[X-Apps] Airport signal strength / MacStumbler

[Robert Ameeti]

>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.


There are lots of reports and papers on this. The only ones that we are needing to deal with here are the changing ones.

The non changing ones are equally interesting though. Watch out for cardboard and glass walls as both are great materials for blocking the 802.11 signal.

>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.

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Robert Ameeti
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