Or another possibility - not quite sure how to do this - would be to
let KisMAC auto-range: scale everything to 0-100 based on the
strongest signal received by that device so far. Of course, it would
need to remember that along with the individual driver entry in the
preferences, and maybe allow a manual override? Essentially, start
off with a mapping of 0-10 -> 0-100 (i.e. multiplier [m] = 10).
Now, if raw signal strength (reported by device) = r, and scaled
strength = s,the algorithm goes like this:
s = mr
if (s>100) {
s = 100
m = 100/r
rescale_previous_data()
}Thoughts? Anyone want to implement it? :)
Maybe an easier approach would be to allow the user to put in scale values themselves in the preferences for the driver? That way you wouldn't need to know about every card that comes a long. A user could infer what the scale is by having it shut off, then apply a mathematical factor after they say "my max is 40" or "my max is 125" ?
On 2/27/06, Robin L Darroch <<mailto:robin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>robin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
To do that we'd have to develop a database of comparative strengths - which would be pretty rough at best... but perhaps that's worth doing? I can tabulate Airport Extreme active vs. DWL-122 and Airport Extreme passive vs. DWL-122... but only if the consensus is that it's worth doing.
Or, if Kismac would "scale" it so it was consistent across adapters?
On 2/27/06, Geoffrey Kruse
<<mailto:<mailto:gkruse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>gkruse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx><mailto:gkruse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>gkruse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I think this may be dependent on the driver. For example, my usb card seems to have a range of 0 to 40 while my airport extreme seems to have a range of 0 to 100. It would be nice if we used something more standard like dbm.
Geoff On Feb 27, 2006, at 7:58 AM, Mike Williams wrote:
Hi, in KisMAC and other WiFi apps there is the "Signal"-strength- number. From which number to which number does this go? The highest number I've seen was 101. Most networks are about 61 and some are 31 or so. What is the smallest and the highest number that could appear?
Regards
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