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From: Chris Townley <news@cct-net.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: Wifi status indicator
Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2024 16:11:46 +0100
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On 02/07/2024 15:50, candycanearter07 wrote:
> Chris Townley <news@cct-net.co.uk> wrote at 22:32 this Monday (GMT):
>> 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
> 
> 
> Don't wifi connections change which channels they use frequently? Unless
> you control all the nearby routers, I don't think it would help a ton..

Good routers monitor nearby signals, and will change channel to avoid 
conflicts. With some you can override this

-- 
Chris