2026-08-18 19:11 UTC
@jimsalter@fosstodon.org silly question, does fair/poor correlate to a specific latency, transmit speed, something else? I can’t say I’ve ever noticed this issue in my home setup (two APs, mostly Macs and iPhones) which makes me wonder whether they’re experiencing degraded performance, or just below the standard tplink considers optimal
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@jimsalter@fosstodon.org 2026-08-18 21:47
@ajn142@infosec.exchange latency, distance, SNR. Not sure precisely how it arrives at good vs fair vs poor, but we pretty regularly get somebody with an iDevice complaining about how unusable the Wi-Fi is in certain locations that are particularly prone to nearby roaming. I get called in, I see the Wi-Fi is fantastic and the they're still connected to a barely visible AP at like -85dBM or worse, I make them disco and reco, and "oh wow so much better, thanks for fixing the WiFi!" Lather, rinse, repeat.