On Sun, 1 Feb 2004, Warren Togami wrote:
Are these many errors normal?
[root@ibmlaptop etc]# iwconfig eth1
Warning: Driver for device eth1 has been compiled with version 16
of Wireless Extension, while this program is using version 15.
Some things may be broken...
eth1 IEEE 802.11-DS ESSID:"apophis" Nickname:"ibmlaptop"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412GHz Access Point: 00:0C:41:75:D4:02
Bit Rate:11Mb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm Sensitivity=0/0
Retry limit:16 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:****-****-** Security mode:open
Power Management:off
Link Quality:30/0 Signal level:-70 dBm Noise level:-98 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:59 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:1 Invalid misc:4900 Missed beacon:3
It seems like if you have bunch of rx invalid nwids... it could be due to interference from another wireless network in the area?
Regards,
.lzs