Request for a program - or script - for a router

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Could anyone write a small program to log the Signal-to-Noise figures
for a Netgear DG834 router?

I have been getting very variable SNR readings - and I would like to
collect some evidence to analyse.

What is needed is a program that logs into the router's html page every
minute, and then extracts the time and the SNR figure, and writes a line
of a text file.

I reckon it would be useful to many people.
 
Chris <nospam@[127.0.0.1]> said:
Could anyone write a small program to log the Signal-to-Noise figures
for a Netgear DG834 router?

I have been getting very variable SNR readings - and I would like to
collect some evidence to analyse.

What is needed is a program that logs into the router's html page every
minute, and then extracts the time and the SNR figure, and writes a
line of a text file.

I reckon it would be useful to many people.
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Following up my own post, I notice that there hasn't been any response -
and I wonder if that might be my fault?
Have I been precise enough?
And polite enough?
Or is there some standard procedure for submitting program requests?
Please forgive any errors of omission or commission!
And - if you would be so kind - please point me in the right direction.
 
Chris said:
Chris <nospam@[127.0.0.1]> said:
Could anyone write a small program to log the Signal-to-Noise figures
for a Netgear DG834 router?

I have been getting very variable SNR readings - and I would like to
collect some evidence to analyse.

What is needed is a program that logs into the router's html page
every minute, and then extracts the time and the SNR figure, and
writes a line of a text file.

I reckon it would be useful to many people.
Click to expand...


Following up my own post, I notice that there hasn't been any response -
and I wonder if that might be my fault?
Have I been precise enough?
And polite enough?
Or is there some standard procedure for submitting program requests?
Please forgive any errors of omission or commission!
And - if you would be so kind - please point me in the right direction.
Click to expand...
The lack of response simply indicates that no-one knows of a program
that does what you want, that's all.

That said, if the DG834 router supports SNMP requests, then all you need
is to read up on SNMP and pull down an SNMP trap generator.

If not, someone with access to a DG834 would have to wack up an HTML
screen scraper for it, not, I am lead to believe, overly difficult for
those who do such things, but you have to come across someone who does
it. (And who would do it for free.)

Cheers,
Gary B-)
 
Chris said:
Chris <nospam@[127.0.0.1]> said:
Could anyone write a small program to log the Signal-to-Noise figures
for a Netgear DG834 router?

I have been getting very variable SNR readings - and I would like to
collect some evidence to analyse.

What is needed is a program that logs into the router's html page
every minute, and then extracts the time and the SNR figure, and
writes a line of a text file.

I reckon it would be useful to many people.
Click to expand...


Following up my own post, I notice that there hasn't been any response -
and I wonder if that might be my fault?
Have I been precise enough?
And polite enough?
Or is there some standard procedure for submitting program requests?
Click to expand...

Requests to write a program are rare. Newsgroup discussion is focused on existing Freeware programs.
Requests are usually along these lines: Is there a program that can. . . ? When no suitable Freeware
can be found someone may volunteer to write a small program but that's not a common occurrence.
Please forgive any errors of omission or commission!
And - if you would be so kind - please point me in the right direction.
Click to expand...

You might inquire at Solen Technologies. A few alt.comp.freeware posts reporting they are competent
=> they created some software that performed as requested.

Home page: http://www.solentech.tk/

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And - if you would be so kind - please point me in the right direction.
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This newsgroup is NOT primarily a programming newsgroup. You might
do better going to a scripting, or programming, newsgroup. Perhaps a
Java/Javascript/Python/Perl etc. etc. one.

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Chris said:
Following up my own post, I notice that there hasn't been any response -
and I wonder if that might be my fault?
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Damn, Nellie, it's OK to bring your blanket next time ;-). I, for
one, made no reply because I don't know what you're talking about. Did
you really expect folks to say, "I don't know"?
 
Susan Bugher said:
You might inquire at Solen Technologies. A few alt.comp.freeware posts
reporting they are competent => they created some software that
performed as requested.
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Thanks for that - I'll probably try them.
 
Gary R. Schmidt said:
That said, if the DG834 router supports SNMP requests, then all you
need is to read up on SNMP and pull down an SNMP trap generator.

If not, someone with access to a DG834 would have to wack up an HTML
screen scraper for it
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Sounds interesting! I would love to know what you mean.
Any chance of an explanation - but only if you've time?
 
Chris said:
Sounds interesting! I would love to know what you mean.
Any chance of an explanation - but only if you've time?
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It's conceptually simple - but the execution can be complex.

Assuming that you do something that generates a "display" of data, say
look at an HTML page or telnet to a port and issue a request, you write
a program that does just that, captures the output, and then parses it.

If you ever seen a Braille reader in action, it's very much like that.

Cheers,
Gary B-)
 
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