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More info?)
Maybe Cristian mean how to treat received value , in this case miniport have
to return it in
decibel milliwatts ( dBm ) and typical range are from -10 to -200
Arkady
"Pavel A." <pavel_a@NOwritemeNO.com> wrote in message
news:OrSn1kpzEHA.4004@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> No, MSNdis_80211_ReceivedSignalStrength is the RSSI value of the
> currently associated AP.
> You need to get the scan list (SSIDs with their RSSI).
> If you prefer using WMI, please search in the WMI newsgroups
> ( microsoft.public.windowsxp.wmi ...)
>
> Or follow the advise of MVP Arkady Frenkel.
>
> To interpret results of all these queries, you need description of
> the 802_11 specific OIDs in the latest DDK documentation.
> (if you haven't read it yet, do this now).
>
> --PA
>
>
> "Christian Verdani" <c.verdani@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:419daf91$0$25116$3b214f66@aconews.univie.ac.at...
> > Hello,
> > i have fought throught the MSDN and a few web pages. now i have a
solution,
> > hoever, i don't know how to extract the data from the result.
> >
> > The code snipet looks like this:
> >
> >
> > hres = pSvc->ExecQuery(
> > bstr_t("WQL"), bstr_t("SELECT * FROM
> > MSNdis_80211_ReceivedSignalStrength Where active=true"),
> > WBEM_FLAG_FORWARD_ONLY | WBEM_FLAG_RETURN_IMMEDIATELY,
NULL,
> > &pEnumerator);
> >
> >
> > IWbemClassObject *pclsObj;
> > ULONG uReturn = 0;
> >
> > while (pEnumerator)
> > {
> > HRESULT hr = pEnumerator->Next(WBEM_INFINITE, 1, &pclsObj,
> > &uReturn); //WBEM_INFINITE
> >
> > if(0 == uReturn)
> > {
> > cout << "Need to BREAK!" << endl;
> > break;
> > }
> >
> > VARIANT vtProp;
> > VariantInit(&vtProp);
> >
> > // Get the value of the Name property
> > hr = pclsObj->Get(L"Name", 0, &vtProp, 0, 0);
> > // wcout << " OS Name : " << vtProp.bstrVal << endl;
> >
> > VariantClear(&vtProp);
> > }
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > is there any location that describes the results i get from my query?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > sincerly,
> > christian
> > "Maxim S. Shatskih" <maxim@storagecraft.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
> > news:OTsrg$XzEHA.4028@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> > > Try WMI, this is possibly the easiest way.
> > >
> > > You can also try to send OID_802_11_RSSI to the kernel-mode
components
> > > via
> > > IOCTL_NDIS_QUERY_GLOBAL_STATS.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Maxim Shatskih, Windows DDK MVP
> > > StorageCraft Corporation
> > > maxim@storagecraft.com
> > >
http://www.storagecraft.com
> > >
> > > "Christian Verdani" <c.verdani@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> > > news:419c7d27$0$12130$3b214f66@aconews.univie.ac.at...
> > >> Hello,
> > >>
> > >> i want to query the signal strength of the nearby accesspoints on my
> > >> notebook.
> > >> I found out that i have to query the NDIS drivers, however the MSDN
does
> > >> not
> > >> offer smaple code how to do that (or i am to silly to find one).
> > >> I am working with visual c++. Can anyone tell me how to do that or
can
> > >> anyone tell me a better solution?
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> sincerly,
> > >> Cristian
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
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