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R7000 Nighthawk
Laptop looses 1/3 of wifi signal strength when the laptop moves through a door. Distance to router at that point is 10 feet. Wall is conventional wood-framed. On both sides of the wal there are fully...
Sounds about right to me. From what you describe the wifi is going through a wall plus two layers of books plus steel shelving. Remember wifi does not go around corners.
geoffleach wrote:
I ran a test with 2.4, and the connection dropped from 70% to 65%
But what does that mean? The speed dropped? The signal level fell?
I mistrust simple numbers that don't demonstrate what really matters, the throughput you get between client and source. Even that is a suspect number.
2.4 GHz travels further than 5 GHz. There will be a time when the 5 GHz signal fades away and slows down. The 2.4 GHz signal hangs in there and when the 5 GHz channel is struggling to stay connected, 2.4 GHz soldiers on.
The R7000 supports "smart connect" which is supposed to enable a seamless connection with the wif clients latching on to the best signal.
Then again, a lot depends on that wifi clients. Your router may be delivering the best wifi signal possible, but if your wifi client is an ancient bit of hardware, it will struggle. As the saying goes, "it takes two to wifi".
PS Don't feed the trolls.
michaelkenward wrote:
geoffleach wrote:
I ran a test with 2.4, and the connection dropped from 70% to 65%
But what does that mean? The speed dropped? The signal level fell?
It's the signal level, AKAIK.
As reported by the nm-applet that runs as part of the NetworkManager subsystem running on Linux Fedora 25