wireless signal strength

Bart Silverstrim bsilver at chrononomicon.com
Sat Jan 31 20:59:22 UTC 2009



Paul Kaplan wrote:
> On Saturday 31 January 2009 13:41:45 Bart Silverstrim wrote:
>> norman wrote:
>>>> Is there a tool to quantify the strength of the wireless signal of my
>>>> home network at different places in house?
>>>>
>>>> The visual info in the guidance tray icon doesn't seem to change even if
>>>> I move the laptop right next to the router.
>>> When I point to the wireless connection icon it gives the signal
>>> strength. This changes when I take my computer into another room.
>> If you try looking on one of the geek toy sites, I remember seeing a tee
>> shirt with a wireless signal meter on the chest that lights up. It was
>> supposed to be a novelty for finding wireless signals when you're out
>> and about.
>>
>> -Bart
> I was hoping for something on the laptop :-)

The shirt's probably about as accurate...

It's at Thinkgeek.




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