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# Wireless network interfaces


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Plugin: proc.plugin
Module: /proc/net/wireless

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## Overview

Monitor wireless devices with metrics about status, link quality, signal level, noise level and more.



This collector is supported on all platforms.

This collector supports collecting metrics from multiple instances of this integration, including remote instances.


### Default Behavior

#### Auto-Detection

This integration doesn't support auto-detection.

#### Limits

The default configuration for this integration does not impose any limits on data collection.

#### Performance Impact

The default configuration for this integration is not expected to impose a significant performance impact on the system.

## Setup


### Prerequisites

No action required.

### Configuration

#### Options



There are no configuration options.



#### via File

There is no configuration file.

##### Examples
There are no configuration examples.



## Alerts

There are no alerts configured by default for this integration.



## Metrics

Metrics grouped by *scope*.

The scope defines the instance that the metric belongs to. An instance is uniquely identified by a set of labels.




### Per wireless device



This scope has no labels.

Metrics:

| Metric | Description | Dimensions | Unit |
|:------|:------------|:----------|:----|
| wireless.status | Internal status reported by interface. | status | status |
| wireless.link_quality | Overall quality of the link. This is an aggregate value, and depends on the driver and hardware. | link_quality | value |
| wireless.signal_level | The signal level is the wireless signal power level received by the wireless client. The closer the value is to 0, the stronger the signal. | signal_level | dBm |
| wireless.noise_level | The noise level indicates the amount of background noise in your environment. The closer the value to 0, the greater the noise level. | noise_level | dBm |
| wireless.discarded_packets | Packet discarded in the wireless adapter due to wireless specific problems. | nwid, crypt, frag, retry, misc | packets/s |
| wireless.missed_beacons | Number of missed beacons. | missed_beacons | frames/s |
