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xfce4-wavelan-plugin

A plugin used to display stats from a wireless LAN interface.


xfce4-wavelan-plugin displays the following information about a WaveLAN device:

  • Signal state (tells if a carrier signal was detected)
  • Signal quality (current quality of the carrier signal)
    • Note that the latter is in % on Linux and in dBm on BSDs. Hence, on BSDs, the progressbar may be never full, as dBm is not easily comparable to a maximum.
  • Network name (current SSID of the WaveLAN network)

At the time of this writing NetBSD, OpenBSD, FreeBSD and Linux are supported.

The plugin shows signal quality as a percentage on Linux and as dBm on BSDs. Therefore, the progressbar will probably be not really accurate on BSDs, as dBm is hardly comparable to a maximum.


Usage

  1. Right-click on the added plugin, select Properties to open the settings window.
  2. Select the wireless interface you want to monitor.

Screenshot

Wavelan Plugin Panel Indicator
Wavelan Plugin Panel Indicator

Wavelan Plugin Preferences Window
Wavelan Plugin Preferences Window


Latest Release

  • xfce4-wavelan-plugin 0.6.3 released (2022/06/14 17:19)

Read the CHANGELOG

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Reporting Bugs

  • Reporting Bugs – List of currently open bugs and instructions on how to submit new bug reports

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