[KLUG Members] Minimum req. signal strength.

[J. Edward Durrett]

> So I'm curious what people find to be the minimal signal strength to
> have a reliable connection,  and at what signal strength throughput
> starts to noticably drop off.

A good way to measure this is to walk around while pinging your WAP.

> I haven't tried moving it around yet to see how location effect it.
> Will taking the time to mount it way up in the attic actually throw the
> signal that much further? (About 15ft higher that it is now).

Height should not matter much.  802.11 is a pretty weak signal.  
Theoretically, as height increases distance should decrease -- (AA + BB 
= CC).   You should get the most distance at the on the same plane as 
your transmitter.  Unless, of course you want to get over an obstacle.  
I mounted an antenna on my apartment building to get around a tree.

> I intend to run this open to the Internet with a VPN server between the
> WAP/firewall segment and my own home LAN. (floppyfw has a nice little
> DHCP server).
>