I utilize NS weekly as well as a commercial product called Airmagnet in
our company. We have a large wifi network with 27 sites. Anyway, what
you are more than likely seeing is reflections and or the characteristics
of your internal antenna on your laptop. I imagine if you were to do a
360 you will see different readings as the antenna is oriented to the
signal source. Are you seeing degradation in performance? Dropped packets
and that type of thing? +/- 30 db is a pretty good swing for a stationary
receiver. Could also indicate a problem at the signal source as well. I
get the best scans from an external card usually.
Hope that helps.
> So, any of you pocket protector types out there.
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> Got Network Stumbler, or similar network sniffer that gives a near time
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> When you're stationary within range of your wireless network, and in this
> case, within 5', how much fluctuation are you seeing in your SNR (signal
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> Both of my wireless networks can see a swing of + or - 30 in a second or
> two, and are in continual wide fluctuation
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> Wm. Severin Thompson
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> wsthompson@thicko.com
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> www.thicko.com <http://www.thicko.com/>
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