iwconfig-anything here suggest why poor signal?

Forum: Networking
Topic: iwconfig-anything here suggest why poor signal?
started by: abracadabra

Posted by abracadabra on Nov. 18 2006,05:13

iwconfig-anything here suggest why poor signal?
I cant have my wireless n/w card more than 20cm from my router. here is my iwconfig result. can anybody see anything here, signal level etc(dont really know what it all means!) , that would tell me ehy the poor signal. cheers

eth0 IEEE 802.11-DS ESSID:"daniel" Nickname:"Prism I"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.467GHz Access Point: 00:17:9A:69:A8:A5
Bit Rate=11Mb/s Tx-Power=15 dBm Sensitivity:1/3
Retry min limit:8 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality:52/92 Signal level:-50 dBm Noise level:-149 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

Posted by roberts on Nov. 18 2006,05:37

Could be interfance from wireless telephone, neighbors wireless networks, or perhaps your wireless card going bad, autoneogation of signal speed, etc.