This is my first post, so be gentle...
I am trying to learn how to control the tx power of my access point.
After my system is up and running I attempt to lower the txpower using "iwconfig wlp1s0 txpower 15"
The system accepts the command without complaint and a subsequent iwconfig wlp1s0 command yields:
wlp1s0 IEEE 802.11abgn Mode:Master Tx-Power=15 dBm
Retry short limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:on
However, monitoring the airwaves with "inSSIDer" (Windows) or the Android "Wi-Fi Analyzer" I see no drop in measured output power.
What am I doing wrong??
More Info:
I am running a GTI SmilePLUG - a Marvell Armada-370 with a Marvell 88w8764 PCIe module.
Distro is ArchlinuxARM
Kernel is 3.18.1
Driver - b Marvell TOPDOG(R) 802.11 Wireless Network Driver version 0.13
Firmware - ieee80211 phy0: 88w8764 v7, 30144ad8e0b3, AP firmware 7.4.0.9
Systemd and system.network are used for system initialization and network startup
iwconfig wlp1s0
wlp1s0 IEEE 802.11abgn Mode:Master Tx-Power=15 dBm
Retry short limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:on
Regards,
Larry Harmon
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