NetworkGeolocationProvider.js is only receiving 2 APs. Something is either filtering or lumping them together before it gets there. I'm going to try a build with WLAN api version 2 (Vista) and see if it makes a difference.
On 2014-03-19 08:32, Wesley Hardman wrote: > *** WIFI GEO: Filtering out AP1 > *** WIFI GEO: Filtering out AP2 > > Is it filtering out duplicates? The only place "Filtering out" exists in the > source code, is for the _nomap filter. Then again, shouldn't have filtered > ~8? I'll see if I can add additional logging. > > On 2014-03-19 05:38, Hanno Schlichting wrote: >> On 17.03.2014, at 21:30 , Wesley Hardman <[email protected]> wrote: >>> How does Firefox determine the BSSID list to send for geolocation? I >>> posted in "GeoIP support, was: Erroneous location" about not getting a >>> result for 2 APs. The response is that the service requires 3. That's >>> fine, but as I was thinking about it, why is Firefox only sending 2? >>> >>> The setup is: >>> 3 physical access points (2 with decent stable signal) >>> each access point broadcasts 2 SSIDs each on 2.4GHz and 5GHz. >>> >>> This results in 12 visible access points, with 12 unique BSSIDs, 8 having a >>> stable signal. Shouldn't it be returning 8 APs? >> >> There is apparently a debug mode for WiFi. Steps to activate it: >> >> - go to about:config >> - add a new boolean key named “geo.wifi.logging.enabled” >> - set it to true >> - end Firefox >> - start Firefox from a shell, so you can see stdout (shell output) >> (I had to start /Applications/FirefoxAurora.app/Contents/MacOS/firefox-bin >> on a Mac) >> - go to a website using the HTML5 Geolocation API and allow it to do the >> request >> - watch shell output >> >> It should give you output like: >> >> *** WIFI GEO: startup called. testing mode isfalse >> *** WIFI GEO: watch called >> *** WIFI GEO: setting highAccuracy to TRUE >> *** WIFI GEO: onChange called, highAccuracy = TRUE >> *** WIFI GEO: ************************************* Sending request: <url> >> *** WIFI GEO: ************************************* ------>>>> sending >> {"wifiAccessPoints”:[<wifis>]} >> *** WIFI GEO: gls returned status: 200 --> {"location":{"lat”: <lat> ,"lng”: >> <lon>},"accuracy”:<accuracy>} >> *** WIFI GEO: setting highAccuracy to FALSE >> *** WIFI GEO: shutdown called >> >> The various <…> should be filled with real data. >> >> Hope this makes it easier to debug, >> Hanno >> > _______________________________________________ dev-geolocation mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-geolocation
