[Voyage-linux] error in madwifi-tools

[Punky Tse]

Toth,

How old is your madwifi, or which kernel or voyage version you used?  Please be more specific.

Toth Szabolcs wrote:
> Hi !
> 
> I have an Ubiquiti Networks SuperRange2 802.11b/g 400mW High Power Atheros
> Wireless mini-pci card. I was able to set the Tx Power to 400wW width the
> old madwifi but with the new madwifi-tools I was unable to set the tx power above 15-20dbm.
> I tired the following  but nothing changed:
> You can see that the Tx-Power hasn't gone above 15dBm however my card can give 27dBm.
> 
> wrap2c:~# iwconfig ath0 txpower auto
> wrap2c:~# iwconfig ath0
> ath0      IEEE 802.11b  ESSID:"ajka-air"
>           Mode:Master  Frequency:2.412 GHz  Access Point: 00:15:6D:10:00:43
>           Bit Rate:0 kb/s   Tx-Power:12 dBm   Sensitivity=0/3
>           Retry:off   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
>           Encryption key:off
>           Power Management:off
>           Link Quality=0/94  Signal level=-95 dBm  Noise level=-95 dBm
>           Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
>           Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0
> 
> wrap2c:~# iwconfig ath0 txpower fixed
> wrap2c:~# iwconfig ath0
> ath0      IEEE 802.11b  ESSID:"ajka-air"
>           Mode:Master  Frequency:2.412 GHz  Access Point: 00:15:6D:10:00:43
>           Bit Rate:0 kb/s   Tx-Power=12 dBm   Sensitivity=0/3
>           Retry:off   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
>           Encryption key:off
>           Power Management:off
>           Link Quality=0/94  Signal level=-95 dBm  Noise level=-95 dBm
>           Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
>           Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0
> 
> wrap2c:~# iwconfig ath0 txpower 400mW
> wrap2c:~# iwconfig ath0 
> ath0      IEEE 802.11b  ESSID:"ajka-air"
>           Mode:Master  Frequency:2.412 GHz  Access Point: 00:15:6D:10:00:43
>           Bit Rate:0 kb/s   Tx-Power=15 dBm   Sensitivity=0/3
>           Retry:off   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
>           Encryption key:off
>           Power Management:off
>           Link Quality=0/94  Signal level=-95 dBm  Noise level=-95 dBm
>           Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
>           Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0
> 
> I use the following modules:
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
> ath_hal: module license 'Proprietary' taints kernel.
> ath_hal: 0.9.14.9 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413)
> wlan: 0.8.6.0 (EXPERIMENTAL)
> ath_rate_onoe: 1.0
> ath_pci: 0.9.6.0 (EXPERIMENTAL)
> Build date: Aug 23 2005
> Debugging version (IEEE80211
> ath0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps
> ath0: 11g rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
> ath0: turboG rates: 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
> ath0: H/W encryption support: WEP AES AES_CCM TKIP
> ath0: mac 5.9 phy 4.3 radio 4.6
> ath0: Use hw queue 1 for WME_AC_BE traffic
> ath0: Use hw queue 0 for WME_AC_BK traffic
> ath0: Use hw queue 2 for WME_AC_VI traffic
> ath0: Use hw queue 3 for WME_AC_VO traffic
> ath0: Use hw queue 8 for CAB traffic
> ath0: Use hw queue 9 for beacons
> Debugging version (ATH)
> ath0: Atheros 5212: mem=0x80040000, irq=9
>      ath_pci: loaded successfully
> ================================================================================
> 
> Please help ??
> Szabolcs Toth
> 
> 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Voyage-linux mailing list
> Voyage-linux at list.voyage.hk
> http://list.voyage.hk/mailman/listinfo/voyage-linux


-- 
Regards,
Punky
P U N K N ! X . c o m
Technology + Lifestyle
(http://www.punknix.com)

Voyage Linux
(http://www.voyage.hk/software/voyage.html)