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philip_francis1 · ‎01-10-2022

Hello, when looking at the RSSI readings for clients in Smartzone I notice they appear a lot worse than when actually on site using a tool such as INSSIDER to show RSSI levels.

For example, the Smartzone client RSSI level might show -75dbM, however when using INSSIDER on the local laptop the RSSI is much better at -60dbM.

My question is how reliable/accurate are the SmartZone RSSI levels shown for clients ?

What could be causing these differences ?

Anonymous · ‎01-10-2022

Hi @philip_francis_3lh2kfry55kua,

The RSSI value presented in SZ is the value reported by Clients to AP at any given distance. Try moving the spectrum analyzer (Inssider) close to AP in question and check if the RSSI value approximates. We can't expect the same value, as the client reported RSSI value would differ from Vendor to Vendor.

You could run below command from AP CLI for current RSS Value.

get station <WLAN_ID> info

Regards,

Parikshith

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philip_francis1 · ‎01-17-2022

Thanks guys.

Up until now we have been using the Smartzone GUI RSSI values as a guide as to whether signal in the offices was good or not.
Now, based on this information, it seems we can only use these readings as a very rough estimate of how good the signal strength is between client and AP.