As discussed in the community meeting on Wed night, there is an
important tool for determining your uplink SNR. First, some
background....
A WiFi connection is composed of two separate connections -- one from
the GoogleWiFi node to your computer and another one from your
computer back to the GoogleWiFi node. To determine your WiFi
connection strength, you need to check the strength of these 2
connections. First, lets look at the node to computer connection. To
check the strength of this signal, you need to download a tool which
tells you the SNR (signal to noise ratio) of your connection. There
are several tools, but one is netstumbler:
Run the tool and look for the GoogleWiFi network and note the SNR
value -- you may see several GoogleWiFi networks as each node displays
separately.
To see the SNR of the second connection, the uplink -- from your
computer to the node -- you will need to use an iGoogle widget. To
install this gadget, click on the link below:
This will install an iGoogle gadget which when viewed on the iGoogle
page, will show you information about the node you are connected to --
including, very importantly, the uplink SNR. This is the signal
strength that the node "hears" your connection at -- the higher the
better. At 20 (or better), your connection should be strong.
> As discussed in the community meeting on Wed night, there is an
> important tool for determining your uplink SNR. First, some
> background....
> A WiFi connection is composed of two separate connections -- one from
> the GoogleWiFi node to your computer and another one from your
> computer back to the GoogleWiFi node. To determine your WiFi
> connection strength, you need to check the strength of these 2
> connections. First, lets look at the node to computer connection. To
> check the strength of this signal, you need to download a tool which
> tells you the SNR (signal to noise ratio) of your connection. There
> are several tools, but one is netstumbler:
> Run the tool and look for the GoogleWiFi network and note the SNR
> value -- you may see several GoogleWiFi networks as each node displays
> separately.
> To see the SNR of the second connection, the uplink -- from your
> computer to the node -- you will need to use an iGoogle widget. To
> install this gadget, click on the link below:
> This will install an iGoogle gadget which when viewed on the iGoogle
> page, will show you information about the node you are connected to --
> including, very importantly, the uplink SNR. This is the signal
> strength that the node "hears" your connection at -- the higher the
> better. At 20 (or better), your connection should be strong.
I also wonder if the number of clients connected to the node would be
additional information that may make the choice of which node to
connect to a beat easier?
On Jul 24, 2:02 pm, wifi4all <wifi4...@gmail.com> wrote:
> As discussed in the community meeting on Wed night, there is an
> important tool for determining your uplink SNR. First, some
> background....
> A WiFi connection is composed of two separate connections -- one from
> the GoogleWiFi node to your computer and another one from your
> computer back to the GoogleWiFi node. To determine your WiFi
> connection strength, you need to check the strength of these 2
> connections. First, lets look at the node to computer connection. To
> check the strength of this signal, you need to download a tool which
> tells you the SNR (signal to noise ratio) of your connection. There
> are several tools, but one is netstumbler:
> Run the tool and look for the GoogleWiFi network and note the SNR
> value -- you may see several GoogleWiFi networks as each node displays
> separately.
> To see the SNR of the second connection, the uplink -- from your
> computer to the node -- you will need to use an iGoogle widget. To
> install this gadget, click on the link below:
> This will install an iGoogle gadget which when viewed on the iGoogle
> page, will show you information about the node you are connected to --
> including, very importantly, the uplink SNR. This is the signal
> strength that the node "hears" your connection at -- the higher the
> better. At 20 (or better), your connection should be strong.
> I also wonder if the number of clients connected to the node would be
> additional information that may make the choice of which node to
> connect to a beat easier?
> On Jul 24, 2:02 pm, wifi4all <wifi4...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > As discussed in the community meeting on Wed night, there is an
> > important tool for determining your uplink SNR. First, some
> > background....
> > A WiFi connection is composed of two separate connections -- one from
> > the GoogleWiFi node to your computer and another one from your
> > computer back to the GoogleWiFi node. To determine your WiFi
> > connection strength, you need to check the strength of these 2
> > connections. First, lets look at the node to computer connection. To
> > check the strength of this signal, you need to download a tool which
> > tells you the SNR (signal to noise ratio) of your connection. There
> > are several tools, but one is netstumbler:
> > Run the tool and look for the GoogleWiFi network and note the SNR
> > value -- you may see several GoogleWiFi networks as each node displays
> > separately.
> > To see the SNR of the second connection, the uplink -- from your
> > computer to the node -- you will need to use an iGoogle widget. To
> > install this gadget, click on the link below:
> > This will install an iGoogle gadget which when viewed on the iGoogle
> > page, will show you information about the node you are connected to --
> > including, very importantly, the uplink SNR. This is the signal
> > strength that the node "hears" your connection at -- the higher the
> > better. At 20 (or better), your connection should be strong.
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