From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from ol.sdf.org ([205.166.94.20]:49400 "EHLO mx.sdf.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751713AbeECAjs (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 May 2018 20:39:48 -0400 Received: from sdf.org (sverige.freeshell.org [205.166.94.5]) by mx.sdf.org (8.15.2/8.14.5) with ESMTPS id w430V7lV016449 (using TLSv1.2 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256 bits) verified NO) for ; Thu, 3 May 2018 00:31:07 GMT Received: (from gerrit@localhost) by sdf.org (8.15.2/8.12.8/Submit) id w430V6Nb001048 for linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org; Wed, 2 May 2018 18:31:07 -0600 (MDT) Date: Wed, 2 May 2018 18:31:06 -0600 From: Gerrit Renker To: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Intel 9260NGW (beacon) signal average values off Message-ID: <20180503003106.GA19935@SDF.ORG> (sfid-20180503_023951_790849_8466E97A) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: A user with 4.15.11-1~bpo9+1 Debian kernel reported the following problem with Intel 9260NGW in a Dell XPS 13: the following nl80211 reported values were off [1]: * signal average (NL80211_STA_INFO_SIGNAL_AVG) reported as +72 dBm * beacon signal average (NL80211_STA_INFO_BEACON_SIGNAL_AVG) reported as +184 dBm * while the station signal was reported as -74 dBm I found a work-around in user-space, not sure if this has been fixed already. Gerrit [1] https://github.com/uoaerg/wavemon/issues/47