re-signal strength

joe134

Hi, Can anyone explain to me please how I can get 3 varied signal strength ratings of 36;;48;;54;; Yet the ratings of all 3 are poor;;;fair;;;good ;;excellent?
every time I hover over strength icon, it will show 36, poor/fair/good/excellent, and same with higher strengths.
surely if I get excellent on 36mbs, how can I get poor on 48;;54 and all the others??
My bb speed is varying from 0.5mbs to 4mbs and variations in between every time I do a speedtest, like a yoyo, Repeated tests, one directly after the other;; logged onto g in router.when I say 4mbs, that,s a rarity, usually sub 1.5>0.5mbs

fwor

Are you sure that the 36, 48 and 54 are in units of mb/s (or even MB/s). It would be unusual to express ~signal strength~ in those units.

It would not be unusual to express signal strength in units of -dB, in which case -36dB is a much higher signal strength than -48dB.

joe134

fwor wrote: »

Are you sure that the 36, 48 and 54 are in units of mb/s (or even MB/s). It would be unusual to express ~signal strength~ in those units.

It would not be unusual to express signal strength in units of -dB, in which case -36dB is a much higher signal strength than -48dB.

Hi fwor, thanks for reply.;;It,s 48 Mbps as I write, but I can get all poor>excellent with the same strengh;;;It,s the icon on the notification tray.EDIT;;;Presume It,s the wireless signal from router?

penrhyn

If you want to get an idea of the signal strength you could download iSSIDer, it will show you any other wirelss signals that could be interfering with yours.
If you could post your router line statistics we could bench mark your connection to t'internet.

http://www.kitz.co.uk/adsl/frogstats.php

GunJack

penrhyn is probably smack on with this, it's looking like wifi interference. Especially following on from your previous thread about your varying speed, inssider and changing wifi channels is the way to go next. If there's no close channel interfering with yours, then it could be the wifi card in your lappy is in need of updated drivers, or just isn't too hot, same for the areials. Mini-Gun #2's wifi card/areial combo is a bit like that - ended up disabling the onboard and using a usb wifi adapter instead.

penrhyn, I got him into his router on his last thread, so he should be able to get the line stats no probs

joe134

penrhyn wrote: »

If you want to get an idea of the signal strength you could download iSSIDer, it will show you any other wirelss signals that could be interfering with yours.
If you could post your router line statistics we could bench mark your connection to t'internet.

http://www.kitz.co.uk/adsl/frogstats.php

Hi, penrhyn, and gunjack again;
thanks for reply;
I,ve got inSSIDER, but confused at what it,s showing;;;
It,s showing my network, also BThub, which I think is next doors, both with graphs, 1 red.
How do I get line stats from my router , and post?

penrhyn

Whoops sorry yes I meant inSSIDer, its your router stats that I was interested in, not info from inSSIDer.

joe134

penrhyn wrote: »

Whoops sorry yes I meant inSSIDer, its your router stats that I was interested in, not info from inSSIDer.

Hi, ok, How do I get stats?I,m in router, connectivity, dsl, but from there I don,t know what you require? cheers

joe134

joe134 wrote: »

Hi, ok, How do I get stats?I,m in router, connectivity, dsl, but from there I don,t know what you require? cheers

DSL Connection

Link Information

Uptime: 2 days, 14:57:49

Modulation: G.992.1 Annex A

Bandwidth (Up/Down) [kbps/kbps]: 448 / 6,976

Data Transferred (Sent/Received) [MB/MB]: 75.88 / 351.76
Is this it penrhyn??

penrhyn

Partially, looks like you are running with a 6.9Mbps link, which is pretty good.

Look back at my Kitz link, its the noise margin that wee need to find.

Anyhoo, any joy looking for interfering wireless channels.

joe134

penrhyn wrote: »

Partially, looks like you are running with a 6.9Mbps link, which is pretty good.

Look back at my Kitz link, its the noise margin that wee need to find.

Anyhoo, any joy looking for interfering wireless channels.

DSL Connection

Link Information

Uptime: 2 days, 15:15:03

Modulation: G.992.1 Annex A

Bandwidth (Up/Down) [kbps/kbps]: 448 / 6,976

Data Transferred (Sent/Received) [MB/MB]: 76.13 / 353.09

Output Power (Up/Down) [dBm]: 12.0 / 19.5

Line Attenuation (Up/Down) [dB]: 14.5 / 25.0

SN Margin (Up/Down) [dB]: 29.0 / 14.0

Vendor ID (Local/Remote): TMMB / TSTC

Loss of Framing (Local/Remote): 0 / 0

Loss of Signal (Local/Remote): 0 / 0

Loss of Power (Local/Remote): 0 / 0

Loss of Link (Remote): 0

Error Seconds (Local/Remote): 120 / 0

FEC Errors (Up/Down): 0 / 1,048,727

CRC Errors (Up/Down): 0 / 1,731

HEC Errors (Up/Down): 0 / 94

Hi, got this now.bit more detail.
inSSIDer is showing my speedtouch and BThub.
Mines red, bthub is green, which I think is next doors? so is bthub interfereing with mine? It,s the only 2 showing on top screen with graphs;;