On 17/03/2008, Timothy Murphy <gayleard@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > John W. Linville wrote: > > >>> > Well if I out my mouse pointer on the nm-applet icon I get the > message: > >> > Wireless Network Connection to ??? (98%) > >> > I assume 98% is a measure of signal strength. > >> > >> I can't think of anything it could possibly be 98% of ... > > > > That's probably because you are intentionally obtuse, and apparently > > on a jihad against NetworkManager... > > > I'm unintentionally obtuse. > What is this signal strength 98% of? > I'd guess it means that 98% of the transmitted signal intensity is being received by the wireless card. Although I have to admit, I do wonder how that is calculated, and whether it takes into account the 1/r^2 fall off of signal emitted in the full sphere. > I don't think NM is very good, > but the alternatives are even worse. It's a difficult problem space. Taking that into account, I think NM is rather impressive, myself.
