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On 10/12/2025 10:36, c186282 wrote:
> On 12/10/25 04:55, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>> On 10/12/2025 05:27, c186282 wrote:
>> nastiness.
>>>
>>> Easiest ... add one wifi extender, log into
>>> the camera, see whether you get more bars
>>> with the main or the extender.
>>>
>>
>> Actually something that might be of interest...
>>
>> # iwlist wlan0 scanning | grep -e Cell -e Channel -e Quality -e
>> Encrypt -e ESSID
>>
>> Shows all stations visible to a ZeroW ... run it as root...
>>
>> Cell 01 - Address: 00:1D:AA:79:78:40
>> Channel:7
>> Frequency:2.442 GHz (Channel 7)
>> Quality=44/70 Signal level=-66 dBm
>> Encryption key:on
>> ESSID:"Wifi1"
>> Cell 02 - Address: 30:46:9A:A2:89:F6
>> Channel:13
>> Frequency:2.472 GHz (Channel 13)
>> Quality=51/70 Signal level=-59 dBm
>> Encryption key:on
>> ESSID:"wifi2"
>> Cell 03 - Address: 74:4D:28:4A:21:86
>> Channel:3
>> Frequency:2.422 GHz (Channel 3)
>> Quality=35/70 Signal level=-75 dBm
>> Encryption key:on
>> ESSID:"wifi3"
>> etc etc.
>
> Interesting.
>
> DOES show a number of "cells" ... but not the ESSID of
> my extender for some reason.
>
That may be spoofing someone elses...
Try` iwlist wlan0 scanning` on its own
Ther is a lot more info
> In theory, this sort of data could be used by a
> relatively simple daemon to switch back and
> forth to the `best` signal. The old CL stuff
> is fine ... but can sometimes be replaced by
> half a dozen lines of more-comprehensible Python.
>
Its called `network manager` but its not very good.
>
>
>
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