[Trac #1406] Airplane mode for wireless.

[Javier Cardona]

On 5/7/07, Javier Cardona <javier at cozybit.com> wrote:
> Hi Joel,
>
> > on this topic, is there a way to lower the power output of the radio?
> > for example, to simulate two laptops moving out of range in an
> > enclosed environment?
>
> # # Turn off automatic power configuration
> # iwpriv msh0 powercfg 0 0 0 0
>
> # # Set the power
> # iwconfig msh0 txpower N
>
>
> Someone reported that the above commands only work if the sequence is
> preceded by a non-zero powercfg command (i.e. # iwpriv msh0 powercfg 2
> 2 2 2).  If you encounter the same problem, could you file a bug?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Javier
>


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