am I doing something wrong? I’m getting speed test results around 450 but if I do a speedtest.net <http://speedtest.net/> I get in the 20’s or 30’s and I only pay for 40 mbps. I don’t get it at all.
Thanks os much, Christina > On Dec 4, 2016, at 7:03 PM, Richard Turner <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Double tap and hold on the record button for a while and it will give you an > average in MBPS, millibytes per second. > > Depending on what speed you are paying for, good could be anything from 25 to > 100... > > HTH, > Richard > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Mr. Ed > Sent: Sunday, December 4, 2016 5:56 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: measuring wifi strength with free app > > Hi Chip, > What would be a good number? Say like what would be Best, Good, Medium, and > poor? > I have a reading about 122 right at the modem. If I go about 20 feet away > with nothing in the way it is about 45 and If I go to my wife chair in the > living room with some walls in the way it is about 55. Even right next to the > modem with the wifi on it, it very up and down about 40 points and that is > holding the iPhone about two feet away. What is a normal reading. > Mr. Ed > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Mary Otten > Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2016 2:26 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: measuring wifi strength with free app > > Thanks, Chip. Well, that was depressing, testing that app. I knew my > downstairs signal was lousy, but I didn't know how lousy. Now I do. > Mary > > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Dec 4, 2016, at 10:39 AM, Chip Orange <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> >> >> Just an FYI that I came across a very handy free app which helps you >> measure your wifi strength and throughput at a given spot; the app is >> named "wifi sweet spot" and is free, and even has an audio output mode >> which generates beeps similar to a "giger counter" to indicate the >> current strength (note that the label for the button to turn audio >> mode on/off does disappear after the first use, but you should have no >> trouble identifying the button even so). It also has a numeric >> constant display which gives you more presice info. >> >> >> >> You can use it to map out weak areas in your house, or to allow you to >> reposition your wifi router and see what effect this has on signal at >> a given point. >> >> >> >> This helped me determine that repositioning my router just slightly >> within the closet where it resides makes a big difference in some of >> the weaker areas of my house (where I was having difficulty placing an Echo). >> >> >> >> Hth, >> >> >> >> Chip >> >> >> >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. >> >> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if >> you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or >> moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >> >> Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara >> Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] >> >> The archives for this list can be searched at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "VIPhone" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> <winmail.dat> > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - > you can reach Cara at [email protected] > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - > you can reach Cara at [email protected] > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - > you can reach Cara at [email protected] > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. 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