At my office we have a: Netgear ProSafe VPN Firewall SRXN3205
The boss has been having issues with signal strength on her laptop. She hates having to deal with a wired connection.
I installed a WiFi Analyzer on my Android and walked around with it.
The BAD end of the scale is -100 dbm and the GOOD end is -40 dbm.
One one end of the office it is hitting -44 .. On the end of the office where the boss sits it's -54. According to the WiFi Analyzer, anything under -60 is Green/Good.... Would those 10 points where the boss sites make a "difference?"
NEXT: The WiFi Analyzer also has a Channel rating of Zero to Ten stars.... We're on Auto...which is being detected as Channel 2 and it is rated at Zero... Channel 14 is hitting 10 stars...
The attached picture is from the Router's settings. It currently will only go to Channel 10. Should I/ can I adjust anything to help out?
You 10 point loss can make a difference with laptops
With laptops than has killed me many a time.
Easy fix, change the antennas to higher dB rated ones. If yours are rated at 2 dB, I would go with 7dB replacements. Although a 5dB would double the present signal strength.
I installed the app on a spare laptop at my desk. There is a total of 31 devices... I see my router and one of my printers... They are the only two on channel 2.
Channels 1, 6 and 11 seem to have the most. Channel 10 has two devices and is at least getting ONE "star" on the other app I'm using.
If I change the channel - and APPLY the change - will that kill people's connection and maybe I should do it early in the morning?
I came in this morning to find the channel had auto set to 11... I changed to 6...where it should stay.
The bosses "desk" is a couple points worse than yesterday but still in the green.
It probably doesn't help that her office has two large windows that go out into a parking lot...then an Interstate Highway... And she has a building phone room in front of her and an elevator to the left of her. (router is to the right)
The signal strength is 6 points better at her doorway that leads down the hall to the server room. Will see how it goes and then consider an access point.