Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2010 20:04:07 -0400 From: Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> To: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Decoding the ifconfig verbose output and determining the strength of a wireless connection Message-ID: <AANLkTinkYpygJoNpbQMGJsTsCWwjYkOUremJ2HOAkQaO@mail.gmail.com>
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I have two questions AAAXXX 00:00:10:10:00:03 2 54M -81:-96 100 EPS SSID<AAAXXX> RATES<B2,B4,B11,B22,36,B48,72,108> DSPARMS<2> ERP<0x0> ???<2f0100> RSN<v1 mc:TKIP uc:AES-CCMP+TKIP km:8021X-PSK> XRATES<B12,18,B24,96> VEN<dd090010180203f0000000> WME<qosinfo 0x80 BE[aifsn 3 cwmin 4 cwmax 10 txop 0] BK[aifsn 7 cwmin 4 cwmax 10 txop 0] VO[aifsn 2 cwmin 3 cwmax 4 txop 94] VI[aifsn 2 cwmin 2 cwmax 3 txop 47]> ABCDE 00:00:10:10:00:00 2 54M -81:-96 100 ES SSID<ABCDE> RATES<B2,B4,B11,B22,36,B48,72,108> DSPARMS<2> ERP<0x0> ???<2f0100> XRATES<B12,18,B24,96> VEN<dd090010180203f0000000> WME<qosinfo 0x80 BE[aifsn 3 cwmin 4 cwmax 10 txop 0] BK[aifsn 7 cwmin 4 cwmax 10 txop 0] VO[aifsn 2 cwmin 3 cwmax 4 txop 94] VI[aifsn 2 cwmin 2 cwmax 3 txop 47]> 1) How do I determine which of the above networks is closer or has a stronger signal? 2) Can you please fill in the missing pieces and correct any misconceptions I might have about how to decode the data below? ABCDE This SSID of the network 00:00:10:10:00:00 The MAC address of the AP 2 The channel that the signal is being broadcasted on 54M This is a "g" network -81:-96 ????? 100 ????? ES Extended Rate Phy (ERP) and Short Preamble SSID<ABCDE> Same exact thing as the SSID above RATES<B2,B4,B11,B22,36,B48,72,108> DSPARMS<2> ????? ERP<0x0> ????? ???<2f0100> ????? XRATES<B12,18,B24,96> ????? VEN<dd090010180203f0000000> ????? WME<qosinfo 0x80 ????? BE[aifsn 3 cwmin 4 cwmax 10 txop 0] ????? BK[aifsn 7 cwmin 4 cwmax 10 txop 0] ????? VO[aifsn 2 cwmin 3 cwmax 4 txop 94] ????? VI[aifsn 2 cwmin 2 cwmax 3 txop 47]> ????? -- Eitan Adler
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