set_power 5 is bad?

[Chris Hanson]

Sascha Heid wrote:
> Hi list,
> 
> powertop suggest to use "iwpriv set_power 5 but on my
> thinkpad-x60t/ipw3945 this makes wlan so slow its useless. Always
> loosing connection to the AP and doing reconnects all the time while
> being only inches away from the AP (the famous blue linksys one).
> set_power 7 works perfect for me.
> 
> Anyone made the same experiences?

Yes.  The powertop page is wrong about the values for ipw3945: they are
6 for AC and 7 for battery.