[pkg-wpa-devel] Bug#618540: fixed -- in kernel

[Johannes Berg]

Since

commit 420e7fabd9c6d907280ed6b3e40eef425c5d8d8d
Author: Henning Rogge <hrogge at googlemail.com>
Date:   Thu Dec 11 22:04:19 2008 +0100

    nl80211: Add signal strength and bandwith to nl80211station info

(in v2.6.29 [rc1])

iw will report the rate:

$ iw wlan0 link
Connected to 00:23:cd:16:8a:7e (on wlan0)
	SSID: sacrificial ring
	freq: 2462
	RX: 3034491 bytes (25941 packets)
	TX: 2943933 bytes (24943 packets)
	signal: -35 dBm
	tx bitrate: 270.0 MBit/s MCS 14 40Mhz short GI



Since

commit 254416aae70ab2e6b57fd79782c8a67196234d02
Author: John W. Linville <linville at tuxdriver.com>
Date:   Wed Dec 9 16:43:52 2009 -0500

    wireless: report reasonable bitrate for MCS rates through wext

(in v2.6.34 [rc1])

the same is true for iwconfig:

$ iwconfig wlan0
wlan0     IEEE 802.11abgn  ESSID:"..."
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.462 GHz  Access Point:...
          Bit Rate=270 Mb/s   Tx-Power=15 dBm
          Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality=70/70  Signal level=-35 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:9  Invalid misc:47   Missed beacon:0



johannes