Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2002 14:22:35 -0500 From: Eric Gebhart <saseag@unx.sas.com> To: Jim Binkley <jrb@cs.pdx.edu> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: looking for wireless speed/signal meter Message-ID: <20021216142235.Y8975@unx.sas.com> In-Reply-To: <200212161644.gBGGi0MI006163@sirius.cs.pdx.edu>; from jrb@cs.pdx.edu on Mon, Dec 16, 2002 at 08:44:00AM -0800 References: <20021216162508.GG44946@moaner.org> <200212161644.gBGGi0MI006163@sirius.cs.pdx.edu>
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I use gkrellm. There is a wireless add-on for it. /usr/ports/sysutils/gkrellm /usr/ports/net/gkrellmwireless Or just do locate gkrellm | grep gkrellm There are several other add-ons. Eric ----- Jim Binkley's Original Message ----- > > Matt, > > doesn't that work with prism2 only; i.e., not lucent. > It's in 4.7 with prism2 only. > > btw, somebody managed to break my port (it won't compile) > of wscan from 4.6 to 4.7. This was done by mucking with > the wicache # stuff I believe. > > Although given wicontrol -L working with prism2, I might as > well make a wscan 2.0 when I can get around to it. > > It would be nice at some point to know why certain Lucent/Orinoco > card firmware CAN support sending a probe and getting back > N APs, and (possibly?) some cannot? Anybody have any clues on that, > or what firmware can do it, and what can't? > > Jim Binkley > jrb@cs.pdx.edu > > Your message <20021216162508.GG44946@moaner.org>: > >In CURRENT, try wicontrol -L (list avail access points). This is a > >"lite weight" dstumbler. It will list APs tab-delimated by SSID, BSSID > >(MAC address), and SNR (Signal Noise Ratio). > > > >This is limited to the wi(4) driver and I don't think Warner has > >chosen the final output format, YMMV. > > > >On Mon, Dec 16, 2002 at 09:09:56AM +0100, Gianmarco Giovannelli wrote: > >> at the EuroBSDcon in Amsterdam I saw a linux box that have a nice console, > >> curse based, application that displays the current speed and signal > >> strenght (+ many other param) > > > >-- > >Matt Peterson another.geek.without.a.life > >matt@peterson.org http://matt.peterson.org/ > >------------------------------------------------- > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > >with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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