<div dir="ltr">Did you try<br><b>iwconfig wlan0 txpower auto<br></b>or<br><b>iwconfig wlan0 txpower fixed</b><br>the man page indicates that one of those would enable power control, but it's not 100% clear which.<br><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 11:50 AM, Duane Attaway <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dattaway@dattaway.net">dattaway@dattaway.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Unfortunately, the iwconfig txpower setting doesn't seem to lower the power. I don't need to transmit to the entire neighborhood. And when I send large files for half an hour or more, I need to reboot by taking out the battery to reset the wireless module. It gets that hot.<br>
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The reception on the card is quite good too. Very good signal to noise ratio.<br>
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localhost dattaway # iwconfig wlan0<br>
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:"ilikecheesereallyido"<br>
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: 00:14:BF:04:F6:2F<br>
Bit Rate=12 Mb/s Tx-Power=27 dBm<br>
Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2352 B<br>
Encryption key:off<br>
Power Management:off<br>
Link Quality=40/100 Signal level:-76 dBm Noise level=-102 dBm<br>
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0<br>
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0<br>
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