• What cellular/wi-fi graphical debugger do you use to map your home?

    From Marion@marion@facts.com to alt.comp.software.firefox on Sun Jul 27 17:22:08 2025
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    In a recent thread on wi-fi calling, the topic of mapping out your home
    with cellular & wi-fi graphical debuggers came up where I ask what you use?


    See detail below for purposefully helpful related information for the team.









    "Prefer Wifi" is/seems to be default. My Pixel 7 is still set to the >>default value.

    Likewise my Samsung Galaxy S10+. Years ago I walked around outside my house
    to see where WiFi calling switched to a tower. I got all my yard plus about
    30 ft down the street. I'm not sure if that meant I had a good WiFi or a
    poor or busy tower. It didn't prove anything but was an interesting test.
    Bottom line: I got rid of my landline years ago and never noticed a
    difference...

    On that topic, any good free no ad no registration cellular debugger will provide your current signal strength where, oh, more than -100dBm is good.

    When you switch the debugger to Wi-Fi, more than, oh, about -60dBm is good.

    For those interested, there are "heat map" apps which map out your signal.
    I didn't read this article (as I've tested them all) but this may help:
    *The Top 5 Best Apps to Measure Wi-Fi Signal Strength on Android*
    <https://www.netspotapp.com/wifi-signal-strength/best-apps-to-measure-wifi-signal-strength-android.html>

    There's also Android Network Cell Analyzer on GitHub, which is a
    customizable signal-strength tracker which syncs data to a backend server.
    <https://github.com/sargonradiyeh/Android-Network-Cell-Analyzer>

    For cellular signal, again, I tested them all years ago, but this may help.
    *Best Apps To Test Cell Phone Signal Strength*
    <https://www.signalboosters.com/blog/best-smartphone-apps-to-find-your-cell-signal-strength/>

    Funny thing, Apple forbids these kinds of useful graphical debugging tools
    on iOS, but even the brain-dead iOS can do what Android can do textually.
    Settings > About Phone > SIM Status > look for signal strength readings
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  • From Marion@marion@facts.com to alt.comp.software.firefox on Mon Jul 28 11:48:17 2025
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    Please ignore. This has NOTHING to do with Firefox.
    It was an accidental post due to my manual nntp (telnet) setup.
    I use GVim & telnet scripts for Usenet & the ff group got entangled
    because I had been writing a post trying to build a DIY VPN browser.

    I apologize. Please ignore. Do not respond. Sorry.
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