John Navas <spamfilter0@navasgroup.com> wrote:
> On Sat, 24 Mar 2007 23:12:04 +0000 (UTC), dold@05.usenet.us.com wrote in
> >the reflector is not only 13dB stronger, it's more stable.

> More stable??? How and in what way?

It may be that the signal with the reflector is at the upper limit of what
Netstumbler will display, but the signal reading provided is steady.
without the reflector, there are fluctuations in the signal level.

> measurements. My preference is to use a radio with good real-time
> signal monitoring capability.

I don't bother installing manufacturer client software, if that's what you
mean. I think perfmon is adequate, and it's already there on WinXP, not
something that has to be added, learned, or preferred.

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