Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 11:35:07 -0300 From: Eric Turgeon <ericturgeon.bsd@gmail.com> To: Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> Cc: "freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org" <freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Wireless API Message-ID: <CADRZFmpcQM3BcP3adPROk2goLU3Kq4PLyqrOv2ctDTWZWqBmWQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAJ-VmontQCyRSht0r2wo-fU92%2BgpdnOUvTGoh6t9qv20rTjSCA@mail.gmail.com> References: <525B2802.5050904@gmail.com> <CAJ-Vmomu3nq9tckFC=x5f95DpVXNG5jxawToQfknvx3zWszCfQ@mail.gmail.com> <CADRZFmrMsLYT-txAkJuEg2UW%2Bd6nQ0N%2BJv=je8Q=tVk-iq8Hyg@mail.gmail.com> <CAJ-Vmo=7To-vO=-EcueueT6TmBdU5VtUXGaWVwX8UOEabKB4-A@mail.gmail.com> <CADRZFmpxgBSpCor1ntPwE%2B-W5z58mj=vL-6SBDLWcyx4Czh0VA@mail.gmail.com> <CAJ-VmontQCyRSht0r2wo-fU92%2BgpdnOUvTGoh6t9qv20rTjSCA@mail.gmail.com>
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If You have user documentation, I could use that rather then ifconfig. On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 11:03 AM, Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> wrote: > I'd rather that the ioctl API be used, rather than the output of > 'ifconfig'. > > It's likely about time the ioctl API was turned into a library for > userland to use. That way it could be imported into python/etc via C > bindings. > > Thanks, > > > > -adrian > > > > On 15 October 2013 04:16, Eric Turgeon <ericturgeon.bsd@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi Adrian >> >> That is OK, I have download the source code of Wifimgr, it use ifconfig. >> I was using "ifconfig wlan0 scan", it was to slow to display info, but in >> the Wifimgr code they use >> "ifconfig -v wlan* list scan" and "ifconfig wlan* list scan". I also >> found wifimgr calculate S:N to find the percentage of the connection, it is >> (S - N) * 4. >> I have also read further ifconfig manual, I suppose ifconfig will be a >> kind of API for my work. >> >> Thanks >> >> Eric >> >> >> On Mon, Oct 14, 2013 at 4:51 PM, Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> wrote: >> >>> Not sure. I've not really focused on the userland side of the API at all >>> I'm sorry. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> >>> -adrian >>> >>> >>> >>> On 13 October 2013 17:09, Eric Turgeon <ericturgeon.bsd@gmail.com>wrote: >>> >>>> Were is the documentation for that API. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sun, Oct 13, 2013 at 8:57 PM, Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org>wrote: >>>> >>>>> What do you mean like "connection percentage" ? >>>>> >>>>> Do you mean like signal strength? If so, then yes. >>>>> >>>>> You can then make some basic heuristic guesses mapping signal level / >>>>> RSSI to a connection percentage based on some assumptions. For example, you >>>>> could look at the minimum RSSI required to guarantee some decent stability >>>>> at each receive/transmit rate (from 1mbit->54mbit, then MCS1->MCS23) and >>>>> then use that to map out connection percentage (where stable at MCS0 / >>>>> 1mbit would be lowest, and stable at MCS7/54mbit would be 100%.) >>>>> >>>>> HTH, >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -adrian >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 13 October 2013 16:08, Eric Tugeon <ericturgeon.bsd@gmail.com>wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi, >>>>>> I work on a Python GTK network manager for FreeBSD/GhostBSD, it will >>>>>> look similar to https://projects.gnome.org/**NetworkManager/<https://projects.gnome.org/NetworkManager/>. >>>>>> I want to know if we have wireless API like connection percentage? >>>>>> ______________________________**_________________ >>>>>> freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org mailing list >>>>>> http://lists.freebsd.org/**mailman/listinfo/freebsd-**wireless<http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-wireless>; >>>>>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-wireless-unsubscribe@** >>>>>> freebsd.org <freebsd-wireless-unsubscribe@freebsd.org>" >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> *Eric Turgeon >>>> **GhostBSD project* >>>> Office location: >>>> 1-11 connaught >>>> Moncton NB Canada >>>> www.ghostbsd.org <http://www.ghostbsd.org/>; >>>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> *Eric Turgeon >> **GhostBSD project* >> Office location: >> 1-11 connaught >> Moncton NB Canada >> www.ghostbsd.org <http://www.ghostbsd.org/>; >> > > -- *Eric Turgeon **GhostBSD project* Office location: 1-11 connaught Moncton NB Canada www.ghostbsd.org <http://www.ghostbsd.org/>;
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