On Wed, Jan 16, 2019 at 11:52:37AM +0100, Stefan Sperling wrote: > On Wed, Jan 16, 2019 at 11:20:43AM +0100, Stefan Sperling wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 15, 2019 at 04:36:18PM -0800, Mike Larkin wrote: > > > I have th USB bwfm(4), and I don't see anything different in ifconfig > > > bwfm0. > > > > > > The hotel wifi is only 11g though... Would I see anything different here? > > > > You should see changes occuring on this line: > > > > media: IEEE802.11 autoselect (OFDM6 mode 11g) > > > > This should switch to something between (DS1 mode 11g) and > > (OFDM54 mode 11g) depending on throughput. > > > > And on the following line, the dBm value at the end should be changing > > depending on your laptop's position relative to the AP: > > > > ieee80211: nwid foo chan 10 bssid xx:xx:xx::xx:xx:xx -39dBm > > > > By the way, the diff has a problem where it won't identify all > possible 11n "baudrate" values yet. It will probably show "MCS 0" > for those that aren't recognized. I know what I can do to fix that, > just need to find some time to update the diff. >
I'm not sure this diff is doing what it's supposed to do. On both my bwfm(4)s here in the hackroomm, I get -61 dBm always, even if I move right next to the AP. The value never changes. This is on bwfm(4) pci and usb. -ml
