Bug 117497 - NetworkManager wireless connections connect at a lower rate than netapplet.
Summary: NetworkManager wireless connections connect at a lower rate than netapplet.
Status: VERIFIED INVALID
Alias: None
Product: SUSE LINUX 10.0
Classification: openSUSE
Component: Other (show other bugs)
Version: RC 4
Hardware: Other All
: P5 - None : Normal
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Assignee: Robert Love
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Reported: 2005-09-16 17:06 UTC by Joe Harmon
Modified: 2008-05-22 18:19 UTC (History)
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2005-09-16 17:06 UTC, Joe Harmon 		Details
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Description Joe Harmon 2005-09-16 17:06:15 UTC 
I am testing and comparing NetworkManager to netapplet on a dell latitude C610.
I use the same machine for the same test. If I connect to my wireless network
using the same machine, same wireless card, and the same location, the
connection using NetworkManager is about 25% and netapplet is around 70%.
Comment 1 Joe Harmon 2005-09-16 17:06:59 UTC 
Created attachment 50188 [details]
hwinfo --wlan

here is my wireless information in case it is asked for.
Comment 2 Robert Love 2005-09-20 19:03:48 UTC 
How are you ascertaining that the connection rate is lower?

Oh, you mean the strength meter?  The strength is calculated differently between
the two and is totally unrelated to anything we could do in user-space, anyhow.
 It is all a crapshoot, anyhow, making head or tail of what comes out of the
wireless driver wrt strength.  NetworkManager tries to be more crafty and
actually scale the values logarithmically.

Not a bug.