RE: Realtek r8822be kernel module does not negotiate 802.11ac connection

From: Tony Chuang
Date: Sun Mar 03 2019 - 21:34:34 EST




> -----Original Message-----
> From: Arend Van Spriel [mailto:arend.vanspriel@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
>
> > Larry,
> >
> > Sorry about all these extra replies. Shortly after I sent my last
> > message my access point started recognizing the connection as 802.11ac
> > with PHY Rate / Modulation Rate of 866.6 Mbps. What is somewhat
> > misleading is the information reported by iwconfig (see bit rate below).
>
> My bet would be that it is nitrate at which beacon or probe response is
> received. Regardless I would suggest using iw in this day and age.
>
> Regards,
> Arend
>
> > $ iwconfig wlo1
> > wlo1ÂÂÂÂÂ IEEE 802.11Â ESSID:"XXXXXXXXXX-5G"
> >  Mode:Managed Frequency:5.22 GHz Access Point:
> > xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
> > ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ Bit Rate=6.5 Mb/sÂÂ Tx-Power=23 dBm
> > ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ Retry short limit:7ÂÂ RTS thr:offÂÂ Fragment thr:off
> > ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ Power Management:on
> > ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ Link Quality=70/70Â Signal level=-40 dBm
> > ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ Rx invalid nwid:0Â Rx invalid crypt:0Â Rx invalid frag:0
> > ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ Tx excessive retries:0Â Invalid misc:11ÂÂ Missed beacon:0
> >
> > Sincerely,
> >
> > David R. Bergstein
>

It's because the initial version does not collect tx_rate report from the firmware.
So it just print out the initial value. Will be added in the next series. Thanks!

Yan-Hsuan