Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2022 01:25:15 +0000 (UTC) From: "Bjoern A. Zeeb" <bzeeb-lists@lists.zabbadoz.net> To: "J.R. Oldroyd" <fbsd@opal.com> Cc: Takashi Inoue <inoue.takashi@nihon-u.ac.jp>, FreeBSD wireless mailing list <wireless@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: wifimgr with iwlwifi Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.2204010120460.68830@ai.fobar.qr> In-Reply-To: <20220326165218.4934d148@opal.com> References: <86sfr5o9hj.fsf@kpiecuch.pl> <2dadd936-7bd6-ad0a-e2f8-b6f0e677b785@nihon-u.ac.jp> <CAN6yY1tQjNUN4r2R3OYkFNSagcGkiA3y1XgU40h5Qe-mz-=Ozw@mail.gmail.com> <20220326165218.4934d148@opal.com>
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On Sat, 26 Mar 2022, J.R. Oldroyd wrote: > On Sat, 26 Mar 2022 09:58:12 -0700 Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> On Sat, Mar 26, 2022 at 3:28 AM Takashi Inoue <inoue.takashi@nihon-u.ac.jp> >> wrote: >> >>> Do you use "wifimgr" which is a GUI tool to select AP. >>> When I use "if_iwlfiwi.ko", wave strength displayed >>> in wifimgr is 0 for all access point. >>> Do you see this phenomenon? Or, does someone see this? >>> >>> Best, >>> Takashi >>> >> >> I'll have to leave the wifimge to others. > > Wifimgr parses the output of "ifconfig -v wlanN list scan" in order to > compute the number of bars to display for the signal strength. > > With the iwm driver, I see s/n values like -49:-96 for my network. > But with the iwlwifi driver, the values for the same network are -121:-96 . > > This large negative value for the signal strength is causing wifimgr > to compute the number of bars as 0. > > Bjørn, is this something else to look at in the iwlwifi driver? It's in the LinuxKPI 802.11 compat part. I have XXX next to that and on my TODO list now. Lots of health, Bjoern -- Bjoern A. Zeeb r15:7help
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