Re: wifi bit rate

2012-05-25 Thread Ed Greshko
On 05/24/2012 09:58 AM, JD wrote: > I have in the past, but not recently, as this > problem is rather recent (past 10 or 15 days ). > I will give it a shot and get back to you. OK. -- Never be afraid to laugh at yourself, after all, you could be missing out on the joke of the century. --

Re: wifi bit rate

2012-05-24 Thread JD
On 05/24/2012 06:59 AM, Aaron Konstam wrote: It's a 2-wire brand router, rebranded as AT&T And yes, it does have the status page to see every connected client, it's IP address, ...etc However, it has no info about each client's bit rate. It sort of does on the System Summary page at 192.168.1.

Re: wifi bit rate

2012-05-24 Thread JD
On 05/24/2012 02:14 AM, John Horne wrote: On Wed, 2012-05-23 at 18:58 -0700, JD wrote: On 05/23/2012 06:54 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 05/24/2012 09:52 AM, JD wrote: Sorry Ed - I sent my reply too soon wihtout answering the 2nd question. Yes, the question was asked and I replied moving the laptop

Re: wifi bit rate

2012-05-24 Thread Aaron Konstam
> >> It's a 2-wire brand router, rebranded as AT&T > >> And yes, it does have the status page to see > >> every connected client, it's IP address, ...etc > >> However, it has no info about each client's > >> bit rate. > > It sort of does on the System Summary page at 192.168.1.254. You can > > al

Re: wifi bit rate

2012-05-24 Thread John Horne
On Wed, 2012-05-23 at 18:58 -0700, JD wrote: > On 05/23/2012 06:54 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: > > On 05/24/2012 09:52 AM, JD wrote: > >> Sorry Ed - I sent my reply too soon wihtout answering the 2nd question. > >> Yes, the question was asked and I replied moving the laptop right > >> next to the router

Re: wifi bit rate

2012-05-23 Thread JD
On 05/23/2012 06:54 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 05/24/2012 09:52 AM, JD wrote: Sorry Ed - I sent my reply too soon wihtout answering the 2nd question. Yes, the question was asked and I replied moving the laptop right next to the router has no effect on the bit rate. Sorry if my question wasn't cle

Re: wifi bit rate

2012-05-23 Thread Ed Greshko
On 05/24/2012 09:52 AM, JD wrote: > Sorry Ed - I sent my reply too soon wihtout answering the 2nd question. > Yes, the question was asked and I replied moving the laptop right > next to the router has no effect on the bit rate. Sorry if my question wasn't clear. I'm not asking about moving it cl

Re: wifi bit rate

2012-05-23 Thread JD
On 05/23/2012 06:19 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: I'm sorry if this has been asked/answered, but the Fedora systemis it a laptop that you can take to another location and connect to another AP? Sorry Ed - I sent my reply too soon wihtout answering the 2nd question. Yes, the question was asked and

Re: wifi bit rate

2012-05-23 Thread Ed Greshko
On 05/24/2012 09:50 AM, JD wrote: > I'm sorry if this has been asked/answered, but the Fedora systemis it a > laptop > that you can take to another location and connect to another AP? And the answer to my second question? -- Never be afraid to laugh at yourself, after all, you could be mis

Re: wifi bit rate

2012-05-23 Thread JD
On 05/23/2012 06:19 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 05/24/2012 09:02 AM, JD wrote: The model number printed on the router (which doubles up as tv signal decoder) is 3800HGV-B. Router was supplied by att. Yes I do have admin access. Did you try what was suggested by Aaron, as far as status goes? Yes!

