On Mon, Mar 12, 2007 at 03:19:29PM +1100, Shane Pearson wrote: > On 12/03/07, Reyk Floeter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Mon, Mar 12, 2007 at 12:05:20PM +0800, Lars Hansson wrote: > > > I'm trying to understand the output of ifconfig for 802.11 interfaces > > > and while most of it is obvious one part isn't (at least not to me). > > > In the below output, what exactly does the "20dB" stand for and how do I > > > interpret it? Looking at the ifconfig source it would also appear that > > > it (whatever it is) could also be expressed as a percentage? > > > > > > $ ifconfig ural0 > > > ...... > > > ieee80211: nwid unet chan 6 bssid 00:0f:3d:0d:eb:ac 20dB nwkey > > > 0x8353c823e7 100dBm > > > > > > > it is the received single strength indicator. > > > I thought it was the transmit power. > >
the 100dBm is the transmit power. the 20dB rssi should appear as a percentage as well, but some bits are missing in the driver. reyk
