2022-03-17 03:35:06

by Ben Greear

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Subject: Re: ax210 txpower settings issue.

On 3/16/22 12:05 PM, Ben Greear wrote:
> I notice that when I try to set txpower on ax210 to 20 in a particular setup, then
> the peer RSSI reports -51.  If I change txpower to 15, peer reports about -53.  If I change
> txpower to 10, peer reports about -57.

Bleh, I should have just gone to lunch before sending email. Setting to 0
takes it to -68 rssi, so total span is ~17db, and that is probably just fine.

Thanks,
Ben

>
> I am wondering if ax210 somewhere might be using 1/2 db units when it should be using full db units
> or vice versa?
>
> I'm using firmware version 71 and 5.17+ kernel (with the 5.18 iwlwifi patches backported).
>
> Anyone tried similar?
>
> Thanks,
> Ben
>