On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 3:18 PM, Ben Greear <greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 03/28/2014 12:27 AM, Sedat Dilek wrote: >> >> On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 5:21 AM, Ben Greear <greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> wrote: >>> >>> Any idea why this isn't working? >>> >>> Kernel is 3.9.11+, driver is ath9k. >>> >>> [root@ct523-9292 lanforge]# iwconfig wlan0 >>> wlan0 IEEE 802.11abgn ESSID:off/any >>> Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=16 dBm >>> Retry short limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off >>> Encryption key:off >>> Power Management:off >>> >>> [root@ct523-9292 lanforge]# iwconfig wlan0 txpower 10 >>> [root@ct523-9292 lanforge]# echo $? >>> 0 >>> [root@ct523-9292 lanforge]# iwconfig wlan0 >>> wlan0 IEEE 802.11abgn ESSID:off/any >>> Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=16 dBm >>> Retry short limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off >>> Encryption key:off >>> Power Management:off >>> >>> [root@ct523-9292 lanforge]# >>> >> >> Which version of wireless-tools? >> Why don't you use modern iw? > > > Do you know the right incantation for 'iw'? From it's help, it seems > this should work, but it throws an error. I haven't dug into the > code to figure out why... > > [root@ct523-9292 lanforge]# iw dev wlan0 set txpower 10 > Invalid parameter: 10 > I have found [1] in the wiki. For more details and a quick answer try to ask on IRC? - Sedat - [1] http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Documentation/iw#Setting_TX_power > [root@ct523-9292 lanforge]# iwconfig --version > iwconfig Wireless-Tools version 29 > Compatible with Wireless Extension v11 to v22. > > Kernel Currently compiled with Wireless Extension v22. > > sta211 Recommend Wireless Extension v21 or later, > Currently compiled with Wireless Extension v22. > ... > > > Thanks, > Ben > >> >> - Sedat - >> > > > -- > Ben Greear <greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Candela Technologies Inc http://www.candelatech.com > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
