I am currently trying to retrieve the signal strength from a wireless access point using the wlanapi.dll WlanQueryInterface call.
Here is my api declaration
[DllImport("wlanapi.dll", SetLastError = true)]
private static extern UInt32 WlanQueryInterface(IntPtr hClientHandle, ref Guid pInterfaceGuid, WLAN_INTF_OPCODE OpCode, IntPtr pReserved, out Int32 pdwDataSize, ref IntPtr ppData, IntPtr pWlanOpCodeValueType);
The problem is when I look at the wlanSignalStrength entry in the WLAN_ASSOCIATION_ATTRIBUTES structure it is set to 5400. Microsoft API documentation says that it should be a value between 0 - 100.
Here is my structure declaration:
/// <summary>
/// Structure contains association attributes for a connection.
/// </summary>
[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential, CharSet = CharSet.Unicode)]
private struct WLAN_ASSOCIATION_ATTRIBUTES
{
/// <summary>
/// A DOT11_SSID structure that contains the SSID of the association.
/// </summary>
public DOT11_SSID dot11Ssid;
/// <summary>
/// A DOT11_BSS_TYPE value that specifies whether the network is infrastructure or ad hoc.
/// </summary>
public DOT11_BSS_TYPE dot11BssType;
/// <summary>
/// A DOT11_MAC_ADDRESS that contains the BSSID of the association.
/// </summary>
public DOT11_MAC_ADDRESS dot11Bssid;
/// <summary>
/// A DOT11_PHY_TYPE value that indicates the physical type of the association
/// </summary>
public DOT11_PHY_TYPE dot11PhyType;
/// <summary>
/// The position of the DOT11_PHY_TYPE value in the structure containing the list of PHY types.
/// </summary>
public ulong uDot11PhyIndex;
/// <summary>
/// A percentage value that represents the signal quality of the network.
/// </summary>
public Int32 wlanSignalQuality;
/// <summary>
/// Contains the receiving rate of the association.
/// </summary>
public ulong ulRxRate;
/// <summary>
/// Contains the transmission rate of the association.
/// </summary>
public ulong ulTxRate;
}
Here is my call to WlanQueryInterface:
Int32 iDataSize;
IntPtr ppData = IntPtr.Zero;
WLAN_CONNECTION_ATTRIBUTES wcaAttributes = new WLAN_CONNECTION_ATTRIBUTES();
String[] sReturn = new String[4];
if (WlanQueryInterface(pClientHandle, ref gInterfaceGUID, WLAN_INTF_OPCODE.wlan_intf_opcode_current_connection, IntPtr.Zero, out iDataSize, ref ppData, IntPtr.Zero) == ERROR_SUCCESS)
{
wcaAttributes = (WLAN_CONNECTION_ATTRIBUTES)Marshal.PtrToStructure(ppData, typeof(WLAN_CONNECTION_ATTRIBUTES));
sReturn[0] = wcaAttributes.wlanAssociationAttributes.dot11Ssid.ucSSID;
sReturn[1] = wcaAttributes.strProfileName;
sReturn[2] = String.Format("{0:X2}-{1:X2}-{2:X2}-{3:X2}-{4:X2}-{5:X2}", wcaAttributes.wlanAssociationAttributes.dot11Bssid.bOne, wcaAttributes.wlanAssociationAttributes.dot11Bssid.bTwo, wcaAttributes.wlanAssociationAttributes.dot11Bssid.bThree, wcaAttributes.wlanAssociationAttributes.dot11Bssid.bFour, wcaAttributes.wlanAssociationAttributes.dot11Bssid.bFive, wcaAttributes.wlanAssociationAttributes.dot11Bssid.bSix);
sReturn[3] = wcaAttributes.wlanAssociationAttributes.wlanSignalQuality.ToString(); //This returns 5400 when the actual strength is ~99
WlanFreeMemory(ppData);
return sReturn;
}
else
{
throw new Exception("Unable to get interface connected SSID.");
}
Does anyone see what I am doing wrong? Thanks in advanced!