Re: Wifi status indicator

On 02/07/2024 15:50, candycanearter07 wrote:

Chris Townley <news@cct-net.co.uk> wrote at 22:32 this Monday (GMT):

On 01/07/2024 19:59, bp@www.zefox.net wrote:

Since setting up my new Pi5 some oddities have emerged with
the WiFi, includidng seemingly slow/erratic ping times despite
a near 100% link quality as measured with wavemon. The icon
in the top menu bar didn't light up all the way, suggesting
some disagreement between wavemon and the OS . At one point
wavemon reported that rfkill had prevemted wifi startup, though
rfkill reported both wifi and bluetooth unblocked. There was
one report online of a bookworm bug along this line, does it
aply to RasPiOS?
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Between the two, I'm rather confused. Over the past year or
two wifi has gotten worse,I thought because of interference
from neighbors, who now number close to 20. But, during a scan
wavemon consistently reports my access point as the strongest
signal. Is "strongest signal" not sufficient by itself?
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Thanks for reading,
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bob prohaska

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Check the channels they are using - then choose something else

  Don't wifi connections change which channels they use frequently? Unless
you control all the nearby routers, I don't think it would help a ton..

Good routers monitor nearby signals, and will change channel to avoid conflicts. With some you can override this
--
Chris