Public bug reported:
Doing a
#iwlist wlan0 scan
gives about five cells, all with the same signal strength, always, even if I
cover the antenna of the wireless client.
Seems to me a bug in the rtl8187 driver or dependency. On Jaunty.
See technical details of configuration in the files automatically generated by
# ubuntu-bug linux
r...@emea-l3-mberg02:/home/michael# iwlist wlan0 scan
wlan0 Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address: 00:A0:F8:A5:9F:0C
ESSID:"tyndale"
Mode:Master
Channel:1
Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)
Quality=15/100 Signal level:65/65
Encryption key:off
IE: Unknown: 000774796E64616C65
IE: Unknown: 010482848B96
IE: Unknown: 030101
IE: Unknown: 0706434149010B1E
IE: Unknown: AD0F00A0F8000000000400000025F5104A
IE: Unknown: DD0A00A0F801000100000010
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s
Extra:tsf=00000073c7a39322
Extra: Last beacon: 3152ms ago
Cell 02 - Address: 00:A0:F8:56:5C:DA
ESSID:"tyndale"
Mode:Master
Channel:6
Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
Quality=15/100 Signal level:65/65
Encryption key:off
IE: Unknown: 000774796E64616C65
IE: Unknown: 010482848B96
IE: Unknown: 030106
IE: Unknown: 0706434149010B1E
IE: Unknown: AD0F00A0F8010000000200000026F5104A
IE: Unknown: DD0A00A0F801000100000010
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s
Extra:tsf=00000073c748db09
Extra: Last beacon: 2460ms ago
Cell 03 - Address: 0A:0B:1A:FE:14:4D
ESSID:"tyndale_test"
Mode:Master
Channel:11
Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11)
Quality=15/100 Signal level:65/65
Encryption key:off
IE: Unknown: 000C74796E64616C655F74657374
IE: Unknown: 010802040B0C12961824
IE: Unknown: 03010B
IE: Unknown: 2A0102
IE: Unknown: 32043048606C
IE: Unknown:
DD180050F2020101010003A4000027A4000042435E0062322F00
IE: Unknown:
DD1D000CE60004020000000106000CE6050BDF040401000000050400A00000
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
11 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Extra:tsf=0000000912d75d0c
Extra: Last beacon: 1300ms ago
Cell 04 - Address: 0A:0B:1A:FE:14:4D
ESSID:""
Mode:Master
Channel:11
Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11)
Quality=14/100 Signal level:65/65
Encryption key:off
IE: Unknown: 0000
IE: Unknown: 010802040B960C121824
IE: Unknown: 03010B
IE: Unknown: 050400010000
IE: Unknown: 2A0102
IE: Unknown: 32043048606C
IE: Unknown:
DD180050F20201010100036400002586000041315E0061422F00
IE: Unknown:
DD1D000CE60004020000000106000CE6050BDF040401000000050400A00000
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Extra:tsf=0000000912afd180
Extra: Last beacon: 3892ms ago
Cell 05 - Address: 00:24:82:28:47:A9
ESSID:"Tyndale_test2"
Mode:Master
Channel:3
Frequency:2.422 GHz (Channel 3)
Quality=14/100 Signal level:65/65
Encryption key:off
IE: Unknown: 000D54796E64616C655F7465737432
IE: Unknown: 010482848B96
IE: Unknown: 030103
IE: Unknown: 2A0100
IE: Unknown: 32080C1218243048606C
IE: Unknown:
DD180050F2020101870003A4000027A4000042435E0062322F00
IE: Unknown:
DD1E00904C334E1003FFFF000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
IE: Unknown:
2D1A4E1003FFFF000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
IE: Unknown:
DD1A00904C34030D0800000000000000000000000000000000000000
IE: Unknown:
3D16030D0800000000000000000000000000000000000000
IE: Unknown: DD0900037F01010000FF7F
IE: Unknown: DD080013920100018500
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Extra:tsf=0000003871ac2bac
Extra: Last beacon: 3156ms ago
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=5e2d28a2-aaf0-489e-ac0d-0f9b3daf2ffc
Lsusb:
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 0846:6a00 NetGear, Inc. WG111 WiFi (v2)
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 0458:0007 KYE Systems Corp. (Mouse Systems)
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
MachineType: Compaq Evo D510
Package: linux-image-2.6.28-12-generic 2.6.28-12.43
ProcCmdLine: root=UUID=4cb72186-2c06-4fab-957e-e8772f34bf9c ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.28-12.43-generic
SourcePackage: linux
** Affects: linux (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: apport-bug i386
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rtl8187 same signal strength
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/377959
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