Re: about Strength

[Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>]

On Mon, 2011-07-04 at 15:28 +0800, rain blue wrote:
> Dear,
> i have some issue about strength & connection quality.
> I use NetworkManager 0.8.1 version that build-in our platform.
> 
> 
> 1.Some platform can't connect AP. (AP near by platform)
> 2.if it connected. But packet loss severely (use ping command)
> 3.when i use driver to connect AP(not connect through NM). It looks
> fine (ping command)

What wifi driver?  NM doesn't really care much about signal strength
other than reporting it, so if the AP is close to the platform and there
are issues connecting, that may well indicate problems in the wifi
driver itself and it's communication with wpa_supplicant.

Getting a supplicant debug log (running wpa_supplicant with "-dddt -u"
and then starting NetworkManager) would help figure this sort of thing
out.

Dan

> 
> So, i want to ask about the nm-applet || NetworkManager.
> Does it has any processes for strength??
> 
> 
> because, i use libnm-glib API to connect AP. Not use nm-applet.
> Does it have affect?