how do I get the wifi signal strength programmatically ?

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how do I get the wifi signal strength programmatically ?

Postby yannick_sch » Mon Aug 30, 2004 1:46 am

hi all,

I am developping an app that look at the wifi environment (all the AP, pc in adhoc) with the signal strength.

My app works fine on a dell axim x3i but not on the dell axim x30.

I develop in C++ using evc++4.

I use classique NDIS msg :
OID_802_11_BSSID_LIST and OID_802_11_BSSID_LIST_SCAN.
the scan works fine but in the list I do not have the correct value of the signal.

I try ministumbler and it gives me the signal strength so I want to know if you can explain to me how do you do. It would be great if you can give me a clue to go.
thx a lot
Yannick S.
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Postby King_Ice_Flash » Mon Aug 30, 2004 4:26 am

yannick_sch wrote:hi all,

I am developping an app that look at the wifi environment (all the AP, pc in adhoc) with the signal strength.

My app works fine on a dell axim x3i but not on the dell axim x30.

I develop in C++ using evc++4.

I use classique NDIS msg :
OID_802_11_BSSID_LIST and OID_802_11_BSSID_LIST_SCAN.
the scan works fine but in the list I do not have the correct value of the signal.

I try ministumbler and it gives me the signal strength so I want to know if you can explain to me how do you do. It would be great if you can give me a clue to go.
thx a lot
Yannick S.



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Postby yannick_sch » Mon Aug 30, 2004 4:58 am

King_Ice_Flash wrote:Q: Can I see the NetStumbler source code? Is it open source? Etc...
A: NetStumbler is not open source. Indeed it contains a lot of code that was developed under Non-Disclosure Agreements, and the source cannot be released to the general public - if I do so then several teams of lawyers will show up on my doorstep.


no problemo, I've seen this part of the faq ]
MS did release some of the NDIS source, it doesn't work, but gives you an idea of how it does. Give the MS website a good search. If you can't find it there, it has been discussed here too. If you can't find it, just ask again and we will help you.[/QUOTE]

I know well the NDIS part of the MS website, I use NDIS OID in my own app.

king ice : thx for your reply ;)
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Postby RuSM » Mon Sep 06, 2004 7:04 pm

Perhaps you could give this a try.
http://ramp.ucsd.edu/pawn/wrapi/
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Postby yannick_sch » Mon Sep 06, 2004 10:22 pm

RuSM wrote:Perhaps you could give this a try.
http://ramp.ucsd.edu/pawn/wrapi/



I know that very well, that's what I use. But it seems that ministumbler don't use it.
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