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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Anybody here have an idea what's
causing this problem with prism3 radios under hostAP 0.3.9 and 2.4.20
kernel:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>iwconfig wlan0 txpower auto</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>results in</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>wlan0 IEEE 802.11b
ESSID:"****************"
Nickname:"***********"<BR>
Mode:Master Frequency:2.412GHz Access Point:
00:04:E2:81:DE:D0<BR> Bit
Rate:11Mb/s Tx-Power=-43 dBm
Sensitivity=1/3<BR> Retry
min limit:8 RTS thr=250 B Fragment
thr:off<BR> Encryption
key:A00C-00E0-00 Encryption
mode:restricted<BR> Power
Management:off<BR> Link
Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise
level:0<BR> Rx invalid
nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:108 Rx invalid
frag:0<BR> Tx excessive
retries:119 Invalid misc:14641 Missed
beacon:0<BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Note the reported txpower -43 (and no
measurable TX output from the board)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This using an SMC2532w-b / Xcomax XI-330HP
radio. Problem isn't there with earlier Prism 2.5 radios, you typically
get an output of -10 to +10 under average conditions.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Thanks...</FONT><FONT face=Arial
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