Wifi signal strength bars, do they lie?

exampasserexampasser Member Posts: 718 ■■■□□□□□□□
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When I connect wirelessly on my laptop, the signal strength meter indicates that I have a strong signal(before I connect though the signal strength of the signal is usually 1 bar), but when I start to browse the Internet the connection is often quite slow and unstable. Does anyone know of an accurate signal strength meter?
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  • dynamikdynamik Banned Posts: 12,312 ■■■■■■■■■□
    Is it just the internet slow or other network activities? Are you on A, B, G, or N? Unless you're on B, a weak signal (slower speed) is still well beyond the speed of your internet connection.
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  • exampasserexampasser Member Posts: 718 ■■■□□□□□□□
    Other network activities are also slow. I'm using N.
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  • HeroPsychoHeroPsycho Inactive Imported Users Posts: 1,940
    It's probably a karma error.
    Good luck to all!
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  • dynamikdynamik Banned Posts: 12,312 ■■■■■■■■■□
    You might want to fire up something like Netstumbler to see if there are other APs operating on the same channel.
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  • exampasserexampasser Member Posts: 718 ■■■□□□□□□□
    dynamik wrote: »
    You might want to fire up something like Netstumbler to see if there are other APs operating on the same channel.
    I have checked that, and other APs are using separate channels.
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  • tierstentiersten Member Posts: 4,505
    exampasser wrote: »
    I have checked that, and other APs are using separate channels.
    What channel numbers? Most of them overlap. You can't have something using channel 1 and something else using channel 2.
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  • exampasserexampasser Member Posts: 718 ■■■□□□□□□□
    tiersten wrote: »
    What channel numbers? Most of them overlap. You can't have something using channel 1 and something else using channel 2.
    Good point I didn't think about that, I'll have to check that out.
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  • msteinhilbermsteinhilber Member Posts: 1,480 ■■■■■■■■□□
    HeroPsycho wrote: »
    It's probably a karma error.

    I concur, definitely sounds like a karma error.

    Perhaps you'll have to move to a new area with neighbors whom live closer for you to steal-err borrow Internet from.
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  • HeroPsychoHeroPsycho Inactive Imported Users Posts: 1,940
    msteinhilber wrote: »
    I concur, definitely sounds like a karma error.

    Perhaps you'll have to move to a new area with neighbors whom live closer for you to steal-err borrow Internet from.

    Actually, if he got his own broadband, I bet it would fix the problem. :D
    Good luck to all!
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