Close
Q: Need a signal strength meter
Page
1
Next
-
Apr 9, 2010 1:50 PMby Jeff Blundell1,Meter does not need to be calibrated back to any standard. A reading of between 0% and 100% would do fine just to see how (relatively) strong the signal is at any location. Experience will then show what the threshold of acceptable performance is for the devices in use.
It will even give a broad hint as to the relative sensitivity of different devices. If device A needs a reading of at least 45% to perform well and device B is happy with reading of 30% then it would probably be safe to say the B seems to be somewhat more sensitive than a. -
Apr 9, 2010 2:02 PMby Shadow99999,Apple has actually banned these types of apps for inexplicable reasons (maybe they knew about upcoming wifi problems with the iPad and didn't want people noticing). I have a very nice app on my iTouch called "WiFiTrak" that will show you all of the networks that are in range, the signal strength, the security being used, etc. It is no longer available in iTunes.
The best thing I can think of to suggest is the app called speedtest.net (or just go to a web based speed test and just see what bandwidth you get. -
Apr 9, 2010 2:19 PMby just gary,I seemed to have gotten my wireless problem working with my Ipad. I went into my router settings and just disabled B. I only had B and G. So with only G enabled I've had no problems for that last 6 times and before that it was constantly dropping................might give that a try? -
Apr 9, 2010 5:08 PMby Jeff Blundell1,I found a partial answer. It is not perfect, but at least it shows how well the device signal gets back to the network.
If you have an Apple Airport (I have and Extreme and an Express) then run Airport Utility and go to Advanced - Logging & Statistics - Logs and Statistics - Wireless Clients
If you run this on a laptop then you can walk around your network area and get an almost real time report of how well your laptop signal is being received by the base station. If you have an extended wireless network then you can watch as the laptop gets transferred between the base stations and see the relative signal strengths to each base. -
Apr 9, 2010 7:29 PMby deh2k,I have a question about this information. The AirPort Utility always reports a rate of 39 Mbps for my iPad. Even if the iPad is only two feet away from the base station. I expected to see 300 Mbps on the 5GHz band and 130 Mbps for the 2.4GHz band. That's what my MacBook Pro gets.
Can anyone explain why this is? Maybe a power-saving feature? Or is there something wrong with the iPad?
