That is all fine and good, but when I plug a 15dbi antenna into my PCMCIA
card, and associate to a cell site, MAX dBm I will see is -55dBm if I am
VERY close to the tower. Now I throw in a SB radio, it shows -10dBm. That
is OBVIOUSLY not correct.

On Sat, 26 Jul 2003, sB Tech Support wrote:

> It is derived from base band processor. By default, the MAX_RSSI for
> smartBridges radios is 40 and is used for calculation of the Roaming
> threshold and other parameters in the operation of the channel. The
> different values are also used for RSSI in a relative manner for other
> functions. For the purpose of representation, the MAX_RSSI is scaled as
> per the Radio to show a percentage value. In doing dBm conversion, the
> same would range from -95 dBm to -10 dBm.
>
> Alex
> sB Tech Support
>
>
>
>
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> This may have been discussed before, but I missed it. Where the hell do
> the dBm numbers come from that are reported by the SmartBridges gear.
> There is NO WAY some of my links are operating at -17dBm. Anyone from SB
> care to chime in here?
>
> Jeremy
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