[Bug 377462] New: KnetworkManager shows signal strength much lower than iwlist shows

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5 Apr 2008 5 Apr '08

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https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=377462 Summary: KnetworkManager shows signal strength much lower than iwlist shows Product: openSUSE 10.3 Version: Final Platform: i586 OS/Version: openSUSE 10.3 Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: KDE AssignedTo: kde-maintainers@suse.de ReportedBy: jrobiso2@ford.com QAContact: qa@suse.de Found By: Customer KnetworkManager is saying signal strength is 54%. iwlist eth1 scan says 86%. Which is real? I know that when this same laptop, when booted in Winblows, says excellent signal strength. This is a long-standing issue. I just finally decided to complain. h/w: Dell D620 using ipw3945 driver. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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New subject: [Bug 377462] KnetworkManager shows signal strength much lower than iwlist shows

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=377462 Stephan Binner changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |wstephenson@novell.com AssignedTo|kde-maintainers@suse.de |hschaa@novell.com -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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New subject: [Bug 377462] KnetworkManager shows signal strength much lower than iwlist shows

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=377462 User hschaa@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=377462#c1 Helmut Schaa changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |tambet@novell.com Status|NEW |NEEDINFO Info Provider| |jrobiso2@ford.com --- Comment #1 from Helmut Schaa 2008-04-05 03:49:11 MST --- (In reply to comment #0 from Jonathon Robison)

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KnetworkManager is saying signal strength is 54%. iwlist eth1 scan says 86%.

Are you referring to signal strength or quality? What is the signal quality shown in nm-tool and KNM after running iwlist?

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Which is real? I know that when this same laptop, when booted in Winblows, says excellent signal strength.

What does "excellent" signal strength mean (in percentage)? NetworkManager (and therefore both frontends) uses the same signal-quality value as iwlist. The only difference is that iwlist shows the current scan results where NetworkManager may show scan results from the previous scan. That may result in a discrepancy between both. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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7 Apr 7 Apr

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New subject: [Bug 377462] KnetworkManager shows signal strength much lower than iwlist shows

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=377462 User jrobiso2@ford.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=377462#c2 Jonathon Robison changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |NEW Info Provider|jrobiso2@ford.com | --- Comment #2 from Jonathon Robison 2008-04-07 05:44:35 MST --- You may have a point regarding "strength vs. quality". I'll have to check when I get home. KNM after running iwlist scans remains unchanged. Numbers are the same after multiple scans, rcnetwork restarts, etc. I too question what "excellent" means in Winblows, but I am unaware of how to get real numerics from that OS. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=377462 Dirk Mueller changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Component|KDE |Mobile Devices -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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10 Apr 10 Apr

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https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=377462 User jrobiso2@ford.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=377462#c3 Jonathon Robison changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |RESOLVED Resolution| |INVALID --- Comment #3 from Jonathon Robison 2008-04-10 08:46:29 MST --- Looks like you were right. One is signal strength, one is quality. Moving to INVALID. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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