From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 23 18:33:42 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5EF1016A46B for ; Sat, 23 Jun 2007 18:33:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from saltmiser@gmail.com) Received: from py-out-1112.google.com (py-out-1112.google.com [64.233.166.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 231A513C489 for ; Sat, 23 Jun 2007 18:33:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from saltmiser@gmail.com) Received: by py-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id u77so977963pyb for ; Sat, 23 Jun 2007 11:33:41 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=kodQ5VbjROg27PWZ/wNleYkBmWMw9NKRy6/3OHgOZrPkttKNxVWmTBibX3CUTN019Bij7PfMStta/mtzQf1kMJJcxlvmVO6f7F1/XD1tm+hiNV07nyLBVHRB+sdifFa4jhFZBmEZtu71LcIOhwakumsuM4/dyTBHW8GjdrhrmLo= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=F55x6v70qmsX8mjvgeLCWEnZq2k9Rn4GAwxBMTPQ/+gANTHxH84v6t/UlUTCD5AzhMgFU69HmSTEgyrHqnY+Bq8oB0mJHOUEQfKNH4Lnya3CBBmbRcHd+HVt41SPzUbtgj/sPa6LYRA9dneGyVgPlVUjXoG7xGkpwoOOhvLpb8k= Received: by 10.65.200.8 with SMTP id c8mr7359892qbq.1182623621050; Sat, 23 Jun 2007 11:33:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.65.239.10 with HTTP; Sat, 23 Jun 2007 11:33:41 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <37f72b1f0706231133v57e8d4a3ub14586e9c0d51115@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 14:33:41 -0400 From: "Jim Capozzoli" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <46797FE3.7030805@starfishzone.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <46797FE3.7030805@starfishzone.com> Subject: Re: What's the best diagnostic utility for wireless signal? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 18:33:42 -0000 On 6/20/07, Andrew Liles 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