about bitrate information

DISCUSSION Arend van Spriel 2 participants 2 messages Feb 4, 2015 – Feb 6, 2015

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Arend van Spriel

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2015-02-04 20:14 UTC #0 lore raw

Hi Johannes,

Just a quick question about the bitrate info shown with 'iw link'. I assume the MCS info reported is the MCS related to the bitrate number so the current/last MCS used and not some maximum MCS.

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Arend

Johannes Berg

2015-02-06 12:02 UTC #1 lore raw

Quoted 5 lines · Arend van Spriel

Hi Johannes,
Just a quick question about the bitrate info shown with 'iw link'. I assume the MCS info reported is the MCS related to the bitrate number so the current/last MCS used and not some maximum MCS.

It's a bit dependent on drivers, it can be either the "current best" bitrate (definitely the case with minstrel) or sometimes just the "last frame" bitrate which isn't really such a great indicator.

johannes