[X-Apps] Airport signal strength / MacStumbler

[Ken Rossman]

I wonder if anyone out there has seen any report on a study on things 
like
the effect of interference on 802.11 signals, and exactly what types of
devices out there produce the most troublesome forms of interference...

On Friday, August 1, 2003, at 12:43 PM, Robert Ameeti wrote:
> On Friday, August 1, 2003, at 11:23 AM, Kirk McElhearn wrote:
>> On 8/1/03 4:58 PM, "Ken Rossman" <rossman at columbia.edu> wrote:
>>> In any case, I was wondering if other people are having the same 
>>> kind of
>>> experience with airport networks "coming and going" (varying widely 
>>> in
>>> signal strength) during the normal course of usage.  I am wondering 
>>> if
>>> my iBook is perhaps a little bit broken (it IS pretty banged up and 
>>> is
>>> in a questionable state otherwise).
>>
>> The same thing happens to me, with a 14" iBook also.  I don't know if
>> it's the iBook, the base station, or perhaps interference.
>
> The iBook and the Base station are stable.
>
> It is the interference that is changing. Other environmental items are
> going on. Investigation will show that there are many other items in 
> the
> area that can interfere with the signal strength. The most typical is
> the cordless phone. Bluetooth is another. Microwave ovens are another. 
> etc.