Can anyone comment on whether "iw set bitrates" should be fully functional using compat-wireless version 3.2.5-1 ? ( if not, what do I have to do to get this to work? ) -Patrick On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 4:48 PM, Patrick Connolly <patrickc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Okay so using a compat-wireless build of 3.2.5-1, I get the command to > succeed (ie: no more error message) but when I look at the advertised > rates using "iwlist scanning" it certainly looks like the command does > not take effect. > > COMMAND USED: > # iw dev wlan0 set bitrates legacy-2.4 1 2 5.5 11 > > RESULT OF "iwlist scanning": > Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s > 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s > Bit Rates:24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s > > These Bit Rates are the same as they were before the "iw set > bitrates" command. I haven't actually captured the packets in > wireshark yet; I assume the output of "iwlist" is reliable enough. > > Can anyone comment on what is wrong? Why don't the advertised rates change? > > -Patrick > > > On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 7:54 AM, Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On 08/27/2012 08:50 AM, Patrick Connolly wrote: >>> >>> So can anybody comment on whether kernel 2.6.32 is recent enough to >>> support "iw" version 0.9.22 ? >> >> >> It is not; however, you can build compat-wireless for that kernel and get >> code that will. >> >> Larry >> >> > > > >>> On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 4:54 PM, Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>> On 08/24/2012 06:38 PM, Patrick Connolly wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Okay so I built "iw" version 0.9.22 successfully (after much grief). >>>>> The help page shows that "set bitrates" is now supported: >>>>> >>>>> dev <devname> set bitrates [legacy-<2.4|5> <legacy rate in >>>>> Mbps>*] >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> but when I try to use it I get: >>>>> >>>>> # iw dev wlan0 set bitrates legacy-2.4 1 2 5.5 11 >>>>> command failed: Operation not supported (-95) >>>>> >>>>> ...so what does this mean? Is it "iw" or the driver that lacks the >>>>> support? >>>> >>>> >>>> I would think that your kernel is too old. What version are you running? >>>> >>>> Larry >>>> >>>> -- 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
