Return-path: Received: from mail30f.wh2.ocn.ne.jp ([220.111.41.203]:5654 "HELO mail30f.wh2.ocn.ne.jp" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1751102Ab0JDBnM (ORCPT ); Sun, 3 Oct 2010 21:43:12 -0400 Received: from vs3001.wh2.ocn.ne.jp (125.206.180.229) by mail30f.wh2.ocn.ne.jp (RS ver 1.0.95vs) with SMTP id 1-0288416587 for ; Mon, 4 Oct 2010 10:43:10 +0900 (JST) From: Bruno Randolf To: Jonathan Guerin Subject: Re: Can 'iw' show the current tx-power? Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2010 10:43:07 +0900 Cc: Maxim Levitsky , Ben Greear , "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" References: <4CA6B6F9.8080104@candelatech.com> <1286045327.11979.263.camel@maxim-laptop> In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Message-Id: <201010041043.07551.br1@einfach.org> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Mon October 4 2010 10:27:47 Jonathan Guerin wrote: > On Sun, Oct 3, 2010 at 4:48 AM, Maxim Levitsky wrote: > > On Sat, 2010-10-02 at 10:23 -0700, Ben Greear wrote: > >> On 10/02/2010 08:21 AM, Maxim Levitsky wrote: > >> > On Fri, 2010-10-01 at 21:37 -0700, Ben Greear wrote: > >> >> It seems it can set it, but I don't see any command to print out > >> >> the current value? > >> >> > >> >> Thanks, > >> >> Ben > >> > > >> > This is pretty much last missing feature from iw. > >> > >> Maybe that and current operating transfer rate? I can't > >> seem to find that anywhere other than 'iwconfig'... > > > > iw wlan0 link shows that. > > This does not work in adhoc mode: > > # iw dev wlan0 info > Interface wlan0 > ifindex 4 > type IBSS > > # iw dev wlan0 link > Not connected. the TX rate is different for each station (and basically for each individual packet too) so it does not make sense to show that for the "link" (what ever "link" may mean in the context of ad-hoc...). iw wlan0 station dump can show you the last TX rate for each station, but again, the rate can and will change on a per-packet basis. there is no such thing as a "current transfer rate". bruno