[rt2x00-users] signal strength in percentage

[linux newbie]

Hi,

Is it possible to find the signal strength in percentage?

Thanks

On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 5:08 PM, linux newbie <linux.newbie79 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Any suggestion?
>
> Thanks
>
> On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 10:04 AM, linux newbie <linux.newbie79 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am using linux kernel version 2.6.38 on my embedded pxa255 based platform.
>>
>> I am using USB wireless adapter which has rt73 chipset and things are
>> working fine.
>>
>> * My application needs to know the signal strength in percentage.
>> * SIOCGIWSTATS from wext-compact provides signal strength in dbm.
>>
>> How to calculate signal strength in percentage?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>