Here is the output of iwconfig: wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:"H23" Nickname:"rtl_wifi" Mode:Managed Frequency:2.452 GHz Access Point: 00:23:54:A6:EF:A4 Bit Rate:54 Mb/s Sensitivity:0/0 Retry:off RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Power Management:off Link Quality=100/100 Signal level=69/100 Noise level=0/100 Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0 The link quality varies between 99 and 100, but is almost always 100. The signal level varies between 62 and 69. Ben -- 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