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Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2018 13:20:59 +0200
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Subject: Re: A few questions about iwlwifi and its rate control mechanism
To: Tambet Arak <tambet.arak@gmail.com>
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On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 12:54 PM, Tambet Arak <tambet.arak@gmail.com> wrote:
> I see. I might try playing around with hacking iwl-agn-rs, in that case.
>
>> What do you mean by 'drop'. Disassociated? Or associated but no traffic?
>> Association state can be checked with iw <iface> link
>
> Sorry, that was ambiguous. I meant that the rate is decreased to e.g. MCS3-5.
>

Oh - that can happen because of lower quality radio conditions.