On Fri, 06 Jan 2006 23:48:25 +0100, Christian Langanke wrote:
>the driver should report the signal strength within a certain value
>range, according to the NDIS interface specs, from -200 to -10. The
>genmac.dim converts that to a range of 0 to 190 and then to a range from
>0 to 60, matching the DIM spec of XWLAN (taken from the genprism.dim),.
>This is calculated to a percentage where 60 matches 100%.
>
>Since AFAIK the OID clal for the signal strength is returned by the
>driver directly. there cannot be a genmac error. My method of
>calculating may be wrong at some point, but I don't know where. If
>somebody knows a better scheme please tell me.
The GenMac driver with Atheros card is apparently reporting
dBm values (actual receive power) on the signal strength (Rssi)
parameter. I checked this with GenMac's scan.exe utility.
Connection loss limit is around -95, maximum signal strength
at a few cm distance from the AP is around -40.
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