Re: Wifi status indicator

Chris Townley <news@cct-net.co.uk> wrote:

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?
 
Thanks for reading,
 
bob prohaska

 
 
Check the channels they are using - then choose something else

Wavemon scan reports in part
:DD:8D  63%, -66 dBm, ch   6, 2437 MHz 1 sta, 28% c
hGiants Guest     22:FD:13:14:DD:8E  63%, -66 dBm, ch   6, 2437 MHz 28% chan, Ra
dmillerhome2      F0:72:EA:49:C6:4A  63%, -66 dBm, ch   6, 2437 MHz ESS, Radio M
eATT5Zavd8s       08:9B:B9:01:B7:14  60%, -68 dBm, ch   6, 2437 MHz 9 sta, 58% c
hd-link.zefox.net 00:13:46:86:6D:0C  84%, -51 dBm, ch   2, 2417 MHz ESS        │

I'm on channel 2 and seemingly have it to myself.

Experiments using a metal mixing bowl about 12 inches across allowed me
to increase the received signal to -40 dBm and   "signal quality" to 70/70.
For a while  the wifi performance seemed to improve. Next morning the signal
was still as high, but there were periods of slow response and complete dropouts
when the link went away entirely. Eventually I got rid of the reflector and things
went back to normal. That was when wavemon reported that rfkill wouldn't allow wlan0
to start. Could I have been overloading the tranciever?

 Thanks for writing,

bob prohaska