Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: The Natural Philosopher Newsgroups: comp.sys.raspberry-pi Subject: Re: Wifi status indicator Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2024 10:21:47 +0100 Organization: A little, after lunch Lines: 31 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Tue, 02 Jul 2024 11:21:47 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="85e3e7f7457c014c6418f8569201ae1a"; logging-data="1675029"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18TfR0BhddWAZqnHCVokGhwK143F19KayM=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:7yFnPm1ZsnavDWNGSuLcpsspp/Q= In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-GB Bytes: 2274 On 01/07/2024 23:32, Chris Townley wrote: > On 01/07/2024 19:59, bp@www.zefox.net wrote: >> Since setting up my new Pi5 some oddities have emerged with >> the WiFi, includidng seemingly slow/erratic ping times despite >> a near 100% link quality as measured with wavemon. The icon >> in the top menu bar didn't light up all the way, suggesting >> some disagreement between wavemon and the OS . At one point >> wavemon reported that rfkill had prevemted wifi startup, though >> rfkill reported both wifi and bluetooth unblocked. There was >> one report online of a bookworm bug along this line, does it >> aply to RasPiOS? >> >> 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 > Helps but does not totally cure -- In todays liberal progressive conflict-free education system, everyone gets full Marx.