CRAWDAD metadata: wpi/perform/tool/wrapi_plus (v. 2005-05-10)

WRAPI+ is a tool to monitor wireless statistics, including received signal strength, transmitted frame count, and failed frame transmissions and acknowledgments on a Windows XP end hosts' IEEE 802.11b/g network device. WRAPI+ was built upon the freely available WRAPI C++ library.
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    [Tool] tools/collect/802.11/wrapi_plus (v. 2005-05-10)

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    version v. 2005-05-10
    changes
    NAME CHANGED to tools/collect/802.11/wrapi_plus. Also see 'old name' field.
    bibtex
    @MISC{tools-collect-802.11-wrapi_plus-2005-05-10,
      author = {Feng Li and Mingzhe Li and Bob Kinicki and Mark Claypool},
      title = {{CRAWDAD} tool tools/collect/802.11/wrapi_plus (v. 2005-05-10)}, 
      howpublished = {Downloaded from http://crawdad.cs.dartmouth.edu/tools/collect/802.11/wrapi_plus},
      month = may,  
      year = 2005
    }
    					
    metadata last modified2006-11-09
    summary
    WRAPI+ is a tool to monitor wireless statistics, including received signal strength, 
    transmitted frame count, and failed frame transmissions and acknowledgments on a Windows XP 
    end hosts' IEEE 802.11b/g network device. WRAPI+ was built upon the freely available 
    WRAPI C++ library.
    old name wpi/perform/tool/wrapi_plus
    new name tools/collect/802.11/wrapi_plus
    release date2005-05-10
    web site http://perform.wpi.edu/tools/
    wiki go to the wiki page for this tool
    keyword802.11, RFMON, signal strength
    authorsFeng Li
    Mingzhe Li
    Bob Kinicki
    Mark Claypool
    output
    MAC Layer Statistics (e.g., RSSI, TransmittedFragmentCout, RetryCount, etc)
    parameters
    Output file name
    usage
    1)Before you run wrapi.exe, you need to stop "Wireless Zero Configuration Service".
    by typing these two command at the command prompt
    
    "net start ndisuio"
    and "net stop WZCSVC"
    
    2) wrapi.exe [filename]
    It will generated two logfiles:
    [filename]_log.dat: the Mac Layer Statistics Data.
    [filename]_en.dat : Key the AP's Information. If there exist multiple APs.
    	It will recorder all the AP's Mac address. However, sometime it would
    	log a fake AP'MAC.
    
    	If no parameter is given, it will generate logfile names use the current date
    	for you such as "20041025153112.dat" and put it in the  same directory.
    algorithm
    WRAPI+ is an application built upon the freely available C++ library named WRAPI10
    that provides function calls to gather wireless statistics in Windows XP. 
    When run on an end-host, WRAPI+ periodically (every 500 ms, by default) reports and logs 
    IEEE 802.11 network interface statistics that includes received signal strength,
    transmitted frame count, and failed frame transmissions and acknowledgments. WRAPI+ is 
    provided with source code to maximize reuse and enable measurement customization.
    download urlDownload (5.7 MB tar.gz) from US UK AU
    limitation
    1) Only works with some chipsets, For example:
    Net Gear WG511g v1 card.
    Lucent ORiNOCO wireless cards,
    Cisco Aironet cards (340 and 4800 series),
    Compaq and Dell in-built wireless cards, (Dell could not get Fail Count)
    Linksys cards. (not sure)

    [Author] Feng Li

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    emaillif@cs.wpi.edu
    departmentComputer Science
    institutionWorcester Polytechnic Institute
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    [Author] Mingzhe Li

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    emaillmz@cs.wpi.edu
    departmentComputer Science
    institutionWorcester Polytechnic Institute
    related data/toolstools/collect/802.11/wrapi_plus (v. 2005-05-10)

    [Author] Bob Kinicki

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    emailrek@cs.wpi.edu
    institutionWorcester Polytechnic Institute
    departmentComputer Science
    positionProfessor
    addressComputer Science Department, Fuller Labs 135, 100 Institute Road, Worcester, MA 01609-2280
    phone508-831-6116
    web site http://web.cs.wpi.edu/~rek/
    related data/toolstools/collect/802.11/wrapi_plus (v. 2005-05-10)

    [Author] Mark Claypool

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    emailclaypool@cs.wpi.edu
    institutionWorcester Polytechnic Institute
    departmentComputer Science
    positionAssociate Professor
    address100 Institute Road, Worcester, MA 01609-2280
    phone508-831-5409
    fax508-831-5776
    web site http://web.cs.wpi.edu/~claypool/
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