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From: Chris Townley <news@cct-net.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: Wifi status indicator
Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2024 23:32:36 +0100
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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

-- 
Chris