[zd1211-devs] monitor mode in Belkin Components F5D7050 Wireless G Adapter v4000
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From: Christian M. <c...@sp...> - 2011-08-14 18:00:53
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Hello, I have a: Belkin Components F5D7050 Wireless G Adapter v4000 $ dmesg | egrep "zd1211b? chip" [30382.403185] zd1211rw 1-4.4:1.0: zd1211b chip 050d:705c v4810 high 00-1c-df AL2230_RF pa0 g--NS if I turn the device in monitor mode there is no signal strength value in the radiotap header. i have tested this with wireshark and libpcap. $ uname -a Linux infrared 2.6.39-02063903-generic #201107091121 SMP Sat Jul 9 11:25:36 UTC 2011 x86_64 GNU/Linux $ iw dev wlan2 station dump Station 00:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX (on wlan2) inactive time: 21350 ms rx bytes: 7703 rx packets: 268 tx bytes: 7420 tx packets: 106 signal: 39 dBm tx bitrate: 1.0 MBit/s so the signal should be in [-127 to 0] ?!? what is iw doing if there is no rssi value given? network manager shows some tiny signal..... on my other device (ralink based) everything is fine. thanks, christian |