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SteverinoLA

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Can someone help me decipher all the acronyms in the ASUSWRT wireless log? I've google each one and think I kinda know what it means but still not sure. Ande how are these flags impacted by settings I choose in Wireless setup?

Chanspec: 2.4GHz channel 11 20MHz (0x100b)

Stations List
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RSSI PHY PSM SGI STBC MUBF NSS BW Tx rate Rx rate Connect Time
-55dBm n No Yes Yes No 1 20M 65M 6.5M 00:06:33
-57dBm n Yes Yes Yes No 1 20M 65M 1M 01:32:37
-54dBm n No Yes Yes No 1 20M 26M 26M 03:42:07
-37dBm n Yes Yes Yes No 1 20M 72.2M 6M 07:43:54
-49dBm n No Yes Yes No 1 20M 65M 6.5M 11:54:17
-44dBm n No Yes Yes No 1 20M 72.2M 58.5M 19:42:10
-48dBm n No Yes Yes No 1 20M 65M 52M 19:42:10
-56dBm n No Yes Yes No 1 20M 7.2M 6M 21:47:18
-51dBm n No Yes Yes No 1 20M 72.2M 72.2M 22:47:05
-41dBm n No Yes Yes No 1 20M 65M 72.2M 27:50:20
-60dBm n Yes Yes Yes No 1 20M 65M 1M 33:20:53
-50dBm n No Yes Yes No 1 20M 65M 19.5M 42:04:22
-51dBm n No Yes Yes No 1 20M 65M 24M 70:47:25
-53dBm n No Yes Yes No 1 20M 52M 24M 71:34:58
-25dBm n No Yes Yes No 1 20M 72.2M 54M 71:35:01
-41dBm n No Yes Yes No 1 20M 72.2M 48M 71:35:01
-41dBm n No Yes Yes No 1 20M 72.2M 36M 71:35:02
-36dBm n No Yes Yes No 1 20M 7.2M 6M 71:35:07
-41dBm n No Yes Yes No 1 20M 72.2M 54M 71:35:11

Chanspec: 5GHz channel 50 160MHz (0xed32)

Stations List
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RSSI PHY PSM SGI STBC MUBF NSS BW Tx rate Rx rate Connect Time
-58dBm ac No Yes Yes Yes 1 80M 325M 6M 01:06:03
-48dBm ac No Yes Yes No 1 80M 433.3M 390M 08:19:30
-55dBm ac Yes Yes Yes Yes 1 80M 433.3M 6M 08:27:48
-65dBm ac No Yes Yes No 1 80M 433.3M 390M 22:54:55
-60dBm ac Yes Yes Yes No 2 80M 866.7M 390M 62:25:28
-37dBm ac No Yes Yes No 2 80M 780M 433.3M 71:05:36
-45dBm ac No Yes Yes Yes 1 80M 433.3M 433.3M 71:49:32
-53dBm ax Yes Yes Yes Yes 2 160M 2041.7M 6M 71:49:46
-50dBm ac No Yes Yes Yes 1 80M 351M 390M 71:49:47



RSSI, PHY, BW, Tx Rate, Rx Rate, and Connection Time are all obvious. But:

PSM: is the power saving mode? And this means if I Enable WMM APSD in Professional Settings, then this device will sleep and conserve power? What's weird is the it changes per device evvery time I refresh Wireless log. Why is that?

SGI: ???

STBC: ???

MUBF: Is this saying the device supports MU-MIMO? I have MU-MIMO enabled for 5G and disabled for 2.4G. Does that setting impact this flag?

NSS: ???

Thanks,
Steve
 
Have you tried using Better Search at the top of the page? Or, google?
 
Just decided to leave it here for someone who's interested:
idx - Network ID (for clients connected to guest networks)
MAC - MAC address
Associated - self-explanatory
Authorized - self-explanatory
RSSI - Received Signal Strength Indicator
PHY - Wi-Fi standard (may wrongly show "ac" on 2.4GHz)
PSM - Power Save Mode
SGI - Short Guard Interval
STBC - Space–Time Block Code
MUBF - Multi-User Beamforming
NSS - Number of Spatial Streams
BW - Bandwidth (in MHz)
Tx rate - Transmit PHY rate
Rx rate - Receive PHY rate
Connect Time - self-explanatory

That's from my own experience, please correct me where I'm wrong.
 
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