Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 14:33:41 -0400 From: "Jim Capozzoli" <saltmiser@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What's the best diagnostic utility for wireless signal? Message-ID: <37f72b1f0706231133v57e8d4a3ub14586e9c0d51115@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <46797FE3.7030805@starfishzone.com> References: <46797FE3.7030805@starfishzone.com>
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On 6/20/07, Andrew Liles <al@starfishzone.com> wrote: > I use wireless on a FreeBSD 6.1 box in an area of low signal to my > Access Point. > I want to be able to inspect the signal strength/quality so that I may > adjust the antenna to get best results. What is the best diagnostic to use? > > For instance: > wicontrol wi0 > produces: > ... > Comms quality/signal/noise: [ 28 47 1 ] > dBm Coms Quality: [ 14 -85 -99 ] > ... > > but what is "good" or which numbers should I be seeking maximise or > minimise? > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Check out net-mgmt/kismet (I believe it is). That tool is a nice program to audit wireless networks, and it has some nice stuff about signal strength as well. -- Jim Capozzoli D6499626857801B6065013E3645A6B75
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