Re: signal strength problem for multiple ap's w/ the same essid

[Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>]

On Mon, 2005-01-31 at 15:39 -0500, Sven wrote:
> related to multiple AP's: i'm just trying out NM again, forcing the card
> in b-mode with at least 4 ap broadcasting in b-mode, all with the same
> essid. the signal strengths of the ap's are 
>     ...:D2 : Quality=7/94  Signal level=-88 dBm  Noise level=-95 dBm
>     ...:CB : Quality=23/94  Signal level=-72 dBm  Noise level=-95 dBm
>     ...:27 : Quality=37/94  Signal level=-58 dBm  Noise level=-95 dBm
>     ...:E1 : Quality=2/94  Signal level=-93 dBm  Noise level=-95 dBm
> 
> iwconfig says
> ath0      IEEE 802.11b  ESSID:"xxx"  Nickname:"laptop.localdomain"
>           Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437 GHz  Access Point: ...:27   
>           Bit Rate:11 Mb/s   Tx-Power:50 dBm   Sensitivity=0/3  
>           Retry:off   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
>           Power Management:off
>           Link Quality=38/94  Signal level=-57 dBm  Noise level=-95 dBm
>           Rx invalid nwid:913  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
>           Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0
> 
> and my wireless link monitor says the signal strength is ~80%
> 
> but: the NM applet shows only 1 bar, and tells me "Wireless network
> connection (24%)"
> 
> not quite correct, i would say...

Nope, but that should be fixed already in CVS.  I've quietly ignored
signal strength for some time and decided to clear it up a bit this
weekend.  It reported mostly correct signal strength for prism54, airo,
and atmel drivers though, which just goes to show you what a mess the
current situation is.

Dan