How to check signal strength in the gateway shell
With the command ‘net’ the shell will show the following:
net/state: Connected
net/lte/data/signal: RSSI 96%, BER 100%
net/lte/data/ipv4: 10.141.131.176
net/lte/data/connrate: 99.91%
net/lte/data/nrconns: 13
net/lte/data/reboots: 22
net/lte/data/network: NL KPN, 7
net/eth/data/link: Connected
net/eth/data/config: A 192.168.100.29, M 255.255.255.0, G 192.168.100.1
net/eth/data/dhcp: Present
net/eth/data/ipv4: 192.168.100.29
Here net/lte shows you all the info regarding the wireless connection
The following values are important:
RSSI (signal strength): This shows how strong the signal is. Usually everything above 70% is good. Everything above 60% is okay. Important to know that everything below 40% is bad. Some gateways might still perform well with 30% RSSI, it is not an exact science. RSSI is only signal strength, not signal quality.
BER (Bit Errror Rate): BER measures the number of incorrectly received bits (errors) compared to the total number of bits transmitted over a specific period. Rule of thumb here is that 100% usually means unknown, so nothing to worry yet. Typically high BER is coupled with low RSSI.
net/lte/data/network: This shows you the network the gateway is connected to, usually with a country code and provider followed by a number.
The numbers mean the following:
7: the gateway has a 4g connection
Lower numbers: sometimes means 2g or even 1g but Boris is checking so this will be updated when this is known.