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On Thu, 2007-12-20 at 02:08 +0200, Tomas Winkler wrote:
> I've made a mistake this is not logical but actual rate so it
> theoretically we can go up to 600Mbs so it will make it 120 < 256.

Um, should it be 1200 > 255?

> But aren't we interested in MSC rate a packet was sent?

NetBSD and wireshark support IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_XCHANNEL which does a
better job to extend the IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_CHANNEL functions including
per-channel power dbm, MCS rates, etc. Linux should catch up when we
have 11n fully supported.

Thanks,
-yi