From: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
To: Malte Gell <malte.gell@gmx.de>
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: iwconfig link quality only up to 70%
Date: Sat, 06 Mar 2010 22:13:40 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4B9327F4.1010109@lwfinger.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <201003070455.55312.malte.gell@gmx.de>
On 03/06/2010 09:55 PM, Malte Gell wrote:
> Hello,
>
> When i check the link quality iwconfig says "Link Quality=63/70".
>
> I wonder, why does it stop at 70%? Why doesn't it say "63/100"?
>
> I use Linux kernel 2.6.32 on openSUSE 11.1 with a Fritz! WLAN N stick. I know,
> not a big issue, I am just curious.
It does not stop at 70%. In fact 63/70 == 90%. As all these signal and quality
numbers are purely arbitrary, they can be normalized in any way you want. In a
number of the Realtek vendor drivers, there is a comment "For Netgear case, they
want good-looking singal strength".
Larry
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-03-07 4:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-03-07 3:55 iwconfig link quality only up to 70% Malte Gell
2010-03-07 4:13 ` Larry Finger [this message]
2010-03-07 4:23 ` Malte Gell
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