Re: Percentage noted by network manager.
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On 03/01/2013 17:42, peasthope@shaw.ca wrote:
> Network Nanager gives a que such as "Wireless network connection
> 'ubcsecure' active: ubcsecure (66%)".
>
> No mention of the percentage in
> http://wiki.debian.org/NetworkManager#Documentation ,
> http://projects.gnome.org/NetworkManager/users/ or
> https://live.gnome.org/NetworkManager . I'll guess it is a
> fraction of bytes or packets transmitted without retransmission.
> From what I've read of TCP this "success rate" will be available
> for data sent but not for data received.
This being a Wireless connection, it's more likely to be signal
strength. Typically, that will be measured in dB (which is basically a
ratio) but it's probably being normalised such that no attenuation =
100% and no signal = 0%. Don't expect to see either value as a result.
>
> Any enlightment? Any one noticed the percentage in a document?
>
> Thanks, ... Peter E.
>
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