Does having encryption on a wireless network improve signal strength and therefore reduce the number of connection losses?
Lisa’s response: To my knowledge, enabling encryption has no impact whatsoever on signal strength. Signal strength is an attribute of the physical medium (RF), while encryption simply alters the length and payload encoding of the data link frames sent over that medium. If your client’s received signal strength (RSSI) is N for a given AP without encryption, it should still be N with encryption. I’m constantly losing my wireless network connection. What can I do? Lisa’s response: Clients scan all channels in their spare time, looking for other APs that might offer better service than the one they are using. A client willing to connect to any open AP is far more likely to accidentally connect to other nearby APs, dropping the existing connection to do so. On the other hand, a client that is configured to connect only to a single known SSID will be less easily distracted by neighboring APs. Furthermore, if the AP requires encryption for that SSID, the odds of a “rogue AP” luring clients aw
