[X-Apps] Airport signal strength / MacStumbler

[Ken Rossman]

On Friday, August 1, 2003, at 02:09 PM, Mike Warren wrote:
> Having fun here experimenting.
>
> I got the signal to go from 53 to 65 by moving a metal object off the 
> shelf
> where the base station sits.

This is very telling.

> Flesh and bones is one of the worst barriers -- my partner's standing 
> between
> me and the base station was enough to send the signal into red 
> territory (40).

Amazing...

> And moving the laptop is enough to interrupt the signal, it takes a 
> couple
> of seconds to recover signal strength.

Didn't know this, and this explains a lot, I would say.

> Perhaps, walking around with MacStumbler can give false negative 
> results.

Don't know much about MacStumbler and its ability to accurately give an
idea of what's really going on.  I find it quite useful nonetheless...

K