Return-path: Received: from mail.candelatech.com ([208.74.158.172]:35766 "EHLO ns3.lanforge.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751057AbaC1EWA (ORCPT ); Fri, 28 Mar 2014 00:22:00 -0400 Received: from [192.168.2.15] ([12.218.212.2]) (authenticated bits=0) by ns3.lanforge.com (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id s2S4LxtJ012255 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Thu, 27 Mar 2014 21:22:00 -0700 Message-ID: <5334F8E7.1070803@candelatech.com> (sfid-20140328_052231_504026_EEC32353) Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2014 21:21:59 -0700 From: Ben Greear MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Setting txpower fails? Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Any idea why this isn't working? Kernel is 3.9.11+, driver is ath9k. [root@ct523-9292 lanforge]# iwconfig wlan0 wlan0 IEEE 802.11abgn ESSID:off/any Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=16 dBm Retry short limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Encryption key:off Power Management:off [root@ct523-9292 lanforge]# iwconfig wlan0 txpower 10 [root@ct523-9292 lanforge]# echo $? 0 [root@ct523-9292 lanforge]# iwconfig wlan0 wlan0 IEEE 802.11abgn ESSID:off/any Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=16 dBm Retry short limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Encryption key:off Power Management:off [root@ct523-9292 lanforge]# -- Ben Greear Candela Technologies Inc http://www.candelatech.com