Re: Getting stuck when out of range

On Wed, 02 Jun 2004 12:35:33 +0200
Claas Hilbrecht <[email protected]> wrote:

> 
> I don't think the link is weak. I'm using very strong antennas and get a 
> link speed from about 1 MB/s via rsync and openvpn. With nttcp without 
> OpenVPN  My test setup look like:

[snip]

> eth2      IEEE 802.11b/g  ESSID:"xxx"
>           Mode:Managed  Channel:6  Access Point: 00:04:E2:64:9F:4F
>           Bit Rate:1Mb/s   Tx-Power=31 dBm   Sensitivity=20/200
>           Retry min limit:14   RTS thr:2347 B   Fragment thr:2346 B
>           Encryption key:DDEA-029D-6493-1C7C-9BD5-5691-0B   Security 
> mode:restricted
>           Link Quality:204/0  Signal level:-85 dBm  Noise level:-32 dBm
>           Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
>           Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

Im afraid -85dBm is too low, sensitivity for 1Mb/s is -86. I still have
quite a lot disassociations with -70 on 2Mb/s. But the link works ok
when it is reestablished. Try to recompile the driver with higher
VERBOSE, may be you will find something.

Feyd