What is the correlation between signal strength and speed?

Hi,

My assumption is that with a decrease in signal strength, there is a
decrease in speed. However, I've noticed on my network that at
different places around my house, the signal strength is 100% but the
speed can vary between 11MB - 54MB/s. Does anyone know of a good
software meter for monitoring this other than Windows. I've got
Netstumbler but it only reports on the signal, not the network speed.

I'm using a D-link 2100+ access point with a standard 2dbi aerial. It's
mounted halfway up a staircase and broadcasts through (mostly) open
space to both the upstairs and downstairs portion of the house.

Regards,

Dominic

dominic.martin@dtrack.com

Hi

May be this can Help to clarify, http://www.ezlan.net/latency.html

Measuring Wireless signal and Network Speed is independent and thus you need
two tools. Netstumbler is a Good tool for Signal Strength.

How to measure the Speed of transferring files between Networked Computers?

http://www.ezlan.net/faq#transfer

You can increase the performance of your Access Point by replacing the
original 2dbi antenna with an Omni directional antenna that yields7-8dbi

Jack (MVP-Networking).



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> Hi,
>
> My assumption is that with a decrease in signal strength, there is a
> decrease in speed. However, I've noticed on my network that at
> different places around my house, the signal strength is 100% but the
> speed can vary between 11MB - 54MB/s. Does anyone know of a good
> software meter for monitoring this other than Windows. I've got
> Netstumbler but it only reports on the signal, not the network speed.
>
> I'm using a D-link 2100+ access point with a standard 2dbi aerial. It's
> mounted halfway up a staircase and broadcasts through (mostly) open
> space to both the upstairs and downstairs portion of the house.
>
> Regards,
>
> Dominic
>

Jack