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From: Vikas Kawadia (kawadiacontrol.csl.uiuc.edu)
Date: Mon Apr 01 2002 - 16:22:43 CST

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    eth1 IEEE 802.11-DS ESSID:"vikas"
              Mode:Ad-Hoc Frequency:2.412GHz Cell: E6:00:CD:03:D0:03
              Bit Rate=11Mb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm Sensitivity=65535/65535
              RTS thr=100 B Fragment thr:off
              Encryption key:off
              Power Management:off
              Link Quality:20/10 Signal level:92/100 Noise level:0/0
              Rx invalid nwid:1084 invalid crypt:0 invalid misc:0

    Hello,

    This question is about the sensitivity parameter which can be set using
    iwconfig.

     iwconfig man page says that " This is the lowest signal level
    for which we attempt a packet reception, signal lower than this are not
    received." But it also suggests that the functionalities are hardware
    dependent. For example :
                     With some hardware, this parameter also control the
                  defer threshold (lowest signal level for which we
                  consider the channel busy) and the handover thresh
                  old (lowest signal level where we stay associated
                  with the current access point).

    Does somebody know what exactly do these cards do when the sensitivity is
    changed. I could not notice any connectivity diferrence in my adhoc
    network when changing sensitivity from 0 to 65535.

    Thanks.
    ..vikas

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