On 23 April 2013 12:10, Arend van Spriel <arend@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > this popped up earlier. Using shell scripts is a bad idea. However, libnl > does provide python bindings. nl80211 is a netlink interface to the linux > wireless kernel module. Whoa, isn't progress amazing? Gone are the days of simple file based interfaces. Now we need libraries and python bindings ! :) >> Oh while I'm here. Is there no traditional /proc like interface >> proposal for wireless information? If not, why not? > Because nl80211 is there to provide all the info. Well that interface seems to suck. Sorry. > If you do not mind reworking your shell script and want to stick to it than > the answer is: > $ iw wlanX link > wlanX should be your wireless network interface. I don't mind reworking my one line of shell, thanks. :-) Now I wonder how I translate 'signal: -33 dBm' into the typical 5 bars of wireless signal strength. Any tips? Kind regards, -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
