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On 08/23/2012 12:07 PM, Patrick Connolly wrote:
> Larry,
>       Thanks for the response.  It appears that "set bitrates" is not
> possible with my version of iw (0.9.19) - I get a big long help screen
> when I try that command:
>
>   "iw dev wlan0 set bitrates legacy-2.4 1 2 5.5 11"
> ...the options printed out for "set" are:

You need to upgrade iw. I have 0.9.22, which has the set bitrates option.

Once the rates are locked by mac80211, the beacons should only advertise 802.11b 
rates. (I have not tested that statement.)

Larry