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   REPLYADDR bp@www.zefox.net   
   REPLYTO 3:770/3.0 UUCP   
   MSGID:  c1f6c092   
   REPLY:  bfbc787b   
   PID: SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
   Chris Townley  wrote:   
   >> Between the two, I'm rather confused. Over the past year or   
   >> two wifi has gotten worse,I thought because of interference   
   >> from neighbors, who now number close to 20. But, during a scan   
   >> wavemon consistently reports my access point as the strongest   
   >> signal. Is "strongest signal" not sufficient by itself?   
   >>   
   >> Thanks for reading,   
   >>   
   >> bob prohaska   
   >   
   >   
   > Check the channels they are using - then choose something else   
      
   Wavemon scan reports in part   
   :DD:8D  63%, -66 dBm, ch   6, 2437 MHz 1 sta, 28% c   
   hGiants Guest     22:FD:13:14:DD:8E  63%, -66 dBm, ch   6, 2437 MHz 28% chan,   
   Ra   
   dmillerhome2      F0:72:EA:49:C6:4A  63%, -66 dBm, ch   6, 2437 MHz ESS, Radio   
   M   
   eATT5Zavd8s       08:9B:B9:01:B7:14  60%, -68 dBm, ch   6, 2437 MHz 9 sta, 58%   
   c   
   hd-link.zefox.net 00:13:46:86:6D:0C  84%, -51 dBm, ch   2, 2417 MHz ESS          
   │   
      
   I'm on channel 2 and seemingly have it to myself.   
      
   Experiments using a metal mixing bowl about 12 inches across allowed me   
   to increase the received signal to -40 dBm and   "signal quality" to 70/70.   
   For a while  the wifi performance seemed to improve. Next morning the signal   
   was still as high, but there were periods of slow response and complete   
   dropouts   
   when the link went away entirely. Eventually I got rid of the reflector and   
   things   
   went back to normal. That was when wavemon reported that rfkill wouldn't allow   
   wlan0   
   to start. Could I have been overloading the tranciever?   
      
    Thanks for writing,   
      
   bob prohaska   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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