On 08/08/12 16:13, Paul Menzel wrote: >> I am closing this bug, since there is no bug. Airodump-ng is doing the >> > right thing: reporting the power values on dBm. > I am reopening this report and retitling it to describe the error in the > manual page.
Could you be more explicit?
Which error on the manpage? I don't see any error on it
man airodump-ng(8)
PWR Signal level reported by the card. Its signification depends on
the driver, but as the signal gets higher you get closer to the AP or the
station.
If the BSSID PWR is -1, then the driver doesn't support signal
level reporting. If the PWR is -1 for a limited number of stations then this is
for
a packet which came from the AP to the client but the client
transmissions are out of range for your card. Meaning you are hearing only 1/2
of the
communication. If all clients have PWR as -1 then the driver
doesn't support signal level reporting.
Where there is any error on this? Is true that if the signal
level is -1 the driver don't support signal level reporting,
as also is true that the signal level can be only positive
(for example with madwifi) as also can be always almost negative
(mac80211 drivers reporting in dBm)
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