On Fri, Oct 02, 2009 at 02:17:38PM +0200, Borge Kile Gjelsten wrote: > Hi, > > I would like to use NetworkManager to dump info on the signal strength > (32%, 47%, etc.) into a text file at e.g. every 5 seconds, or some similar > approach which would help me test the wireless network at various > positions in a big office landscape. > I thought this might be doable from a terminal, but have found no way > so far. > > In principle I can of course get this information by moving the cursor > over the NetworkManager icon on my panel and read by eye. > This is however somewhat impractical. > > If what I seek is not possible with NetworkManager, is there some other > tool which allows me to monitor a wireless signal as a function of time? > > (I am using Ubuntu 9.04.)
You could use dbus directly, but if you want this only for your own use processing nm-tool output sounds easier. I don't think that nm-tool output changed from 0.7.x to 0.8, so this seems to get the strength of the current active AP(s) for me: nm-tool | grep ^.*\ \\* | sed -e 's/.*Strength \([0-9]*\).*$/\1/' .. of course, that's nothing you should put into real software; use dbus for that :) - Alexander _______________________________________________ NetworkManager-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
