what is a good SNR number and when should you give up and go home i searched on the netstumbler site and found what units it is measured in but not what it means in practical terms
--- A seed hidden in the heart of an apple is an orchard invisible. Welsh Proverb --------- Original Message --------- DATE: Thu, 10 Jul 2003 20:04:59 From: "Jon Baer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: >actually if you can and use netstumbler try to locate the node post what # >you receive under SNR+ (supposably this is to signify your best signal >reception) and try tilting the laptop a full 90+ degrees >(http://www.jonbaer.net/wifi/images/snr.gif). > >it would interesting to see if we all could find one spot/table to test what >we end up with. > >- jon > >pgp key: http://www.jonbaer.net/jonbaer.asc >fingerprint: F438 A47E C45E 8B27 F68C 1F9B 41DB DB8B 9A0C AF47 > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "withoutwires" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 7:49 PM >Subject: Re: [nycwireless] downtown > > >> Bowling Green access has been good to me. I had an issue last time I was >> there with slow connection, I wonder if where the access point is because >> there were tree's around me (nice ones too). Also, does having your >> laptop on a metal table cause bad reception maybe? In the past, not at >> bowling green, putting an O'Reilly book under my laptop (DNS) seemed to >> boost my signal (so I think I just answered my own question). >> >> Does anyone know where are the AP's located for that node? >> >> Louis >> >> > I was @ Liberty Plaza today and I was very impressed about that hotspot, >> > the one in Rector Park sucks, it is very, very slow. >> > What is anybodys experience downtown? >> > >> > thanks, R >> > >> > _________________________________________________________________ >> > Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. >> > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail >> > >> >> >> -- >> NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ >> Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ >> Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/ >> > >-- >NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ >Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ >Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/ > ____________________________________________________________ Get advanced SPAM filtering on Webmail or POP Mail ... Get Lycos Mail! http://login.mail.lycos.com/r/referral?aid=27005 -- NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/
