[MVMA] The meaning of the link Quality repeats as a topic of conversation.

Chuck Gelm NC8Q nc8q-aredn at gelm.net
Wed Aug 7 10:22:58 EDT 2024


Here is a link to the documentation that explains LQ, NLQ, and Quality 
values:

https://docs.arednmesh.org/en/latest/arednGettingStarted/mesh_status.html#current-neighbors

100% Quality is not a user goal, because the firmware protocol always 
chooses a MCS that
results in the highest throughput...not the fewest retransmissions.

100% LQ/NLQ is a user goal as these frames are always sent at slowest 
MCS (802.11b) and at maximum power.
If you cannot copy those frames well, you have a poor link. :-|
I consider 50% Quality to be a lower threshold.

73, Chuck



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