Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:53:48 +0100 From: Milan Obuch <freebsd-net@dino.sk> To: Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org, edwin@mavetju.org Subject: Re: ports/net/e169-stats (was: UMTS Huawei monitor) Message-ID: <20120131115348.0748df3a@atom.dino.sk> In-Reply-To: <20120131101930.GA1371@tiny> References: <20120130110919.GA1249@tiny> <20120131094413.GA1306@tiny> <20120131110100.0da8b89e@atom.dino.sk> <20120131101930.GA1371@tiny>
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On Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:19:31 +0100 Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de> wrote: > El d=EDa Tuesday, January 31, 2012 a las 11:01:00AM +0100, Milan Obuch > escribi=F3: >=20 > > > I was thinking about a Huawei USB modem monitor and got a pointer > > > to the ports/net/e169-stats (thanks to Milan for this); I have > > > checked it out and it does mostly what I was thinking of; I have > > > a few questions which are not answered in the documentation > > > (because there is no manual or other doc :-)) ... anybody out > > > here who is using this tool and could answer perhaps my question? > > > Thanks in advance > > >=20 > > > matthias > >=20 > > Hi, > >=20 > > just ask here, I think - maybe add edwin@mavetju.org to CC as he > > wrote this and should have definite answers, I think. I use some > > Huawei occasionally with e169-stats to see signal properties. I bet > > there are others out there using it as well, so "someone" (tm) > > should know :) >=20 > Hi, >=20 > I'm attaching a cut&paste of the xterm where e169-stats runs and added > to this line nunmbers (1-24) and columns (1-80). The upper part, lines > 1-12 is all clear; in the lower part I do not understand the values in > line 13 and the moving chars (like 'v', ...) which are moving every > two seconds (as resultat of DSFLOWRPT) one position from left to > right; what they should express exactly? >=20 > (use a xterm of more the 80 columns to see the file /tmp/xterm.txt > correctly) >=20 > Thanks >=20 > matthias Hi, I will test it later to see, but AFAIR this should be running/moving/live graph presentation of signal strength and data transfer (load/speed) done in ASCII, so a bit rough. Not as nice as done in 'properly graphical' way, but usable. If you have steady signal strength, it is not obvious, but when you move a bit, you could see the change. Just guessing now - # is for signal, v is download momentary speed and ^ is for upload. Regards, Milan
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