INTL 3:770/1 3:770/3
REPLYADDR bp@www.zefox.net
REPLYTO 3:770/3.0 UUCP
MSGID:  0b67d51f
REPLY:  967f250b
PID: SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
bp@www.zefox.net wrote:
>
> Between what ifconfig reports and wavemon displays I tend to think
> the unused interface is inactive. However, I'm not certain.
>

Something else is going on. Placed in scan mode, the external usb-wifi adapter
is reporting
non-existent access points:

ATTKXEBVbA       DC:8D:8A:5A:D6:D4  54%, -72 dBm, ch   1, 2412 MHz 43% chan,
Radio Measure, Spectrum Mgmt
d-link.zefox.net 00:13:46:86:6D:0C  96%, -43 dBm, ch   2, 2417 MHz ESS
millerhome2      F0:72:EA:49:C6:4A  54%, -72 dBm, ch   6, 2437 MHz ESS, Radio
Measure
   7C:9A:54:FC:7E:7F  70%, -61 dBm, ch  11, 2462 MHz ESS, Radio
Measure, Spectrum Mgmt
   7C:9A:54:FC:7E:7E  70%, -61 dBm, ch  11, 2462 MHz ESS, Radio
Measure, Spectrum Mgmt
   7C:9A:54:FC:7E:7C  71%, -60 dBm, ch  11, 2462 MHz ESS, Radio
Measure, Spectrum Mgmt
   7C:9A:54:FC:7E:7A  71%, -60 dBm, ch  11, 2462 MHz ESS, Radio
Measure, Spectrum Mgmt
cross            7C:9A:54:FC:7E:79  71%, -60 dBm, ch  11, 2462 MHz ESS, Radio
Measure, Spectrum Mgmt
ATTKXEBVbA       DC:8D:8A:5A:D6:D4  56%, -71 dBm, ch  36, 5180 MHz 20% chan,
Radio Measure, Spectrum Mgmt
   7C:9A:54:FC:7E:87  60%, -68 dBm, ch  44, 5220 MHz ESS, Radio
Measure, Spectrum Mgmt
   7C:9A:54:FC:7E:84  60%, -68 dBm, ch  44, 5220 MHz ESS, Radio
Measure, Spectrum Mgmt
cross            7C:9A:54:FC:7E:81  61%, -67 dBm, ch  44, 5220 MHz ESS, Radio
Measure, Spectrum Mgmt
   7C:9A:54:FC:7E:86  63%, -66 dBm, ch  44, 5220 MHz ESS, Radio
Measure, Spectrum Mgmt
d-link.zefox.net 00:13:46:86:6D:0C  96%, -43 dBm, ch 108, 5540 MHz ESS
d-link.zefox.net 00:13:46:86:6D:0C  97%, -42 dBm, ch 157, 5785 MHz ESS

The last two entries appear to be duplicates of the second, with a wrong
frequency attribution: my
AP can't use 5 GHz.

Anybody got an idea what's going on?

Thanks for reading!

bob prohaska

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