Re: wifi bit rate

2012-05-23 Thread JD
On 05/23/2012 02:56 PM, Aaron Konstam wrote: On Wed, 2012-05-23 at 09:41 -0700, JD wrote: On 05/23/2012 04:21 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: I looked back through the posts in this thread and, while I may have missed it due to the number of posts, I did not see a mention of what make/model of wireless

Re: wifi bit rate

2012-05-23 Thread Ed Greshko
On 05/24/2012 09:02 AM, JD wrote: > > The model number printed on the router (which > doubles up as tv signal decoder) is 3800HGV-B. > Router was supplied by att. > Yes I do have admin access. Did you try what was suggested by Aaron, as far as status goes? > > I was not present at the time they h

Re: wifi bit rate

2012-05-23 Thread JD
On 05/23/2012 02:26 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 05/24/2012 12:41 AM, JD wrote: It's a 2-wire brand router, rebranded as AT&T And yes, it does have the status page to see every connected client, it's IP address, ...etc However, it has no info about each client's bit rate. Then, it leads me to ask t

Re: wifi bit rate

2012-05-23 Thread Aaron Konstam
On Wed, 2012-05-23 at 09:41 -0700, JD wrote: > On 05/23/2012 04:21 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: > > I looked back through the posts in this thread and, while I may have missed > > it due to > > the number of posts, I did not see a mention of what make/model of wireless > > AP you > > have. > > > > My s

Re: wifi bit rate

2012-05-23 Thread Ed Greshko
On 05/24/2012 12:41 AM, JD wrote: > It's a 2-wire brand router, rebranded as AT&T > And yes, it does have the status page to see > every connected client, it's IP address, ...etc > However, it has no info about each client's > bit rate. Then, it leads me to ask the following. 1. Do you know

Re: wifi bit rate

2012-05-23 Thread JD
On 05/23/2012 04:21 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: I looked back through the posts in this thread and, while I may have missed it due to the number of posts, I did not see a mention of what make/model of wireless AP you have. My sample size is small...but the AP's that I've worked with all had a "Statu

Re: wifi bit rate

2012-05-23 Thread Ed Greshko
On 05/23/2012 05:55 PM, JD wrote: > The link quality (signal strength) came back up > after a few minutes, but bit rate remains fixed. > > Bit Rate=18 Mb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm > Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off > Power Management:off > Link

Re: wifi bit rate

2012-05-23 Thread JD
On 05/23/2012 02:50 AM, John Horne wrote: On Wed, 2012-05-23 at 02:43 -0700, JD wrote: # iwconfig wlan1 rate 54G ^^^ '54M' not 'G'. John. Sorry, no effect: # iwconfig wlan1 rate 54M # iwconfig wlan1 wlan1 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:"Private" Mode:Managed

Re: wifi bit rate

2012-05-23 Thread JD
On 05/23/2012 02:15 AM, John Horne wrote: On Tue, 2012-05-22 at 19:04 -0700, JD wrote: On 05/22/2012 03:12 PM, John Horne wrote: On Mon, 2012-05-21 at 13:18 -0700, JD wrote: Any wifi protocol savvy people who can explain this: iwconfig wlan0 wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:"Private"

Re: wifi bit rate

2012-05-23 Thread John Horne
On Wed, 2012-05-23 at 02:43 -0700, JD wrote: > > # iwconfig wlan1 rate 54G ^^^ '54M' not 'G'. John. -- John Horne Tel: +44 (0)1752 587287 Plymouth University, UK Fax: +44 (0)1752 587001 -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsu

Re: wifi bit rate

2012-05-23 Thread JD
On 05/23/2012 02:25 AM, John Horne wrote: On Tue, 2012-05-22 at 19:02 -0700, JD wrote: I found no settings on the router which would set the bitrate per wifi client. The other 3 clients are all at 54 Mb/s. Hi, Ah. I don't think you mentioned that other clients were working fine. Are these 802

Re: wifi bit rate

2012-05-23 Thread John Horne
On Tue, 2012-05-22 at 19:02 -0700, JD wrote: > I found no settings on the router which > would set the bitrate per wifi client. The other 3 > clients are all at 54 Mb/s. > Hi, Ah. I don't think you mentioned that other clients were working fine. Are these 802.11b/g cards or are they 802.11n but f

