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tpizzle
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Signal Strength

Tue Jan 13, 2015 10:31 pm

Hello,
I have a small office set up on a 2011 using Capsmain for wireless. All the connected devices are showing a signal strength of -60+

I am just curious if their is an official optimal signal strength.

Thanks,
Thomas
 
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Re: Signal Strength

Wed Jan 14, 2015 6:59 pm

Hi
not bad !
It's depend on your needs
But for an office it's sufficient
 
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Re: Signal Strength

Thu Jan 15, 2015 5:18 pm

Thanks for the reply. Is that a normal signal strength?
 
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Re: Signal Strength

Sun Jan 18, 2015 6:29 pm

yes.
From -50 to -80 are normal signal strength
 
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Re: Signal Strength

Mon Jan 19, 2015 4:01 pm

80 is bad for me because you need to achieve certain signal to noise distance.
 
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Re: Signal Strength

Mon Jan 19, 2015 4:37 pm

Typically a good signal is around -55 dBm. -60 would be considered "full strength" or just below full strength. Above -65 dBm and you will start to see greater UDP packet loss and lower TCP throughput. Once you get above -75 dBm you can start to have connection issues.

This holds true for me with 2.4 and 5 GHz when the noise floor is between -100 to -115 dBm

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