Subj : Re: Wifi status indicator To : Chris Townley From : candycanearter07 Date : Tue Jul 02 2024 14:50:08 Chris Townley wrote at 22:32 this Monday (GMT): > On 01/07/2024 19:59, bp@www.zefox.net wrote: >> Since setting up my new Pi5 some oddities have emerged with >> the WiFi, includidng seemingly slow/erratic ping times despite >> a near 100% link quality as measured with wavemon. The icon >> in the top menu bar didn't light up all the way, suggesting >> some disagreement between wavemon and the OS . At one point >> wavemon reported that rfkill had prevemted wifi startup, though >> rfkill reported both wifi and bluetooth unblocked. There was >> one report online of a bookworm bug along this line, does it >> aply to RasPiOS? >> >> Between the two, I'm rather confused. Over the past year or >> two wifi has gotten worse,I thought because of interference >> from neighbors, who now number close to 20. But, during a scan >> wavemon consistently reports my access point as the strongest >> signal. Is "strongest signal" not sufficient by itself? >> >> Thanks for reading, >> >> bob prohaska > > > Check the channels they are using - then choose something else Don't wifi connections change which channels they use frequently? Unless you control all the nearby routers, I don't think it would help a ton.. -- user is generated from /dev/urandom --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05 * Origin: Agency HUB, Dunedin - New Zealand | Fido<>Usenet Gateway (3:770/3) .