Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 07:03:37 -0700 From: Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> To: Eric Turgeon <ericturgeon.bsd@gmail.com> Cc: "freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org" <freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Wireless API Message-ID: <CAJ-VmontQCyRSht0r2wo-fU92%2BgpdnOUvTGoh6t9qv20rTjSCA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CADRZFmpxgBSpCor1ntPwE%2B-W5z58mj=vL-6SBDLWcyx4Czh0VA@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>
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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/>; >
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