In XP the dialog says "Signal Strength: <foo>" where foo = Excellent,
good, weak, poor.
You can't get an 11mb/s connection on a "weak" signal. Hence why it
would say that it's poor. Poor in both signal strength and speed.
I suppose you could test by cranking down the speed on the AP (if it
supports it) and see what Windows had to say about the quality of the
connection.
Joe User wrote:
Hello Ben,
Tuesday, January 29, 2008, 4:21:14 PM, you wrote:
The Intel 2100 is an 802.11b NIC, with a max speed of 11 Mbit/s. Hence
why XP was saying the connection was excellent.
It focuses on the quality of the connection. 11/54/etc whatever
protocol is uses it rates - TMK it won't say "11 - u can better on 54"
or anything to that effect.
