[Bug 290325] Re: Intrepid Ibex: Belkin F5D6001 (rtl8180): Weak WLAN - Signal

[Diego Escalante Urrelo]

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!).

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Intrepid Ibex: Belkin F5D6001 (rtl8180): Weak WLAN - Signal
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/290325
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