Re: wifi bit rate

2012-05-23 Thread John Horne
On Wed, 2012-05-23 at 10:27 +0800, Gregory Hosler wrote: > On 05/23/2012 10:02 AM, JD wrote: > > On 05/22/2012 02:56 PM, John Horne wrote: > >> On Mon, 2012-05-21 at 17:19 -0700, JD wrote: > >>> When I take my laptop to starbucks or McDonalds hot spot, even when > >>> sitting outside, bitrate never

Re: wifi bit rate

2012-05-23 Thread John Horne
On Tue, 2012-05-22 at 19:04 -0700, JD wrote: > On 05/22/2012 03:12 PM, John Horne wrote: > > On Mon, 2012-05-21 at 13:18 -0700, JD wrote: > >> Any wifi protocol savvy people who can explain this: > >> > >> iwconfig wlan0 > >> wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:"Private" > >> Mode:Managed

Re: wifi bit rate

2012-05-22 Thread Gregory Hosler
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/23/2012 10:02 AM, JD wrote: > On 05/22/2012 02:56 PM, John Horne wrote: >> On Mon, 2012-05-21 at 17:19 -0700, JD wrote: >>> When I take my laptop to starbucks or McDonalds hot spot, even when >>> sitting outside, bitrate never is below 54mbps, so

Re: wifi bit rate

2012-05-22 Thread JD
On 05/22/2012 03:12 PM, John Horne wrote: On Mon, 2012-05-21 at 13:18 -0700, JD wrote: Any wifi protocol savvy people who can explain this: iwconfig wlan0 wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:"Private" Mode:Managed Frequency:2.452 GHz Access Point: 00:AA:BB:CC:DD:EE Bit Rat

Re: wifi bit rate

2012-05-22 Thread JD
On 05/22/2012 02:56 PM, John Horne wrote: On Mon, 2012-05-21 at 17:19 -0700, JD wrote: When I take my laptop to starbucks or McDonalds hot spot, even when sitting outside, bitrate never is below 54mbps, sometime is as high as 72mb/s Hi, Reading through your messages, you have now said two thi

Re: wifi bit rate

2012-05-22 Thread Wolfgang S. Rupprecht
Bill Davidsen writes: > Generally people are starting follow the standards, although that's only > generally: > mb or mbit bits > mB bytes x 100 > miB bytes x 1024*1024 > Since a common rate in the 802.11 standard if 54 mbit that's probably right. What "standards" could they possibly be

Re: wifi bit rate

2012-05-22 Thread John Horne
On Mon, 2012-05-21 at 13:18 -0700, JD wrote: > Any wifi protocol savvy people who can explain this: > > iwconfig wlan0 > wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:"Private" >Mode:Managed Frequency:2.452 GHz Access Point: > 00:AA:BB:CC:DD:EE >Bit Rate=18 Mb/s Tx-Power=27 dBm >

Re: wifi bit rate

2012-05-22 Thread John Horne
On Mon, 2012-05-21 at 17:19 -0700, JD wrote: > > When I take my laptop to starbucks or McDonalds hot spot, > even when sitting outside, bitrate never is below 54mbps, > sometime is as high as 72mb/s > Hi, Reading through your messages, you have now said two things: 1) You used an RTL card and go

Re: wifi bit rate

2012-05-22 Thread Bill Davidsen
Tom Horsley wrote: Just for curiosity, does anyone actually know for sure what units the programs involves are calling "mb/s". Maybe one of them thinks it means megabytes and another thinks it means megabits :-). Generally people are starting follow the standards, although that's only generall

Re: wifi bit rate

2012-05-22 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Mon, 2012-05-21 at 22:02 -0700, JD wrote: > > "Do not over-quote by the hierarchy level in the correspondence. > > [...] Also remove any irrelevant text." > > > > (From the list Guidelines, referenced at the end of every single > message > > on this list.) > > > > poc > > > So, sue me :) > Clea

