[Ti] signal strength discrepancy

[Roger Snyder]

On 3/19/03 11:24, "Kynan Shook" wrote:

> The AirPort menu (at least in OS X) I believe shows you fairly
> accurately what speed your wireless connection is running at; to
> increase the maximum distance, your speed drops as you get further
> away.  4 bars=11 Mbps, 3 bars=5.5 Mbps, 2 bars=2 Mbps, 1 bar=1Mbps.  If
> you're always at 4 (or 3) bars, you can sacrifice range to (possibly)
> get slightly better speeds by changing the multicast rate to 11 (or
> 5.5) Mbps.  If you want a little more range, you can drop the multicast
> rate to 1 Mbps, but your wireless network will probably run slower.

    That was clearer than I've seen it explained before.

    My multicast selection has 5.5 and 11 grayed out though.

-- 
Roger