Determining Maximum Txpower a WiFi Card Supports?
- by BigGenius
I have a Atheros R9285 wifi card. How can i determine , what is max. Txpower it can support?
biggenius@hackbook:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
wlan0 IEEE 802.11abgn ESSID:"Default"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: 00:08:5C:9D:4F:40
Bit Rate=2 Mb/s Tx-Power=35 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:on
Link Quality=24/70 Signal level=-86 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:140 Invalid misc:247 Missed beacon:0
eth0 no wireless extensions.
biggenius@hackbook:~$ iw phy0 info
Wiphy phy0
Band 1:
Capabilities: 0x11ce
HT20/HT40
SM Power Save disabled
RX HT40 SGI
TX STBC
RX STBC 1-stream
Max AMSDU length: 3839 bytes
DSSS/CCK HT40
Maximum RX AMPDU length 65535 bytes (exponent: 0x003)
Minimum RX AMPDU time spacing: 8 usec (0x06)
HT TX/RX MCS rate indexes supported: 0-7
Frequencies:
* 2412 MHz [1] (35.0 dBm)
* 2417 MHz [2] (35.0 dBm)
* 2422 MHz [3] (35.0 dBm)
* 2427 MHz [4] (35.0 dBm)
* 2432 MHz [5] (35.0 dBm)
* 2437 MHz [6] (35.0 dBm)
* 2442 MHz [7] (35.0 dBm)
* 2447 MHz [8] (35.0 dBm)
* 2452 MHz [9] (35.0 dBm)
* 2457 MHz [10] (35.0 dBm)
* 2462 MHz [11] (35.0 dBm)
* 2467 MHz [12] (35.0 dBm)
* 2472 MHz [13] (35.0 dBm)
* 2484 MHz [14] (35.0 dBm)
Bitrates (non-HT):
* 1.0 Mbps
* 2.0 Mbps (short preamble supported)
* 5.5 Mbps (short preamble supported)
* 11.0 Mbps (short preamble supported)
* 6.0 Mbps
* 9.0 Mbps
* 12.0 Mbps
* 18.0 Mbps
* 24.0 Mbps
* 36.0 Mbps
* 48.0 Mbps
* 54.0 Mbps
Band 2:
Capabilities: 0x11ce
HT20/HT40
SM Power Save disabled
RX HT40 SGI
TX STBC
RX STBC 1-stream
Max AMSDU length: 3839 bytes
DSSS/CCK HT40
Maximum RX AMPDU length 65535 bytes (exponent: 0x003)
Minimum RX AMPDU time spacing: 8 usec (0x06)
HT TX/RX MCS rate indexes supported: 0-7
Frequencies:
* 5180 MHz [36] (35.0 dBm)
* 5200 MHz [40] (35.0 dBm)
* 5220 MHz [44] (35.0 dBm)
* 5240 MHz [48] (35.0 dBm)
* 5260 MHz [52] (35.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS, radar detection)
* 5280 MHz [56] (35.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS, radar detection)
* 5300 MHz [60] (35.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS, radar detection)
* 5320 MHz [64] (35.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS, radar detection)
* 5500 MHz [100] (35.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS, radar detection)
* 5520 MHz [104] (35.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS, radar detection)
* 5540 MHz [108] (35.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS, radar detection)
* 5560 MHz [112] (35.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS, radar detection)
* 5580 MHz [116] (35.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS, radar detection)
* 5600 MHz [120] (35.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS, radar detection)
* 5620 MHz [124] (35.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS, radar detection)
