Snooper How To

I know snoop is a great tool for finding the best channels for your AP but I’m not finding alot of info on snoop and the the mechanics of what you’re looking at and what criteria you use for what channel to move to. If there’s a post I haven’t found or a source outside this forum, I’d be happy to read up more on it. Stuff like NET-COUNT & STA-COUNT, & what is more important BW or Usage. I used Wibox which is easier on the eyes, but here is the terminal output.

[admin@AP] /interface wireless snooper> snoop interval=1000ms interface=AP-2-1
BAND FREQ USE BW NET-COUNT NOISE-FLOOR STA-COUNT
2.4ghz-b 2412MHz 11% 65.6kbps 8 -95 14
2.4ghz-b 2417MHz 6.3% 37.1kbps 0 -95 3
2.4ghz-b 2422MHz 9.5% 69.6kbps 2 -95 6
2.4ghz-b 2427MHz 5% 25.3kbps 1 -95 6
2.4ghz-b 2432MHz 2.5% 10.7kbps 1 -93 3
2.4ghz-b 2437MHz 13.9% 38.6kbps 5 -94 10
2.4ghz-b 2442MHz 5% 23.1kbps 2 -99 8
2.4ghz-b 2447MHz 2.6% 10.1kbps 1 -98 2
2.4ghz-b 2452MHz 5% 26.7kbps 0 -99 4
2.4ghz-b 2457MHz 13.3% 72.7kbps 2 -97 21
2.4ghz-b 2462MHz 39.1% 307.2kbps 6 -94 28

[admin@AP] /interface wireless snooper> snoop interval=1000ms interface=AP-2-2
BAND FREQ USE BW NET-COUNT NOISE-FLOOR STA-COUNT
2.4ghz-b 2412MHz 8.2% 63.3kbps 11 -96 13
2.4ghz-b 2417MHz 5.2% 34.6kbps 0 -96 3
2.4ghz-b 2422MHz 3% 15.8kbps 2 -96 7
2.4ghz-b 2427MHz 4% 29.8kbps 2 -97 3
2.4ghz-b 2432MHz 5.4% 31.0kbps 0 -97 4
2.4ghz-b 2437MHz 11.7% 59.0kbps 7 -97 7
2.4ghz-b 2442MHz 15% 100.0kbps 1 -98 2
2.4ghz-b 2447MHz 17.2% 97.6kbps 0 -99 0
2.4ghz-b 2452MHz 17.4% 95.1kbps 0 -99 9
2.4ghz-b 2457MHz 15.2% 93.8kbps 2 -97 29
2.4ghz-b 2462MHz 8.1% 51.1kbps 4 -97 26

[admin@AP] /interface wireless snooper> snoop interval=1000ms interface=AP-2-3
BAND FREQ USE BW NET-COUNT NOISE-FLOOR STA-COUNT
2.4ghz-b 2412MHz 13.4% 82.8kbps 12 -99 21
2.4ghz-b 2417MHz 4.7% 23.4kbps 0 -98 6
2.4ghz-b 2422MHz 5.4% 43.0kbps 2 -97 12
2.4ghz-b 2427MHz 4% 14.0kbps 0 -97 2
2.4ghz-b 2432MHz 10.4% 14.1kbps 1 -99 6
2.4ghz-b 2437MHz 17.6% 44.2kbps 3 -99 7
2.4ghz-b 2442MHz 6.8% 36.4kbps 3 -99 6
2.4ghz-b 2447MHz 2.2% 11.3kbps 1 -100 8
2.4ghz-b 2452MHz 0.8% 5.9kbps 0 -99 3
2.4ghz-b 2457MHz 2.9% 16.8kbps 1 -98 8
2.4ghz-b 2462MHz 14.1% 82.9kbps 10 -97 19

I have 3 Hpol sectors and I am seeing an increase in low uploads & fluctuating speeds for both upload & download (from AP to client) and I want to be sure I’ve chosen the right frequencies. I’m also looking to go Horizontal soon to escape some of this. Thanks for your links/ advice/ guidance.