[nycwireless] Client Stumbling?

2004-09-14 Thread Rob Kelley
I'm wondering about showing users who connect to my wifi network the strength of their connection. Sure, I could just give them a link to NetStumbler and tell them to download the client, but I'm wondering. Do wireless clients send out a signal that an access point can stumble on and

Re: [nycwireless] Client Stumbling?

2004-09-14 Thread Dustin Goodwin
Rob, Many APs include the ability display a list of associated nodes. Often this will include the ability to show the current signal strength of the node. Now the hard part is translating signal strength to distance. For instance the Linux Hostap drivers provide data about rx signal strength