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Signal strength / noise doesn't appear bad - -20Db and -95Db
Are you sure those aren't bad? Maybe something in how your kit is reporting...those figures on the face of it are really bad.
Signal strength is usually measured in dBm (which means the signal level compared to 1 mW measured on a dB scale). 0 dBm means 1 mW. -10 dBm means 0.1 mW and -20 dBm means -0.01 mW. Typically, measured signal levels are much lower than 1 mW so Wi-Fi signal strengths will be in negative numbers and will usually vary between -80 dBm (0.00000001 mW) and -30 dBm (0.001 mW). What may be confusing for some is that a smaller negative number is higher (better) than a large negative one. A signal strength of -50 dBm will only be achieved relatively close to the WiFi router or Access Point. Signal strengths of -75 dBm or lower are considered poor.
Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR) is the ratio (calculated in decibels) of the received signal strength to the noise level. To achieve a reliable connection, the signal level has to be significantly greater than the noise level. An SNR greater than 40 dB is considered excellent, whereas a SNR below 15 dB may result in a slow, unreliable connection.
Stonehedge
Anecdotally, I should be hitting 350+ on the Ubiquiti APs.
Certainly not the <50 I have now.
Even 2.4GHz on 20MHz width should get better than that.
Signal strength / noise doesn't appear bad - -20Db and -95Db