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Subject: Re: Dual wifi connections in Bookworm
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2024 00:02:37 -0000 (UTC)
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Chris Townley <news@cct-net.co.uk> wrote:
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> What case do you use - is it metal?

Not metal. It's clear plastic. The internal wifi worked just fine,
displaying signal quality in the 75-80% range when first set up.

There's some chance I misunderstand the meaning of "signal quality".
It appears to be a simple log measure of received power. Maybe there's
more to it. The man pages for wavemon don't indicate.

> If so, I would suggest disabling the internal WiFi, and using the 
> stronger signal you get from the USB adapter

In effect, that's what I've done. I'd still like to understand why
it was necessary.

Thanks for writing,

bob prohaska