Change wireless interface "sens" value how?

[JD]

On 02/12/2011 07:48 AM, mike cloaked wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 3:30 PM, mike cloaked<mike.cloaked at gmail.com>  wrote:
>
>> I tested a different laptop with different wireless card:
>>
>> 03:03.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG
>> [Calexico2] Network Connection (rev 05)
>>
>> [root at lapmike2 ~]# lsmod|grep ipw
>> ipw2200               116546  0
>> libipw                 21037  1 ipw2200
>> cfg80211              110951  2 ipw2200,libipw
>> lib80211                4107  3 lib80211_crypt_ccmp,ipw2200,libipw
>>
>> For that laptop I can change the value of sens!
>>
> This driver seems to refuse sens values in dBm - but only as positive
> numbers - so I am unsure what the appropriate value is in this case -
> but it seems that if the wireless driver is able to change the sens
> value and it can be set in dBm then your advice is good - however I
> did not realise there was so much variation in support on the driver
> side and this whole issue is a lot more complicated than I first
> realised!
>
I am also plagued by the same problem for rt2xxx driver.
So I opened a bug:
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28972
You might want to add your comment to this bug and report
your device and loaded wireless drivers.