Re: Laptop wireless problem

[Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com>]

On Sunday 03 July 2016 10:41:31 deloptes wrote:
> Lisi Reisz wrote:
> > eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:16:6f:00:3a:b3
>
> Ah and check txpower with iwconfig
>
> sometimes it is set to 0dB rendering wireless useless.
> example
> iwconfig eth1 txpower 10

root@debian-wheezy:/home/sarah# iwconfig eth1
eth1      IEEE 802.11bg  ESSID:off/any
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437 GHz  Access Point: Not-Associated
          Bit Rate:0 kb/s   Tx-Power=20 dBm   Sensitivity=8/0
          Retry limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality:0  Signal level:0  Noise level:0
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

root@debian-wheezy:/home/sarah#

Since txpower is currently set to 20 should I leave it alone for now?  Or 
change it to 30?

Thank you.
Lisi