Thread: Wireless Routers Signal Strength With The Fire
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Old 01-02-2012, 06:57 PM   #20
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Originally Posted by wallcraft View Post
I agree that the Fire's WiFi is relatively weak ...
I don't agree. Right now I have an HP Laptop, HTC Inspire smartphone, Ipad2, Kindle K3 and Kindle Fire all sitting on the same table connected to a Linksys E2000 router running DD-WRT software, and the router status page shows virtually the same SNR for all these devices.

It is more likely that perceived differences in wifi performance are due to antenna orientation relative to the line-of-sight to the router, and obstacles between the device and the router. For example, wifi signals passing through a wall or floor at an angle will be attenuated much more than signals passing through at a right-angle. At an angle, the wall looks like it is several feet thick to the signal. Also, my router has three antennas to account for the fact that wifi signals are highly directional. I don't know how many antennas your router has, and I suspect the Fire only has one (maybe two).
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