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 _______________________________________________ NetworkManager-list mailing list NetworkManager-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list