#780: The meaning of txpowmax AND txpower
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Reporter: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Owner:
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: trivial | Milestone:
Component: madwifi: other | Version:
Resolution: | Keywords:
Patch_attached: 0 |
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Old description:
> Hello
> Whats the meaning of both txpowmax and txpower can I control them by
> sysctl?
> I've got three CM9 on a PC all the tree have the same txpower but the
> txpowmax is different in every one. Why?
>
> $ ifconfig -v ath0
> ath0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
> inet6 fe80::20b:6bff:fe4d:569d%ath0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x3
> inet 192.168.6.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.6.255
> ether 00:0b:6b:4d:56:9d
> media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11a
> <hostap,turbo>
> status: associated
> ssid CASALDAVELHA channel 58 (5290) bssid 00:0b:6b:4d:56:9d
> authmode OPEN privacy OFF deftxkey UNDEF powersavemode OFF
> powersavesleep 100 txpowmax 32 txpower 63 rtsthreshold 2346
> mcastrate 1 fragthreshold 2346 -pureg protmode OFF -wme burst
> ssid SHOW -apbridge dtimperiod 1 bintval 100
>
> $ ifconfig -v ath1
> ath1: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
> inet6 fe80::20b:6bff:fe34:9ff9%ath1 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x4
> inet 192.168.4.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.4.255
> ether 00:0b:6b:34:9f:f9
> media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11g <hostap>
> status: associated
> ssid wireless channel 6 (2437) bssid 00:0b:6b:34:9f:f9
> authmode OPEN privacy OFF deftxkey UNDEF powersavemode OFF
> powersavesleep 100 txpowmax 40 txpower 63 rtsthreshold 2346
> mcastrate 1 fragthreshold 2346 -pureg protmode OFF -wme burst
> ssid SHOW -apbridge dtimperiod 1 bintval 100
>
> $ ifconfig -v ath2
> ath2: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
> inet6 fe80::20b:6bff:fe36:bf8d%ath2 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x5
> inet 192.168.9.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.9.255
> ether 00:0b:6b:36:bf:8d
> media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11a
> <hostap,turbo>
> status: associated
> ssid SARRADA channel 42 (5210) bssid 00:0b:6b:36:bf:8d
> authmode OPEN privacy OFF deftxkey UNDEF powersavemode OFF
> powersavesleep 100 txpowmax 32 txpower 63 rtsthreshold 2346
> mcastrate 1 fragthreshold 2346 -pureg protmode OFF -wme burst
New description:
Hello
Whats the meaning of both txpowmax and txpower can I control them by
sysctl?
I've got three CM9 on a PC all the tree have the same txpower but the
txpowmax is different in every one. Why?
{{{
$ ifconfig -v ath0
ath0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet6 fe80::20b:6bff:fe4d:569d%ath0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x3
inet 192.168.6.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.6.255
ether 00:0b:6b:4d:56:9d
media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11a
<hostap,turbo>
status: associated
ssid CASALDAVELHA channel 58 (5290) bssid 00:0b:6b:4d:56:9d
authmode OPEN privacy OFF deftxkey UNDEF powersavemode OFF
powersavesleep 100 txpowmax 32 txpower 63 rtsthreshold 2346
mcastrate 1 fragthreshold 2346 -pureg protmode OFF -wme burst
ssid SHOW -apbridge dtimperiod 1 bintval 100
$ ifconfig -v ath1
ath1: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet6 fe80::20b:6bff:fe34:9ff9%ath1 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x4
inet 192.168.4.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.4.255
ether 00:0b:6b:34:9f:f9
media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11g <hostap>
status: associated
ssid wireless channel 6 (2437) bssid 00:0b:6b:34:9f:f9
authmode OPEN privacy OFF deftxkey UNDEF powersavemode OFF
powersavesleep 100 txpowmax 40 txpower 63 rtsthreshold 2346
mcastrate 1 fragthreshold 2346 -pureg protmode OFF -wme burst
ssid SHOW -apbridge dtimperiod 1 bintval 100
$ ifconfig -v ath2
ath2: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet6 fe80::20b:6bff:fe36:bf8d%ath2 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x5
inet 192.168.9.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.9.255
ether 00:0b:6b:36:bf:8d
media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11a
<hostap,turbo>
status: associated
ssid SARRADA channel 42 (5210) bssid 00:0b:6b:36:bf:8d
authmode OPEN privacy OFF deftxkey UNDEF powersavemode OFF
powersavesleep 100 txpowmax 32 txpower 63 rtsthreshold 2346
mcastrate 1 fragthreshold 2346 -pureg protmode OFF -wme burst
}}}
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Ticket URL: <http://madwifi.org/ticket/780>
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