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KWaveControl is a tool for wireless devices and it is based on the
wireless extensions.
It runs under Linux with KDE and docks into the panel. The tray icon in the panel
shows you the current link quality and bitrate.
The main window indicates information about the device, where you can also set
most of the properties (below marked with *; if those features are supported by your device).
Right now, there are:
| IP* |
default gateway* |
link quality |
| signal level |
noise level |
bitrate * |
| protocol |
operation mode * |
sensitivity |
| frequency * |
channel * |
transmit power * |
| ESSID * |
encryption* |
mac address of the access point |
| sent and received bytes |
nickname* |
rts threshold * |
| fragmentation threshold * |
power management * |
traffic |
| invalid Rx's and Tx's |
Since version 0.4 scanning and different profiles are supported. In addition there are extended "What's this?" assistances. In version 0.4.1 is also a german translation included.
Note that you can only change settings when you start the program with root priviliges! Because of this, a "restart as root" button was added.
You can also define the polling time.
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(version 0.4)
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current version is 0.4.2
changes in 0.4.2:
- minor bug fixes
- almost full encryption support
changes in 0.4.1:
- minor bug fixes
- default gateway configurable
- german translation
changes in 0.4:
- major bug fixes
- new style
- scanning
- profiles
- more properties are supported (tx power, rts-threshold, ... )
- "restart as root" button
- traffic widget
changes in 0.3:
new features:
- settings will be saved (device, ...)
- a small "only link" window
- sent and received bytes
complete new structure for the widget-code
code cleaning
one bug fixed
changes in 0.2:
now you can:
- view and set the ESSID
- set a fixed bitrate
- set the sensitivity
- set the polling time
fixed bugs:
- the value of the signal and noise level is now correct
and code cleaning
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Sources
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- tar xvfz kwavecontrol-version.tar.gz
- cd kwavecontrol-version
- ./configure
- make
- make install
starting with kwavecontrol
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Compile error during make in version 0.4 (not 0.4.1!) with some gcc versions:
ktraffictab.h:91: error: 'KTrafficTab::KILO_BYTE' cannot appear in a constant-expression
ktraffictab.h:92: error: 'KTrafficTab::MEGA_BYTE' cannot appear in a constant-expression
Solution:
Either use version 0.4.1 or follow these instructions:
- download this patch file: ktraffictab.h.diff
- move the patch file to the kwavecontrol source directory (kwavecontrol-0.4/src)
- change to the kwavecontrol source directory (kwavecontrol-0.4/src)
- run: patch < ktraffictab.h.diff
- continue with make and make install
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© Matthias Reif
matthias dot reif at progeln dot de
changed: 2006-03-08
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