[ltp] T61 Atheros wireless LED

Robert T. West ("Tim") linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Tue, 29 Jul 2008 09:16:33 -0400


------=_Part_46185_20815964.1217337393934
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Content-Disposition: inline

> AFAIK you can not compare that. The reported signal strength is a value
> that has to be translated from some data received from the card.
> Comparing between different hardware, drivers or even operating systems
> is therefore pretty pointless.

is in response to:

" ...but Windows reports it much higher with the *exact same hardware*, and
works pretty much flawlessly with it (I'm dual-booting for the time being)."

------=_Part_46185_20815964.1217337393934
Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Content-Disposition: inline

<div dir="ltr">&gt; AFAIK you can not compare that. The reported signal strength is a value<br>&gt; that has to be translated from some data received from the card.<br>&gt; Comparing between different hardware, drivers or even operating systems<br>
&gt; is therefore pretty pointless.<br><br>is in response to:<br><br>&quot; ...but Windows reports it much higher with the <i><b>exact same hardware</b></i>, and works pretty much flawlessly with it (I&#39;m dual-booting for the time being).&quot;<br>
<br><br></div>

------=_Part_46185_20815964.1217337393934--