Re: Finishing basement, suggestion on RG6 cable needed

[DecaturTxCowboy <DTC@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bill Kearney wrote:
>>NetStumbler is great, but only resolves actual signal strength with a
>>few, if only one card. The Orinco Gold (?). For all other cards, you get
>>a signal-to-noise reading.
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> Dunno, recent (v4?) versions seem to handle more cards.

Its a function of the wireless card as to if it has that output.

As to using the signal level bars in Windows and other proprietary apps
(which actually displays SNR), that's fine for casual sniffing use, but
not sufficient for testing antennas.