Drop wireless packets if the link is too long

EduNetworkBuilder/NB.cs

@@ -229,6 +229,9 @@ namespace EduNetworkBuilder
         public static int PacketVersionNum = 2; //2 uses the new stuff.  Anything else uses the old stuff
         public const int GridSize = 10;
         public static string[,] LanguageChoices = { { "English", "en" }, { "French", "fr" } };
+        public static int WirelessMaxUnsuccessfulLink = 120; //The link will connect, but the packet will drop
+        public static int WirelessMaxSuccessfulLink = 100; //Packets will drop after this distance
+        public static int WirelessReconnectDistance = 70; //Try to find a closer AP if we are this far out.
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Find the global random number generator.

EduNetworkBuilder/Network.cs

@@ -1105,6 +1105,12 @@ namespace EduNetworkBuilder
             return Math.Sqrt(Math.Pow((start.X - dest.X),2) + Math.Pow((start.Y - dest.Y),2)) / 5;  //use grid size...
         }
 
+        public double distance(NetworkDevice start, NetworkDevice dest)
+        {
+            if (start == null || dest == null) return 0;
+            return distance(start.myLocation(), dest.myLocation());
+        }
+
 
         /****************************************
          * Do On All Devices

EduNetworkBuilder/NetworkLink.cs

@@ -167,6 +167,19 @@ namespace EduNetworkBuilder
             return false;
         }
 
+        public double LinkDistance()
+        {
+            Network myNet = NB.GetNetwork();
+            if (myNet == null) 
+                return -1;
+            NetworkDevice sDev = myNet.GetDeviceFromID(SrcNic);
+            NetworkDevice dDev = myNet.GetDeviceFromID(DstNic);
+            if (sDev == null || dDev == null)
+                return -1;
+            double distance = myNet.distance(sDev.myLocation(), dDev.myLocation());
+            return distance;
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Check that the link works.  If not, drop the link.  It usually only 
         /// fails in wireless if the ssid and key do not match
@@ -189,6 +202,8 @@ namespace EduNetworkBuilder
                         deleteme = true;
                     if (sNic.SSID != dNic.SSID)
                         deleteme = true;
+                    if (LinkDistance() > NB.WirelessMaxUnsuccessfulLink)
+                        deleteme = true;
                 }
             }
             if (sNic.isWireless() != dNic.isWireless())
@@ -273,11 +288,26 @@ namespace EduNetworkBuilder
                 tPacket.health -= 10;
                 //Console.WriteLine("  health=" + tPacket.health.ToString());
             }
+            if(theLinkType == LinkType.wireless)
+            {
+                NetworkDevice sDev = myNet.GetDeviceFromID(SrcNic);
+                NetworkDevice dDev = myNet.GetDeviceFromID(DstNic);
+                double distance = myNet.distance(sDev, dDev) * (tPacket.myLinkPercent * 0.01);
+                if(distance > NB.WirelessMaxSuccessfulLink)
+                {
+                    //The wireless link is too far.  Drop the packet
+                    tPacket.Tracking.AddMessage(DebugLevel.info, this, NB.Translate("NL_WirelessDropped"));
+                    tPacket.Tracking.Status = NB.Translate("NL_WirelessDropped");
+                    tPacket.Tracking.Finished = true;
+                    tPacket.MyStatus = PacketStatus.finished_failed;
+                }
+            }
             if(tPacket.health <= 0)
             {
                 //The link is broken.  Drop the packet
                 tPacket.Tracking.AddMessage(DebugLevel.info, this, "The packet was corrupted.  The network wire may run too close to electricity or fluorescent lighting, or the wireless path is being interfered by a microwave, wireless phone, or other radio device.");
                 tPacket.Tracking.Status = "The packet got corrupted and was dropped.";
+                tPacket.Tracking.Finished = true;
                 tPacket.MyStatus = PacketStatus.finished_failed;
             }
             if(theLinkType == LinkType.broken && tPacket.myLinkPercent > 50)

EduNetworkBuilder/Resources/languages/edustrings.resx

@@ -727,4 +727,8 @@
   <data name="H_PacketCorruption_Title" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Packet Corruption</value>
   </data>
+  <data name="NL_WirelessDropped" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>The wireless signal was too weak.  Packet dropped.</value>
+    <comment>NetworkLink WirelessDropped = The wireless signal was too weak.  Packet dropped.</comment>
+  </data>
 </root>