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   Maarten Carels to youkidding@yahoo.com   
   Re: Signal strength of PC wi-fi antenna    
   11 Jun 21 08:30:25   
   
   From: mcarels@xs4all.nl   
      
   On Jun 10, 2021 at 19:58:56 GMT+2, "YK"  wrote:   
      
   > In a normal house setup the wi-fi router acts as the access point   
   > and the antenna on the laptop or desktop picks up the access point.   
   >   
   > If I sit at the laptop or PC (far from the wi-fi router) I can use an app on   
   > the phone to pick up the signal strength of that wi-fi router access point.   
   >   
   > But how do I pick up the signal the other way around?   
   >   
   > If I sit at the router (far from the laptop or desktop) when I open the app   
   > to tell me signal strength, it only tells me the signal strength of the   
   > wi-fi access point.   
   >   
   > It doesn't tell me the signal strength arriving at the router which came out   
   > of the antenna on the laptop or desktop (far away).   
   >   
   > How do I measure THAT signal strength?   
      
   At the router. Sometimes the router can display such information in it's GUI,   
   depending on the router.   
   AVM Fritz!Box routers can.   
      
   --maarten   
      
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