Question regarding wlan plugin's definition of signal quality...

[Peter N. Spotts]

On Fri, 11 Jan 2008 09:38:42 -0700
"Andrew Robinson" <andrew.rw.robinson at gmail.com> wrote:

> Try running iwconfig. It should print the correct number
> 
> On Jan 11, 2008 7:34 AM, Peter N. Spotts <pspotts at alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> 
> >
> > Folks,
> >
> > I'm running Xfce on Ubuntu 7.10, with the wavelan plug-in on my
> > panel. I've noticed that the plug-in gives me a signal quality of
> > 85 percent, yet when I run the system monitor Conky, I get a
> > simultaneous signal quality of 51 percent. Just out of curiosity,
> > which one should I believe?
> >
> > With best regards,
> >
> > Pete
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Thanks, that confirm's Conky's representation of signal quality.
Something to take up with Wavelan's developer, I guess. Thanks for the
tip.

With best regards,

Pete

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