wireless digest, Vol 1 #444 - 2 msgs

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>    1. No sigal info with orinoco_cs in ad-hoc mode? (Erno Kuusela)
>    2. Re: No sigal info with orinoco_cs in ad-hoc mode? (Erno Kuusela)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 13:22:38 +0200
> From: Erno Kuusela <erno.kuusela at oulu.fi>
> To: wireless at lists.samba.org
> Subject: No sigal info with orinoco_cs in ad-hoc mode?
> Organization: 26-dimensional hypercube
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> hello,
>
> i want to see the signal quality metrics for a few other devices/access
> points. i understand i have to use ad-hoc mode in order to do that.
>
> however, here's what happens:
>
> sh-2.03# iwconfig
> lo        no wireless extensions.
>
> Warning : Device eth0 has been compiled with version 11
> of Wireless Extension, while we are using version 12.
> Some things may be broken...
>
> eth0      IEEE 802.11-DS  ESSID:"Monica"  Nickname:"familiar"
>           Mode:Ad-Hoc  Frequency:2.412GHz  Cell: 00:60:1D:F1:20:CF
>           Bit Rate:5.5Mb/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  invalid crypt:0  invalid misc:0
>
> sh-2.03# iwspy eth0 + 00:60:1D:F1:20:CF
> sh-2.03# cat /proc/net/wireless
> Inter-| sta-|   Quality        |   Discarded packets
>  face | tus | link level noise |  nwid  crypt   misc
>   eth0: 0000    0     0     0        0      0      0
> sh-2.03#
>
>
> also if i use managed mode, i get metrics, but they don't seem to change
(?)
> when i move around the office and hallways.
> i get:
>            Link Quality:159/92  Signal level:7/153  Noise level:0/153
>
> the link quality value fluctuates sometimes changes a bit
> between 158 and 160, but doesn't seem to correlate with moving
> around (even if i go out of range so ping doesn't get through anymore.)
>
> (i noticed the 11 vs 12 version discrepancy that iwconfig reports,
> but by looking at the driver source this doesn't seem like
> it would affect the iwconfig readings. also /proc/net/wireless reports
> the same numbers.)
>
> i am doing this on a ipaq. familiar 0.5 prerelease, kernel
> 2.4.7-rmk3-np1-devfs, orinoco_cs version 0.07.
>
> any ideas greatly appreciated.
>
> please cc me as i'm not subscribed to the list. (i read the archives
> though)
>
>    -- erno
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> Message: 2
> Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 13:35:15 +0200
> From: Erno Kuusela <erno.kuusela at oulu.fi>
> To: wireless at lists.samba.org
> Subject: Re: No sigal info with orinoco_cs in ad-hoc mode?
> Organization: 26-dimensional hypercube
>
> hello,
>
> forgot to say what card i am using:
> Jan  1 02:58:23 localhost cardmgr[87]: socket 0: Compaq WL110 PC Card
> on the card it says
> "lucent technologies", "ieee 802.11 wavelan", "turbo 11mb" and "silver".
>
>    -- erno
>
>
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