kind | issue |
symptom | A board previously measured 34 dB down (2 BSS at -92 dBm against 8 at -56 dBm from a neighbour) now scans BETTER than either neighbour: 8 BSS at -59 dBm best, 4 dB above the board beside it. ESP-NOW to it is indistinguishable from the good board — 59,563 B/s at 0.0000% retransmit against 58,657 B/s. But its ASSOCIATED WiFi path sits at -26 dBm where the other board sits at -5 dBm, and UDP to it runs at roughly half goodput with 54.5% retransmit at 200-byte frames and 68.1% at 1400-byte frames. |
hw | esp32-s3, xiao-esp32s3-sense |
sw | esp-idf, arduino-esp32, wifi, esp-now |
host | linux, aarch64, debian-13 |
about | xiao-esp32s3-sense |
intent | Confirming whether a previously deaf board's radio is fit to carry measurements |
project | hidden |
date | 2026-08-28 |
status | provisional |
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