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Path: ...!feeds.phibee-telecom.net!news.mixmin.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> Newsgroups: comp.sys.raspberry-pi Subject: Re: Wifi status indicator Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2024 10:21:20 +0100 Organization: A little, after lunch Lines: 21 Message-ID: <v60gqg$1j3ol$1@dont-email.me> References: <v5uu9p$16mt1$1@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Tue, 02 Jul 2024 11:21:21 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="85e3e7f7457c014c6418f8569201ae1a"; logging-data="1675029"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/cq7wp0UqsyZFQMNLFGFIWeFfo9bd/JRM=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:iaXbtBMSjx41EGKnOlV44HVr2Jc= Content-Language: en-GB In-Reply-To: <v5uu9p$16mt1$1@dont-email.me> Bytes: 1703 On 01/07/2024 19:59, bp@www.zefox.net wrote: > during a scan > wavemon consistently reports my access point as the strongest > signal. Is "strongest signal" not sufficient by itself? No. WiFi smears itself over a wide spectrum and all other wifis appear as 'in band noise' to a greater or lesser extent. Since data packets are I think cryptographically signed and checksummed, the chances of a given packet getting corrupted and needing a retransmit goes up as the number of adjacent stations does. Similar to mobile cells. -- “Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.” H.L. Mencken, A Mencken Chrestomathy