Path: csiph.com!aioe.org!news.mixmin.net!news2.arglkargh.de!feeder.erje.net!1.eu.feeder.erje.net!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!feeder2.ecngs.de!ecngs!feeder.ecngs.de!81.171.118.64.MISMATCH!peer04.fr7!news.highwinds-media.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Rod Speed" Newsgroups: alt.internet.wireless,comp.mobile.android,misc.phone.mobile.iphone Subject: Re: Is there a way to get WiFi NOISE levels for a mobile device? Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2015 17:17:02 +1000 Lines: 58 Message-ID: References: <99h9patnm9s3cicvb8dt1543og9llhfqa2@4ax.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net /r/vRrm3AgdLzn4oj2zCOghi1PjlVSbcL8VY6fS207CPKQM3s= Cancel-Lock: sha1:5Po4l4XuG9V56uYT7rSFEkZ4NQU= In-Reply-To: X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Importance: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Windows Live Mail 14.0.8117.416 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V14.0.8117.416 X-Received-Bytes: 3486 X-Received-Body-CRC: 391521044 Xref: aioe.org alt.internet.wireless:14429 comp.mobile.android:20704 misc.phone.mobile.iphone:75335 Paul B. Andersen wrote > Rod Speed wrote >> I use adsl2+ myself and so do most of the neighbours. > Over time, I've had cable, and DSL, and > WISP, and in the end, they all work. :) Yeah, tho dsl is a lot easier to setup, just plug it in and go. I've set it up for almost everyone I know. > Anyway, since you don't use InSSIDer, here's a screen > shot of Fritz!App WLAN freeware that I just tested for > you as a 1-to-1 replacement for inSSIDer, especially when > working with multiple access points with the same SSID. > http://i.imgur.com/bKlHgdL.png > Notice that the three signals shown are > 1. My main router (asterisks indicate the connection) I don't get any asterisks on mine for some reason. > 2. My WiFi extender (which is just another router) > 3. A bounce of the incoming WISP signal > I didn't test it by walking around, but it seems pretty > robust, so I'd assume those two asterisks would switch > to the middle signal when the phone switches from one > router to the other. > The first two signals have the same SSID, but different > frequencies. In your case, the SSID is the same, and the > frequency is the same, so you'll have two overlapping > parabolas of different colors, one of which (the taller > one generally) will have the two asterisks. No asterisks at all for some reason. > Let me know what you think of the app Love it, definitely a keeper. > (as it has more stuff than this); but I think it replaces > inSSIDer as far as I can tell from a quick look here today. > NOTE: I get to re-install inSSIDer as many times as I want > because I have the freeware App Backup & Restore installed. > https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=mobi.infolife.appbackup > It's really nice because it saves all your APK files, so > you can save them off the phone, and re-install them > whenever you want at your leisure without having to worry > that they'll get overwritten (it increments them if the app > is updated, I think). Yeah, must do that in case some stop being free.