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Thanks for the information.

I remember reading something on RF signal strength measurement not being standardized between various NIC manufacturers, so any absolute dBm/mW values will not be consistent/accurate. This means converting the percentage to dBm will depend on how the NIC manufacturer ...

Hello Andrew,

I've been toying with Vistumbler for a while now. I know that netsh gives the signal strength information in % but how do you come up with the dB estimates (is it dB or dBm)? Any particular formula that you used? I tried fitting the numbers but it seems it is a bit non-linear ...

Ok, let me rephrase your answer to see if I get this right.

The AP position is basically the GPS position with the highest signal strength value. Example: Say I'm at location X with GPS reading of lat a, long b. At that position, I measure the signal strength of AP 1 to be 50%. Then I move to ...

Hi,

Found this great apps while searching for Wifi sniffer for vista. Been tinkering with it for few days and it works great. Good job to the developers :thumbup:

I'm trying to figure how does vistumbler calculate the GPS coordinates for the APs that it finds? Say I'm at location X and my GPS ...