Signal Strength

tpizzle · January 13, 2015, 8:31pm

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

messirezai · January 14, 2015, 4:59pm

Hi
not bad !
It’s depend on your needs
But for an office it’s sufficient

tpizzle · January 15, 2015, 3:18pm

Thanks for the reply. Is that a normal signal strength?

rodolfo · January 18, 2015, 4:29pm

yes.
From -50 to -80 are normal signal strength

jarda · January 19, 2015, 2:01pm

80 is bad for me because you need to achieve certain signal to noise distance.

thasser · January 19, 2015, 2:37pm

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