On 12/01/2010, at 1:38 PM, Reg Whitely wrote: > > On 12/01/2010, at 1:23 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: >> >> >> To verify if your MacBook is connecting to the faster "n" band: >> Hold down the "option" key on your keyboard while you click the fan shaped >> Airport icon at the top of your screen. >> Look for Transmit Rate. >> A value of 54 indicates that the network is operating at "g" level speeds. >> 70-80 and up indicates that you are at faster "n" speeds. >> >> My MacBook Pro Transmit Rate is always around 270. > > Hey Ronni and Cloe, that's clever. I didn't know you could do that. I just > checked my powerBook's connection to Damien's Belkin54g here in Albany. It > says Channel 1, RSSI -73, Transmit rate 36. what does that mean?
Hey Reg, Yep, cloe is clever ;-) > Channel 1, RSSI -73, Transmit rate 36. what does that mean? The Transmit Rate 36 means your PowerBook is operating at "g" level speeds. Only Mac models released starting in 2005 with 802.11a or 802.11n built in can connect to 5GHz Band. The Network is using Channel 1 RSSI -73 is the signal strength. RSSI = Receive Signal Strength Indicator Cheers, Ronni 17" MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB OS X 10.6.2 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
