From owner-freebsd-wireless@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 14 19:51:45 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC38E21A for ; Mon, 14 Oct 2013 19:51:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from adrian.chadd@gmail.com) Received: from mail-qe0-x22e.google.com (mail-qe0-x22e.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400d:c02::22e]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7C591228B for ; Mon, 14 Oct 2013 19:51:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-qe0-f46.google.com with SMTP id s14so4220947qeb.5 for ; Mon, 14 Oct 2013 12:51:44 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject :from:to:cc:content-type; bh=4Ddl50QUlgp4boNkJAuVW0U8+G0C6sGSZ9LdwhFaVOM=; b=aZqv94XLIvEC33BcbdFBcNGJqV55T3DzqZSdQYhkDXnk2IhLtiRZ4KCBcPu0GHWW63 BTUmbS6M0jCecDH0vhW0ogNxA9XNEc4smg0f0Qi37EJLWgUKsZu3j+fD1jSOqmatKM6C QkJOXbBTewinLzsgHItJSOY6rPhB9ChMTkjILOV3xDe+A0Ke6CdhQufrg3nifVfFjhtC p/bpChwcDpmJ+/OYAGfG68EkqiN4pr346Qq97UWHTt9WnxtVA1BgGezUYD5+Ac15Llz3 yi51mZ/GWGUk2UsYYAs7TD94ZGWAN1ksl2lDwBIFjJ/JAsObhhS1xOmsd8LpKeGljdl7 QTmw== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.229.201.67 with SMTP id ez3mr51845679qcb.1.1381780304595; Mon, 14 Oct 2013 12:51:44 -0700 (PDT) Sender: adrian.chadd@gmail.com Received: by 10.224.207.66 with HTTP; Mon, 14 Oct 2013 12:51:44 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <525B2802.5050904@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2013 12:51:44 -0700 X-Google-Sender-Auth: FQhactgC6TE3yFtLtEbLwocaqdQ Message-ID: Subject: Re: Wireless API From: Adrian Chadd To: Eric Turgeon Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.14 Cc: "freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org" X-BeenThere: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Discussions of 802.11 stack, tools device driver development." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2013 19:51:45 -0000 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 wrote: > Were is the documentation for that API. > > > On Sun, Oct 13, 2013 at 8:57 PM, Adrian Chadd 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 wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> I work on a Python GTK network manager for FreeBSD/GhostBSD, it will >>> look similar to 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 >>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-wireless-unsubscribe@** >>> freebsd.org " >>> >> >> > > > -- > *Eric Turgeon > **GhostBSD project* > Office location: > 1-11 connaught > Moncton NB Canada > www.ghostbsd.org >