What is a good db signal strength range for fios?

[beetlejuice2]

I ran the self diagnostics and it says my signal strength is 24db. Shouldn't it be higher? What is an optimal range? How can I make it higher?

[Keyboards]

First of alll it reports SNR (SIgnal to Noise Ratio) which is a quality measurement not strength which would be in dBm or dBuV.

What you got as a reading is the typical return from th menu diagnostic and indicates that the signal is is 20 times the noise level. I don't know what the agforithm that the STB uses is, but I wouldn't give it a whole lot of credibility (keep in mind that the measurement is made on a OOB [out of band] signal not an actual channel).

Now removing my EE hat.

[Szyphoid]

The signal strength for current b/g routers is horrible.  Drops down to 50% over 20 ft; even with a powered antenna I am only getting a boost of 30%.  The firmware is the worst part of the situation, with not being able to up the power on the wireless signal.

[Keyboards]

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@Szyphoid wrote:

The signal strength for current b/g routers is horrible.  Drops down to 50% over 20 ft; even with a powered antenna I am only getting a boost of 30%.  The firmware is the worst part of the situation, with not being able to up the power on the wireless signal.

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The OP is talking about the "strength" of the RF for the TV signal 0n the COAX, not the router.

[dave_langer]

Mine is at 24 as well but I get a ton of microblocking on most stations, esp syfy and NBC