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20:39 < mnemoc> rxr: do you know any tool to auto-choose the best wifi cell available? i coded a iwlist scan parser but sucks
20:49 < rxr> ouhm
20:49 < rxr> you have questions ...
20:49 < rxr> no idea - I wouls parse the iwlist, too ...
20:53 < mnemoc> :(
20:54 < rxr> use clifford hyper inteligent rocknet hack I commented on two months ago ...
20:55 < rxr> altough it does not give you the signal detection you want ;-)
20:55 < rxr> btw, what is you use-case? University?
20:57 < mnemoc> university, home, work
20:58 < mnemoc> univeristy is splited in four wifi networks
20:58 < mnemoc> two of them with many APs
21:00 < rxr> but @ home and work you do not have that many cells, .. I guess?
21:01 < mnemoc> nope, only one :p
21:01 < rxr> what is the problem with parsing the iflist output ? Just that the parser get's ugly?
21:01 < rxr> iwlist even
21:01 < mnemoc> i'm not good on awk, then my parser is 100% bash
21:01 < mnemoc> but works
21:01 < mnemoc> ifplugd is using it at the moment
21:02 < mnemoc> choosing the first cell fount :|
21:02 < mnemoc> but i collect info so, someday i can compare cells before choosing
21:02 < rxr> don't you get those, too:
21:02 < rxr> Quality:50/92 Signal level:-49 dBm Noise level:-99 dBm
21:03 < rxr> should be easy to just chose the best qulity value or so ..
21:03 < mnemoc> yeah
21:04 < rxr> coding a state-machine in bash to lock on the eth*\tScan completed : lines should be trivial ... ;-)
21:05 < mnemoc> my problem is with the 'context'
21:05 < rxr> I once did a handy statemachine that parsed logged USB traffic by USB snoop in bash *g*
21:05 < mnemoc> which cell -> essid
21:05 < mnemoc> awk? or just bash?
21:05 < rxr> just bash
21:06 < mnemoc> don't you feel tempted to code one for iwlist? :p
21:06 < rxr> you will not join #t2 when I do?
21:06 < rxr> ok - I quickly do one anyway ...
21:06 < rxr> are you in the university to test it?
21:11 < mnemoc> yep
21:11 < mnemoc> i'm going to macroeconomy now
21:11 < rxr> are you reachable there?
21:11 < rxr> need some 4-5 minutes ...
21:11 < mnemoc> i'll wait you then =)
21:11 < rxr> wait now - or await there?
21:12 < mnemoc> here
21:12 < mnemoc> the professor feels 'unconfortable' with computers opened on the class
21:12 < rxr> I hope you'll not get late then ...
21:13 < mnemoc> code code code
21:16 < rxr> opk
21:16 < rxr> ok even
21:19 < rxr> paste in query
21:19 < rxr> pasted even
21:19 < rxr> in final testing
21:20 < rxr> $ ./iwlist-parse
21:20 < rxr> "pandamon2" 57
21:20 < rxr> using it
21:20 < rxr> "pandamon3" 67
21:20 < rxr> using it
21:20 < rxr> "pandamon4" 7
21:20 < rxr> $ ./iwlist-parse
21:20 < rxr> "pandamon2" 57
21:20 < rxr> using it
21:20 < rxr> "pandamon3" 67
21:20 < rxr> using it
21:20 < rxr> "pandamon4" 7
21:20 < rxr> finally: "pandamon3" 67
21:22 < rxr> got quite state-less anyway - my usb parser was a real state machine ...
21:31 < mnemoc> FUCK, it got frozen again
21:31 < rxr> ouch
21:31 < rxr> maybe due to iwlist scan ...
21:32 < mnemoc> can it be?
21:32 < mnemoc> can be ifplugd?
21:33 < rxr> duno - whatever you changed last
21:33 < rxr> here iwlist works fine - even while typing in this ssh seassion
21:33 < mnemoc> ifplugd
21:33 < rxr> but this is highly driver dependent ...
21:33 < rxr> yeah - maybe even ifplugd ...
21:33 < rxr> such transmitter detect features are not used often - so bugs hide in it ..
21:34 < mnemoc> i'll down it and start network by hand :|
21:35 < mnemoc> re
21:35 < rxr> you miss your lecture ..
21:36 < mnemoc> :(
21:37 < mnemoc> this lecture is after 5 hours 'free', then i always wait for it but miss it
21:37 < mnemoc> i have been only to two of... 13
21:38 < rxr> i c
21:38 < rxr> does my cell detecion work now, after the adaption?
21:39 < mnemoc> yes
21:40 < mnemoc> it's quite simple with this [[ $line = *foo* ]] thing :p
21:42 < rxr> ok - let me paste the "final" prototype for later reference - e.g. in logs ... anf for google ranking:
21:42 < rxr> ssid=""
21:42 < rxr> quality=0
21:42 < rxr> while read line ; do
21:42 < rxr> [[ $line = *ESSID* ]] && tssid="${line/ESSID:/}"
21:42 < rxr> if [[ $line = *Quality* ]] ; then # or maybe Signal instead of Quality
21:42 < rxr> tquality="$(echo $line | cut -d ' ' -f 1)"
21:42 < rxr> tquality="${tquality/Quality:/}"
21:42 < rxr> tquality="${tquality/\/*/}"
21:42 < rxr> echo $tssid $tquality
21:42 < rxr> if [ $tquality -gt $quality ] ; then
21:42 < rxr> quality="$tquality"
21:42 < rxr> ssid="$tssid"
21:42 < rxr> echo using it
21:42 < rxr> fi
21:42 < rxr> tssid=""
21:42 < rxr> tquality=0
21:42 < rxr> fi
21:42 < rxr> done < <(iwlist scan 2>/dev/null)
21:42 < rxr> echo finally: $ssid $quality
21:44 < rxr> ^- how to get a free holiday in chile ;-)
21:45 < rxr> what wifi chip is in your box?
21:45 < mnemoc> =)
21:45 < mnemoc> cardbus.... acx100_pci
21:45 < rxr> acx - hm - what is the lspci company / model entry?
21:46 < mnemoc> 02:04.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI4510 PC card Cardbus Controller (rev 02)
21:47 < mnemoc> 03:00.0 Network controller: Texas Instruments ACX 100 22Mbps Wireless Interface
21:49 < rxr> is the driver open-source these days?
21:50 < mnemoc> i use the one from sf.net
21:53 < mnemoc> s/Quality/\$field/
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