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On 08/24/2012 06:38 PM, Patrick Connolly wrote:
> Okay so I built "iw" version 0.9.22 successfully (after much grief).
> The help page shows that "set bitrates" is now supported:
>
>          dev <devname> set bitrates [legacy-<2.4|5> <legacy rate in Mbps>*]
>
>
>   but when I try to use it I get:
>
>         # iw dev wlan0 set bitrates legacy-2.4 1 2 5.5 11
>         command failed: Operation not supported (-95)
>
> ...so what does this mean?  Is it "iw" or the driver that lacks the support?

I would think that your kernel is too old. What version are you running?

Larry