Re: wifi bit rate

2012-05-22 Thread Tim
On Mon, 2012-05-21 at 20:30 -0700, JD wrote: > And besides, what does it really matter? It wastes storage space and bandwidth. Everyone's. I don't know the number of members on this list, but you're being wasteful on a large scale, it's not just an email between you and one or two people talki

Re: wifi bit rate

2012-05-21 Thread JD
On 05/21/2012 10:45 PM, Jatin K wrote: On 05/22/2012 10:30 AM, JD wrote: On 05/21/2012 09:53 PM, Jatin K wrote: On 05/22/2012 05:44 AM, JD wrote: On 05/21/2012 02:52 PM, Konstantin Svist wrote: On 05/21/2012 02:33 PM, JD wrote: On 05/21/2012 01:34 PM, Konstantin Svist wrote: On 05/21/2012 0

Re: wifi bit rate

2012-05-21 Thread Jatin K
On 05/22/2012 10:30 AM, JD wrote: On 05/21/2012 09:53 PM, Jatin K wrote: On 05/22/2012 05:44 AM, JD wrote: On 05/21/2012 02:52 PM, Konstantin Svist wrote: On 05/21/2012 02:33 PM, JD wrote: On 05/21/2012 01:34 PM, Konstantin Svist wrote: On 05/21/2012 01:18 PM, JD wrote: I think your card

Re: wifi bit rate

2012-05-21 Thread Joe Zeff
On 05/21/2012 10:02 PM, JD wrote: So, sue me :) With an attitude like that, it's getting tempting to *plonk!* you. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedor

Re: wifi bit rate

2012-05-21 Thread JD
On 05/21/2012 09:45 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: On Mon, 2012-05-21 at 20:54 -0700, JD wrote: On 05/21/2012 08:39 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: On 05/21/2012 08:30 PM, JD wrote: Why do you let the most unimportant things in the world bug you so much? I consider it bad manners to waste other people's

Re: wifi bit rate

2012-05-21 Thread JD
On 05/21/2012 09:53 PM, Jatin K wrote: On 05/22/2012 05:44 AM, JD wrote: On 05/21/2012 02:52 PM, Konstantin Svist wrote: On 05/21/2012 02:33 PM, JD wrote: On 05/21/2012 01:34 PM, Konstantin Svist wrote: On 05/21/2012 01:18 PM, JD wrote: Any wifi protocol savvy people who can explain this: i

Re: wifi bit rate

2012-05-21 Thread Jatin K
On 05/22/2012 05:44 AM, JD wrote: On 05/21/2012 02:52 PM, Konstantin Svist wrote: On 05/21/2012 02:33 PM, JD wrote: On 05/21/2012 01:34 PM, Konstantin Svist wrote: On 05/21/2012 01:18 PM, JD wrote: Any wifi protocol savvy people who can explain this: iwconfig wlan0 Maybe it's because I'm als

Re: wifi bit rate

2012-05-21 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Mon, 2012-05-21 at 20:54 -0700, JD wrote: > On 05/21/2012 08:39 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: > > On 05/21/2012 08:30 PM, JD wrote: > >> Why do you let the most unimportant things in the world > >> bug you so much? > > > > I consider it bad manners to waste other people's time that way > > because until

Re: wifi bit rate

2012-05-21 Thread JD
On 05/21/2012 08:39 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: On 05/21/2012 08:30 PM, JD wrote: Why do you let the most unimportant things in the world bug you so much? I consider it bad manners to waste other people's time that way because until I've waded through all of the old, irrelevant material I have no id

Re: wifi bit rate

2012-05-21 Thread Joe Zeff
On 05/21/2012 08:30 PM, JD wrote: Why do you let the most unimportant things in the world bug you so much? I consider it bad manners to waste other people's time that way because until I've waded through all of the old, irrelevant material I have no idea if there's anything in the post that's

Re: wifi bit rate

2012-05-21 Thread JD
On 05/21/2012 08:22 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: On 05/21/2012 05:14 PM, JD wrote: My rate remains constant at 18mb/s For this one line you needed to quote 8.5K of other people's posts? Please trim your replies in the future so that other people don't have to wade through so much old stuph! Hey.. th

