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On Tue, 2012-06-26 at 13:50 +0530, DINO MYCLE wrote:
> Hello,
>  Adding the RSSI for each antenna will be useful. We can verify if the
> antenna connectors are proper or not by checking the RSSI value of
> each antenna, Also this will be helpful for outdoor installation where
> they use dual polarized antennas for PtP and PMP systems

Does this make sense for the normal reporting though? I see more value
in reporting it in radiotap monitoring for instance.

johannes