Weak signal between two hAP lites

Hello,

I have two hAP lites in ap-bridge and ap-client modes, used to create wireless bridge.

The hAPs are located in two adjacent rooms, only about 5-6m away, but with no line of sight.
The room with the ap-bridge has thick walls, but the hAP is located right next to its door.
I attach a sketch. Sorry for my poor skills :slight_smile: and note that all doors are fully open.
The problem is I am getting very poor signal strength between the two hAPs - around (-82)-(-80) dB.

Things to consider / what I tested so far:

  • My neighborhood is really not crowded with other networks, and I verified there aren’t any other networks colliding with mine.
  • I have tried fiddling with the frequency (set it to auto) and the band (set it to 2GHz-B/G/N), but that did bot seem to help.
  • Holding the bridge hAP next to the door and rotating it helps a little, but not as much as I would expect. I also have no option to place it in front of the door or outside the room.
  • I have a D-Link right next to the ap-bridge and it seems to get a much better signal with devices on the other room. Its WiFi is off by default, I only used it for testing and comparing.
  • When I put the two hAPs right next to each other (20 cm apart…) I get around (-44)-(-40) dB, which I guess is normal.

Is there anything I can do to improve the signal quality?


Thank you!
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Is there anything I can do to improve the signal quality?

Sorry but no…
You should make a better planning…

I noticed the SNR is around 40dB. So perhaps it’s ok after all? Which is the important value?

Hap lite has a noise floor of -96db…
So, if your SNR is indeed 40db then:
40db = Received Signal - ( -96 )
Received Signal = 40 - 96
Received Signal = -56 db
But you said in your first post that it is - 80 db… :open_mouth:

When I connect to the device and check the wireless interface status (using Winbox / webfig and / Android app) the noise floor value that is displayed is -115 dB…