Re: wifi bit rate

2012-05-21 Thread Joe Zeff
On 05/21/2012 05:14 PM, JD wrote: My rate remains constant at 18mb/s For this one line you needed to quote 8.5K of other people's posts? Please trim your replies in the future so that other people don't have to wade through so much old stuph! -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.o

Re: wifi bit rate

2012-05-21 Thread JD
On 05/21/2012 05:27 PM, Tom Horsley wrote: Just for curiosity, does anyone actually know for sure what units the programs involves are calling "mb/s". Maybe one of them thinks it means megabytes and another thinks it means megabits :-). That depends on what the coder of iwconfig meant :) I have

Re: wifi bit rate

2012-05-21 Thread Tom Horsley
Just for curiosity, does anyone actually know for sure what units the programs involves are calling "mb/s". Maybe one of them thinks it means megabytes and another thinks it means megabits :-). -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https

Re: wifi bit rate

2012-05-21 Thread JD
On 05/21/2012 03:31 PM, Rick Stevens wrote: On 05/21/2012 02:52 PM, Konstantin Svist wrote: On 05/21/2012 02:33 PM, JD wrote: On 05/21/2012 01:34 PM, Konstantin Svist wrote: On 05/21/2012 01:18 PM, JD wrote: Any wifi protocol savvy people who can explain this: iwconfig wlan0 wlan0 IEEE 802.1

Re: wifi bit rate

2012-05-21 Thread JD
On 05/21/2012 02:52 PM, Konstantin Svist wrote: On 05/21/2012 02:33 PM, JD wrote: On 05/21/2012 01:34 PM, Konstantin Svist wrote: On 05/21/2012 01:18 PM, JD wrote: Any wifi protocol savvy people who can explain this: iwconfig wlan0 wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:"Private" Mode:Mana

Re: wifi bit rate

2012-05-21 Thread Rick Stevens
On 05/21/2012 02:52 PM, Konstantin Svist wrote: On 05/21/2012 02:33 PM, JD wrote: On 05/21/2012 01:34 PM, Konstantin Svist wrote: On 05/21/2012 01:18 PM, JD wrote: Any wifi protocol savvy people who can explain this: iwconfig wlan0 wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:"Private" Mode:Managed Frequency:2

Re: wifi bit rate

2012-05-21 Thread Konstantin Svist
On 05/21/2012 02:33 PM, JD wrote: On 05/21/2012 01:34 PM, Konstantin Svist wrote: On 05/21/2012 01:18 PM, JD wrote: Any wifi protocol savvy people who can explain this: iwconfig wlan0 wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:"Private" Mode:Managed Frequency:2.452 GHz Access Point: 00:AA:BB

Re: wifi bit rate

2012-05-21 Thread JD
On 05/21/2012 01:34 PM, Konstantin Svist wrote: On 05/21/2012 01:18 PM, JD wrote: Any wifi protocol savvy people who can explain this: iwconfig wlan0 wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:"Private" Mode:Managed Frequency:2.452 GHz Access Point: 00:AA:BB:CC:DD:EE Bit Rate=18 Mb

Re: wifi bit rate

2012-05-21 Thread Konstantin Svist
On 05/21/2012 01:18 PM, JD wrote: Any wifi protocol savvy people who can explain this: iwconfig wlan0 wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:"Private" Mode:Managed Frequency:2.452 GHz Access Point: 00:AA:BB:CC:DD:EE Bit Rate=18 Mb/s Tx-Power=27 dBm Retry long limit:

wifi bit rate

2012-05-21 Thread JD
Any wifi protocol savvy people who can explain this: iwconfig wlan0 wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:"Private" Mode:Managed Frequency:2.452 GHz Access Point: 00:AA:BB:CC:DD:EE Bit Rate=18 Mb/s Tx-Power=27 dBm Retry long limit:7 RTS thr=2346 B Fragment thr=2