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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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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