Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] wpa_supplicant confusion
Date: Fri, 06 Jun 2008 19:28:17
Message-Id: 200806062027.43953.michaelkintzios@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] wpa_supplicant confusion by Michal 'vorner' Vaner
1 On Friday 06 June 2008, Michal 'vorner' Vaner wrote:
2 > Hello
3 >
4 > On Fri, Jun 06, 2008 at 06:15:11PM +0100, Mick wrote:
5 > > wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"daddy"
6 > > Mode:Managed Frequency:2.442 GHz Access Point:
7 > > 00:18:4D:AE:55:2C Bit Rate=12 Mb/s Tx-Power=27 dBm
8 > > Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2346 B
9 > > Encryption key:8B7B-9671-89
10 > > Link Quality=31/100 Signal level=-56 dBm
11 >
12 > I do not know your card, but mine works with link quality above 60/100,
13 > below that doesn't do much. The ping times are because there are
14 > link-level retransmits, so it tries many times and it sometimes
15 > succeeds.
16 >
17 > If you get closer to the AP, is it still a problem?
18
19 It's a USB dongle:
20
21 Bus 002 Device 004: ID 050d:7050 Belkin Components F5D7050 ver 1000 WiFi
22
23 I have moved right next to the AP and notice the same weird behaviour.
24 --
25 Regards,
26 Mick

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