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Old 08-17-2007, 06:48 PM
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Originally Posted by applejosh
While I have not tried this (nor really planning to), I doubt the radar screen is functional in terms of direction. It's probably similar in implementation to some freebie I saw a while back. It was cool to see a "blip" on a radar screen, but it wasn't representational of where the AP was actualy located in terms of direction. AFAIK, the wifi chip in most (all) pocketpc's is not able to determine direction, just strength. Again, just guessing.
Wififofum, and yes omni-directional radios cannot be used to determine location without triangulation.
 
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