them?
> > >
> >
> >  To me, I can adjust the TX power with the help of iwconfig (change
> >  wlan0 to whatever you used for your wireless interface):
> >
> >  sudo iwconfig wlan0 txpower auto  (this is the default)
> >
> >  sudo iwconfig wlan0 txpower fixed (if you would like the TX power to
> a
> >  fixed value)
> >
> >  sudo iwconfig wlan0 txpower 10 (set your txpower to 10dBm)
> >
> >  I am not sure how to get those level with iw command. But you can
> > check
> >  your current TX power setting with:
> >
> >  iwlist wlan0 txpower
> >
> >  if you would like to know more about it, try "man iwconfig" and
> search
> >  for txpower.
> >
> >  Hope this helps.
> >
> >
> > > Thanks & Regards,
> > >
> > > Kornelius Dridger
> > >
> > > [1] http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/ath5k
> > >
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