Put in a comment explaining what the signal strength value means here.
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@ -72,6 +72,16 @@ dissect_airopeek(tvbuff_t *tvb, packet_info *pinfo, proto_tree *tree)
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proto_tree_add_item(airopeek_tree, hf_channel, tvb, 1, 1, ENC_NA);
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signal_level = tvb_get_guint8(tvb, 2);
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/*
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* This is signal strength as a percentage of the maximum, i.e.
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* (RXVECTOR RSSI/RXVECTOR RSSI_Max)*100, or, at least, that's
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* what I infer it is, given what the WildPackets note "Converting
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* Signal Strength Percentage to dBm Values" says.
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*
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* It also says that the conversion the percentage to a dBm value is
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* an adapter-dependent process, so, as we don't know what type of
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* adapter was used to do the capture, we can't do the conversion.
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*/
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col_add_fstr(pinfo->cinfo, COL_RSSI, "%u%%", signal_level);
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if (tree) {
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proto_tree_add_uint_format(airopeek_tree, hf_signal_strength, tvb, 2, 1,
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