ggruszynski
Regular Contributor
I have Signal Strength and SNR measurements throughout the house and property from a single, non-mesh AC68W. Ranges from great (obviously) to -75dBmon 2.4GHz and -85dBm on 5GHz at the farthest areas I'd like good signal.
-75/-85 dBm is likely too far, but what about maybe -55/-65 dBm? Will that 5GHz signal be strong enough at -65dBm to be an effective node on a mesh network? It certainly isn't a 'dead zone'.
Any input/advice/suggestions?.
-65dBm in my world (telecom) would be considered "hot", but not so much for wifi. Would think that RSSI would provide a good link for backhaul. Can always test and see, but think any closer than -55dBm would cause too much noise with the overlap personally. Below are some useful links:
https://www.excentis.com/blog/wi-fi...ents-wireless-infrastructure-based-shaky-data
https://community.arubanetworks.com...ip-between-data-rate-SNR-and-RSSI/ta-p/178312