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<div dir="ltr"><div>Went into Unisfa just then and here is what I saw:</div><div><br></div><div>-90dB to -65dB as a signal. It sat stable around -90dB and only occasionally hit the better signal.</div><div>When wireless dropped, it took about a minute to reconnect, when I got it to start reconnecting.</div><div>The wireless link speed was only 5Mbps. When I eventually got speedtest to load, the results confirmed this.</div><div>A ping test to Google's DNS server had about a 10% packet loss, and the pings where nowhere near stable.</div><div><br></div><div>For comparison, from the bottom stair to the loft on the western side of the building, wireless signal was sitting stable around -75dB.</div><div><br></div><div>I moved the wireless antennas so that they would both be covering Cameron Hall, but it did not improve the wireless signal in Unisfa.</div><div><br></div><div>We can look at putting an access point in Unisfa and setting it up there, or finding something more powerful that will get signal through that wall.</div><div><br></div><div>Also Note: I was looking at both the 2.4GHz and 5GHz channels. UCC-Public seems to have decent signal in Unisfa too.</div><div><br></div>[BG3]<div><br><div>> Date: Tue, 14 May 2013 23:11:35 +0800<br>> From: samuel@ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au<br>> To: tech@ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au<br>> Subject: Re: [tech] Wireless in UniSFA<br>> <br>> I have heard that there are many black spots in UniSFA regarding the <br>> wireless but not much other than that, [BG3] and I will take the plunge <br>> into the darkness tomorrow to find out exactly what the situation is.<br>> <br>> [SAS]<br>> <br>> On Tue, 14 May 2013, Matt Didcoe wrote:<br>> <br>> > Apparently a request has come in for 'decent'[1] wireless coverage in<br>> > UniSFA.<br>> > I would have thought given the construction of the building that we'd be<br>> > getting signal in there already so it seems a bit odd (but I don't dare set<br>> > foot in UniSFA to actually check - can anyone comment reliably on this one?)<br>> > <br>> > If there's not actually signal in there, what are peoples thoughts on<br>> > improving it? If we do, we want the ability to cover the same features as<br>> > present:<br>> > <br>> > - 802.1x<br>> > - Support for VLANs<br>> > - Other things I've forgotten probably :P<br>> > <br>> > Realise this isn't a lot of detail, hopefully [SAS] can chime in with more!<br>> > Apparently there's some money though if we do want to address the issue.<br>> > <br>> > [MRD]<br>> > <br>> > [1] Define: decent [2]<br>> > [2] No really, what the fuck is decent, streaming HD video, gaming on your<br>> > laptop with no lag, downloading MLP?<br>> > <br>> ><br></div></div></div>
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