RSS is somewhat interesting to track, and it can give some indication of how a network is operating. I have several nodes that I chart RSS for. Because the first two charts below are very similar, I can conclude that the mesh networking is doing its thing and one node's traffic is being routed through the other (remembering RSS only reports the last hop). The third chart below is the furthest away and has a fairly weak, yet still reliable signal. Once it starts getting below -90dBm, it will become unreliable (dots will be missing on the chart). But it will also then use mesh networking to look for a better route. I don't have an example at present, but when this happens, there can be a striking change on the chart as what usually happens is that the last hop comes through a closer node, so the signal strength can improve significantly.
