No tx-power option
DrDoom
drdoom
Tue Aug 26 05:58:43 PDT 2003
I can confirm that, the same happens to me. I am also running RedHat 9.0
with hostap 0.0.4
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David Martos (aka DrDoom)
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Ryan Abbenhuys wrote:
>I've just noticed that the "Tx-Power" isn't displayed on my interfaces
>running HostAP when I run an iwconfig, however other devices using other
>drivers do. (i'll try some older hostap versions when I get home tonight)
>
>I have two RH9 boxes running latest CVS of HostAP and both function
>perfectly and have been for a year or more.
>
>I used to run "iwconfig wlan0 txpower 200mW" at bootup as by default the
>card didn't run at full power. I've since noticed the txpower command no
>longer works.
>
>[root at wantirna-ap1 etc]# iwconfig wlan0 txpower 200mW
>Error for wireless request "Set Tx Power" (8B26) :
> SET failed on device wlan0 ; Operation not supported.
>
>Here's my iwconfig output (notice wlan0 shows no Tx-Power while eth1
>running the orinoco driver does)....
>
>
>eth1 IEEE 802.11-DS ESSID:"AAF_FKR_LINK" Nickname:"wantirna-ap1"
> Mode:Ad-Hoc Frequency:2.437GHz Cell: 02:00:BD:7F:DC:2A
> Bit Rate:11Mb/s Tx-Power=15 dBm Sensitivity:1/3
> Retry limit:4 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
> Encryption key:off
> Power Management:off
> Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
> Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:12647
> Tx excessive retries:1022 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
>
>wlan0 IEEE 802.11b ESSID:"aaf.wireless.org.au"
>Nickname:"wantirna-ap1"
> Mode:Master Frequency:2.462GHz Access Point: 00:02:6F:04:0F:81
> Bit Rate:11Mb/s Sensitivity=1/3
> Retry min limit:8 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
> Encryption key:off
> Power Management:off
> Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
> Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
> Tx excessive retries:964 Invalid misc:5138 Missed beacon:0
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