I can confirm this bug. Using the rtl8180 driver with my realtek card (with Philips radio): 03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8180L 802.11b MAC (rev 20)
I get 5~10% of reported signal, when in reality it's much more. Practical example: N800 says "100%" Laptop says "13%" both devices in the exact same spot: just next to the router, 10 centimeters if you want to be specific. The old pre-upstream-migration driver in rtl-wifi.sf.net reported the correct signal level, the code included in the kernel seems to be completely different, although I understand it was taken from rtl-wifi project in SF. Ndiswrapper reports a fixed 60~70% of signal, and I honestly don't think that's a real measure. It's probably ndis faking a number so applications don't break. On a side note, there's a really annoying problem in the kernel driver that causes frequent disconnections after some minutes of network usage. It might be caused by a wrong lecture of the signal level (i.e.: signal = 0 -> drop connections, try to reconnect!). -- Intrepid Ibex: Belkin F5D6001 (rtl8180): Weak WLAN - Signal https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/290325 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
