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Wireshark-users: Re: [Wireshark-users] WLAN APC file and RSSI

From: Gerald Combs <gerald@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2008 17:26:44 -0800
It looks like the dBm tag isn't supported in Wireshark. Do you have a capture file you can send to the list or upload to the wiki?

Avi Berkovich wrote:
First, thanks for the link.

As for the dBm value, it is present in the capture file (stored right after the percentage value in the packet header).



 > Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2008 09:34:55 -0800
 > From: gerald@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
 > To: wireshark-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
 > Subject: Re: [Wireshark-users] WLAN APC file and RSSI
 >
 > Avi Berkovich wrote:
 > > Hello,
 > >
 > > Wireshark doesn't display the RSSI value in dBm, only in percent.
 > > This happens with APC files captured with Airopeek.
 > >
 > > Is this a limitation?
 >
> Are you sure the dBm values are present in the capture file? According to > http://www.wildpackets.com/elements/whitepapers/Converting_Signal_Strength.pdf,
 > WildPackets prefers to use percentage values.
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