Re: wi0 oddity

[Ted Unangst <tedu@stanford.edu>]

On Sun, 1 Jun 2003, Sascha Luck wrote:

> I run 3.3 on a DSL/firewall/wireless access point and noticed that the SN/S/N
> counter on wi0 (Linksys WPC11 PrismII) appears to be stuck:
>
> bash-2.05b# wicontrol | grep Comm
> Comms quality/signal/noise:             [ 0 27 27 ]

signal strength has no meaning for an access point.  the numbers don't
matter.

>
> Operation or comms quality is not affected.
>
> wi0 at pci1 dev 9 function 0 "Global Sun GL24110P02" rev 0x02: irq 11
> wi0: "Instant Wireless ,  Network PC CARD, Version 01.02"
> wi0: PRISM2 HWB3163 rev.A, Firmware 0.3.0 (primary), 0.8.3 (station), address
> XX:XX:XX....
>
> Anyone seen that before?
>
> rgds,
> Sascha Luck
>

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