* 5640 MHz [128] (35.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS, radar detection)
* 5660 MHz [132] (35.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS, radar detection)
* 5680 MHz [136] (35.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS, radar detection)
* 5700 MHz [140] (35.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS, radar detection)
* 5745 MHz [149] (35.0 dBm)
* 5765 MHz [153] (35.0 dBm)
* 5785 MHz [157] (35.0 dBm)
* 5805 MHz [161] (35.0 dBm)
* 5825 MHz [165] (35.0 dBm)
Bitrates (non-HT):
* 6.0 Mbps
* 9.0 Mbps
* 12.0 Mbps
* 18.0 Mbps
* 24.0 Mbps
* 36.0 Mbps
* 48.0 Mbps
* 54.0 Mbps
max # scan SSIDs: 4
max scan IEs length: 2257 bytes
Coverage class: 0 (up to 0m)
Supported Ciphers:
* WEP40 (00-0f-ac:1)
* WEP104 (00-0f-ac:5)
* TKIP (00-0f-ac:2)
* CCMP (00-0f-ac:4)
* CMAC (00-0f-ac:6)
Available Antennas: TX 0x1 RX 0x3
Configured Antennas: TX 0x1 RX 0x3
Supported interface modes:
* IBSS
* managed
* AP
* AP/VLAN
* WDS
* monitor
* mesh point
* P2P-client
* P2P-GO
software interface modes (can always be added):
* AP/VLAN
* monitor
valid interface combinations:
* #{ managed, WDS, P2P-client } <= 2048, #{ AP, mesh point, P2P-GO } <= 8,
total <= 2048, #channels <= 1
Supported commands:
* new_interface
* set_interface
* new_key
* new_beacon
* new_station
* new_mpath
* set_mesh_params
* set_bss
* authenticate
* associate
* deauthenticate
* disassociate
* join_ibss
* join_mesh
* remain_on_channel
* set_tx_bitrate_mask
* action
* frame_wait_cancel
* set_wiphy_netns
* set_channel
* set_wds_peer
* Unknown command (82)
* Unknown command (81)
* Unknown command (84)
* Unknown command (87)
* Unknown command (85)
* testmode
* connect
* disconnect
Supported TX frame types:
* IBSS: 0x0000 0x0010 0x0020 0x0030 0x0040 0x0050 0x0060 0x0070 0x0080 0x0090 0x00a0 0x00b0 0x00c0 0x00d0 0x00e0 0x00f0
* managed: 0x0000 0x0010 0x0020 0x0030 0x0040 0x0050 0x0060 0x0070 0x0080 0x0090 0x00a0 0x00b0 0x00c0 0x00d0 0x00e0 0x00f0
* AP: 0x0000 0x0010 0x0020 0x0030 0x0040 0x0050 0x0060 0x0070 0x0080 0x0090 0x00a0 0x00b0 0x00c0 0x00d0 0x00e0 0x00f0
* AP/VLAN: 0x0000 0x0010 0x0020 0x0030 0x0040 0x0050 0x0060 0x0070 0x0080 0x0090 0x00a0 0x00b0 0x00c0 0x00d0 0x00e0 0x00f0
* mesh point: 0x0000 0x0010 0x0020 0x0030 0x0040 0x0050 0x0060 0x0070 0x0080 0x0090 0x00a0 0x00b0 0x00c0 0x00d0 0x00e0 0x00f0
* P2P-client: 0x0000 0x0010 0x0020 0x0030 0x0040 0x0050 0x0060 0x0070 0x0080 0x0090 0x00a0 0x00b0 0x00c0 0x00d0 0x00e0 0x00f0
* P2P-GO: 0x0000 0x0010 0x0020 0x0030 0x0040 0x0050 0x0060 0x0070 0x0080 0x0090 0x00a0 0x00b0 0x00c0 0x00d0 0x00e0 0x00f0
Supported RX frame types:
* IBSS: 0x00d0
* managed: 0x0040 0x00d0
* AP: 0x0000 0x0020 0x0040 0x00a0 0x00b0 0x00c0 0x00d0
* AP/VLAN: 0x0000 0x0020 0x0040 0x00a0 0x00b0 0x00c0 0x00d0
* mesh point: 0x00b0 0x00c0 0x00d0
* P2P-client: 0x0040 0x00d0
* P2P-GO: 0x0000 0x0020 0x0040 0x00a0 0x00b0 0x00c0 0x00d0
Device supports RSN-IBSS.
