On 26.12.2014 05:24, Tim wrote: > On Thu, 2014-12-25 at 08:37 -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote: >> I just found a little tool, WiFi Radar, that is at least reporting the >> channel, which is what I need right now. I would like one that also >> shows signal strength. > > If you have a smart phone, there are apps which give you a graphical > spectrum analyzer-like display. I don't have one, but I've seen it > demoed on my friend's phone. > > It looks very handy for those setting up networks with multiple access > points and clients. You get a much better gauge of output levels than > GUIs with four-step bar-graphs. > One of these - Wifi Analyzer https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.farproc.wifi.analyzer - WiFi Manager https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.kman.WifiManager or some other? https://play.google.com/store/search?q=WiFi&c=apps On a Linux standard distributions, in addition to those I previously mentioned: http://freecode.com/projects/wavemon $ repoquery -i wavemon ... Summary : Ncurses-based monitoring application for wireless network devices Description : wavemon is a wireless device monitoring application that allows you to watch all important information like device configuration, encryption, and power management parameters and network information at once. Adaptive level bargraphs for link quality, signal/noise strength and signal-to-noise ratio. The customizeable "level alarm" feature that notices the user of changes in signal level strength audibly and/or visually. wavemon is able to list of access points in range and shows full-screen level histogram displaying signal/noise levels and SNR. $ rpm -qip http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/network:/utilities/openSUSE_Factory/x86_64/linssid-2.7-2.8.x86_64.rpm ... URL : http://sourceforge.net/projects/linssid/ Summary : Graphical wireless scanning for Linux Description : LinSSID is graphically and functionally similar to Inssider (Microsoft™ Windows®). It is written in C++ using Linux wireless tools and Qt5. etc. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
