From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from s3.sipsolutions.net ([5.9.151.49]:34716 "EHLO sipsolutions.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751244AbbFKIGP (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 Jun 2015 04:06:15 -0400 Message-ID: <1434009970.1915.3.camel@sipsolutions.net> (sfid-20150611_100624_293302_BB196B41) Subject: Re: values in /proc/net/wireless are static, doesn't change; iwlwifi, Intel 6205 From: Johannes Berg To: Daniel Lublin Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2015 10:06:10 +0200 In-Reply-To: (sfid-20150611_100009_243262_EFBCBBEB) References: (sfid-20150611_100009_243262_EFBCBBEB) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Thu, 2015-06-11 at 07:55 +0000, Daniel Lublin wrote: > I'm on a thinkpad X230 with Intel Advanced-N 6205 card, iwlwifi driver. > > Reading /proc/net/wireless, I find that the values there does not change. No > matter me moving around, changing distance to my AP. On my old machine (X60), > I was used to sometimes using for example wavemon(1) to find out where I get > the best reception. I this a limitation of my network card, driver, or some > combitation? As designed, or a flaw? The fix just went into net.git. johannes