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WiFi signal strength
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Once your moOde player is connected to an AP you can examine the details to see which AP was chosen by Linux.

For example, on a different one of my players


Code:
pi@m825p3a:~ $ iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

wlan0     IEEE 802.11  ESSID:"MYAP"  
         Mode:Managed  Frequency:5.22 GHz  Access Point: XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX  
         Bit Rate=433.3 Mb/s   Tx-Power=31 dBm  
         Retry short limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
         Power Management:off
         Link Quality=69/70  Signal level=-41 dBm  
         Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
         Tx excessive retries:600  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0


where here "wlan0" is the WiFi interface being used by Linux, the "ESSID" is as before and the "Access Point" value is the BSSID.

It's important to know that signal level values are not absolute. Different Pi models and different environments can yield somewhat different results.

Regards,
Kent
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Messages In This Thread
WiFi signal strength - by Venerdi - 03-03-2023, 10:38 PM
RE: WiFi signal strength - by Tim Curtis - 03-03-2023, 11:12 PM
RE: WiFi signal strength - by Falco - 03-07-2023, 11:11 AM
RE: WiFi signal strength - by TheOldPresbyope - 03-07-2023, 04:49 PM
RE: WiFi signal strength - by Tim Curtis - 03-07-2023, 06:22 PM
RE: WiFi signal strength - by TheOldPresbyope - 03-07-2023, 08:41 PM
RE: WiFi signal strength - by Tim Curtis - 03-07-2023, 10:38 PM
RE: WiFi signal strength - by Venerdi - 03-07-2023, 11:09 PM
RE: WiFi signal strength - by Falco - 03-08-2023, 07:49 AM
RE: WiFi signal strength - by DRONE7 - 03-08-2023, 03:15 AM
RE: WiFi signal strength - by TheOldPresbyope - 03-08-2023, 01:42 PM
RE: WiFi signal strength - by TheOldPresbyope - 03-08-2023, 02:07 PM
RE: WiFi signal strength - by Venerdi - 03-08-2023, 02:23 PM
RE: WiFi signal strength - by Tim Curtis - 03-08-2023, 02:30 PM
RE: WiFi signal strength - by TheOldPresbyope - 03-08-2023, 02:35 PM
RE: WiFi signal strength - by Venerdi - 03-08-2023, 04:02 PM

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