[Avila] Ubiquiti SR5 radio on GW2348-4

[Gianluca Mando]

Hi Chris,
thank you for your answer, I'll try the Ubiquiti's driver.
I asked here because this is a great mailing list and was sure to find some
hint.

Gianluca

2008/5/1 Chris Lang <clang at gateworks.com>:

> Gianluca,
>
> This would be a good question for the madwifi mailing list or it
> probably has already been answered on the madwifi mailing list thus
> would be a good idea to search their archives.
>
> Also, FYI, Ubiquiti has created there own patchset that includes there
> own hal against madwifi that fixes things like power setting/reporting.
> Thus it may be a good idea to use that instead if you are only using
> ubiquiti cards. http://www.ubnt.com/products/radiodriver.php
>
> Thanks,
>
> --
> Chris Lang
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> On Tue, 2008-04-29 at 23:21 +0200, Gianluca Mando wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > has anyone tested the SR5 Ubiquiti card power transmission on the
> > Avila GW2348-4?
> > We misured the power transmitted by this radio with the spectrum
> > analyzer and we did not see the expected power.
> >
> > Configuration:
> >
> > - Avila GW2348-4 powered at 12Vdc or 24Vdc
> > - Ubiquiti SR5 card
> > - pigtail UF.L to N
> > - Linux kernel 2.6.15-uc0 (Gateworks/Snapgear distribution)
> > - driver madwifi-ng version 0.9.3.1
> >
> > By setting a tx power of 16 dBm from the linux CLI (iwconfig athX
> > txpower 16) we misured (several times and by different laboratories)
> > at type N connector:
> >
> >                                       14.5 dBm
> >
> > instead of the expected:
> >
> >         21 dBm = 16 dBm + 7 dBm (offset added by the firmware,
> > according to Ubiquiti) - 2 dB (at max, for cable and connector)
> >
> > Where I'm making the mistake? Is the driver version or I miss some
> > other parameter?
> >
> > Any help is very welcome and appreciated.
> >
> > regards,
> > gianluca
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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