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From: Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
To: ath9k-devel@lists.ath9k.org
Subject: [ath9k-devel] avg-signal is weird in ath9k in 3.3.0
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2012 13:46:59 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4F68ECC3.3000802@candelatech.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4F68DEE8.60506@candelatech.com>

On 03/20/2012 12:47 PM, Ben Greear wrote:
> I'm testing out some code to get a stations's avg-signal through ethtool-stats,
> and both it and /proc/net/wireless show ranges bouncing all over
> (from around -48 to -110) on an interface running heavy traffic.
>
> Are there any known bugs in 3.3.0 related to this?

Same with iw station dump:

[root at lec2010-ath9k-1 lanforge]# iw dev sta1 station dump
Station 00:88:99:88:99:01 (on sta1)
	inactive time:	2 ms
	rx bytes:	3646300587
	rx packets:	10768068
	tx bytes:	3444260988
	tx packets:	10706688
	tx retries:	187471399
	tx failed:	2
	signal:  	-47 dBm
	signal avg:	-64 dBm
	tx bitrate:	130.0 MBit/s MCS 15
[root at lec2010-ath9k-1 lanforge]# iw dev sta1 station dump
Station 00:88:99:88:99:01 (on sta1)
	inactive time:	1 ms
	rx bytes:	3655139651
	rx packets:	10775853
	tx bytes:	3452330988
	tx packets:	10714184
	tx retries:	187604280
	tx failed:	2
	signal:  	16 dBm
	signal avg:	-92 dBm
	tx bitrate:	130.0 MBit/s MCS 15

Thanks,
Ben

>
> Thanks,
> Ben
>


-- 
Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
Candela Technologies Inc  http://www.candelatech.com

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From: Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
To: "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" <linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org>,
	"ath9k-devel@lists.ath9k.org" <ath9k-devel@venema.h4ckr.net>
Subject: Re: avg-signal is weird in ath9k in 3.3.0
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2012 13:46:59 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4F68ECC3.3000802@candelatech.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4F68DEE8.60506@candelatech.com>

On 03/20/2012 12:47 PM, Ben Greear wrote:
> I'm testing out some code to get a stations's avg-signal through ethtool-stats,
> and both it and /proc/net/wireless show ranges bouncing all over
> (from around -48 to -110) on an interface running heavy traffic.
>
> Are there any known bugs in 3.3.0 related to this?

Same with iw station dump:

[root@lec2010-ath9k-1 lanforge]# iw dev sta1 station dump
Station 00:88:99:88:99:01 (on sta1)
	inactive time:	2 ms
	rx bytes:	3646300587
	rx packets:	10768068
	tx bytes:	3444260988
	tx packets:	10706688
	tx retries:	187471399
	tx failed:	2
	signal:  	-47 dBm
	signal avg:	-64 dBm
	tx bitrate:	130.0 MBit/s MCS 15
[root@lec2010-ath9k-1 lanforge]# iw dev sta1 station dump
Station 00:88:99:88:99:01 (on sta1)
	inactive time:	1 ms
	rx bytes:	3655139651
	rx packets:	10775853
	tx bytes:	3452330988
	tx packets:	10714184
	tx retries:	187604280
	tx failed:	2
	signal:  	16 dBm
	signal avg:	-92 dBm
	tx bitrate:	130.0 MBit/s MCS 15

Thanks,
Ben

>
> Thanks,
> Ben
>


-- 
Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
Candela Technologies Inc  http://www.candelatech.com


  reply	other threads:[~2012-03-20 20:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-03-20 19:47 [ath9k-devel] avg-signal is weird in ath9k in 3.3.0 Ben Greear
2012-03-20 19:47 ` Ben Greear
2012-03-20 20:46 ` Ben Greear [this message]
2012-03-20 20:46   ` Ben Greear
2012-03-20 22:22 ` [ath9k-devel] " Felix Fietkau
2012-03-20 22:22   ` Felix Fietkau
2012-03-21  2:11   ` [ath9k-devel] " Ben Greear
2012-03-21  2:11     ` Ben Greear

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