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[STEMO]

When I log on to my Sky router, it seems to alternate between channels 1 and 11.

[TheBoy]

When I log on to my Sky router, it seems to alternate between channels 1 and 11.

Because its a stupid "unsmart" one...

[TheBoy]

Scanned one of my Sons Network a few weeks back, seemed the Him and the whole Street were using Ch1, I normally start with 11 if its clear(ish) if not then 6.

Just firing up inSSIDer to count the APs I can see from my armchair, and there is at least 1 AP on every single channel except 12. If everyone would use the non overlapping channels, and stick to 20Mhz width, we'd all get better throughput - but the latter seems to be a penile length measurement for the thickos, and the former is just incomprehendable to the carrot crunchers around here.

[TheBoy]

31 APs on 2.4Ghz

[TD]

Scanned one of my Sons Network a few weeks back, seemed the Him and the whole Street were using Ch1, I normally start with 11 if its clear(ish) if not then 6.

Just firing up inSSIDer to count the APs I can see from my armchair, and there is at least 1 AP on every single channel except 12. If everyone would use the non overlapping channels, and stick to 20Mhz width, we'd all get better throughput - but the latter seems to be a penile length measurement for the thickos, and the former is just incomprehendable to the carrot crunchers around here.

Just looked to see the AP's as well, 2 on ch1 , 3 on ch6, 1 on ch8, 2 on ch11 and theres 1 on ch3 running at 40Mhz! that spanning loads of channels! I'm on ch13 on my own.

[STEMO]

When I log on to my Sky router, it seems to alternate between channels 1 and 11.

Because its a stupid "unsmart" one...

Works for me, though. Sod everyone else. 

[TheBoy]

Scanned one of my Sons Network a few weeks back, seemed the Him and the whole Street were using Ch1, I normally start with 11 if its clear(ish) if not then 6.

Just firing up inSSIDer to count the APs I can see from my armchair, and there is at least 1 AP on every single channel except 12. If everyone would use the non overlapping channels, and stick to 20Mhz width, we'd all get better throughput - but the latter seems to be a penile length measurement for the thickos, and the former is just incomprehendable to the carrot crunchers around here.

Just looked to see the AP's as well, 2 on ch1 , 3 on ch6, 1 on ch8, 2 on ch11 and theres 1 on ch3 running at 40Mhz! that spanning loads of channels! I'm on ch13 on my own.

11 and 13 are overlapping, non coop. So not ideal.  You'd be better off on 1, sadly 6 and 11 are knackered due to the mongrel on 8.

[VXL V6]

You know you can get wallpaper with a metallic thread in it.... create your own Faraday cage house 

[TheBoy]

You know you can get wallpaper with a metallic thread in it.... create your own Faraday cage house 

For most part, I use cat5. Its only if I'm laying in bath (or works laptop, as the corporate build only supports VPN over wifi, not lan cable )...

Mobile, invariably, I use 4g, as its faster than single channel 2.4Ghz wifi...

[TD]

Scanned one of my Sons Network a few weeks back, seemed the Him and the whole Street were using Ch1, I normally start with 11 if its clear(ish) if not then 6.

Just firing up inSSIDer to count the APs I can see from my armchair, and there is at least 1 AP on every single channel except 12. If everyone would use the non overlapping channels, and stick to 20Mhz width, we'd all get better throughput - but the latter seems to be a penile length measurement for the thickos, and the former is just incomprehendable to the carrot crunchers around here.

Just looked to see the AP's as well, 2 on ch1 , 3 on ch6, 1 on ch8, 2 on ch11 and theres 1 on ch3 running at 40Mhz! that spanning loads of channels! I'm on ch13 on my own.

11 and 13 are overlapping, non coop. So not ideal.  You'd be better off on 1, sadly 6 and 11 are knackered due to the mongrel on 8.

Now on 1, thankyou   

[zirk]

You know you can get wallpaper with a metallic thread in it.... create your own Faraday cage house 

When I come into Power Im going to have a Ruling that everyone must wrap the Routers in Tin Foil in order to get rid of this interference malarkey.   

[Doctor Gollum]

You know you can get wallpaper with a metallic thread in it.... create your own Faraday cage house 

When I come into Power Im going to have a Ruling that everyone must wrap the Routers in Tin Foil in order to get rid of this interference malarkey.   

That should see 40 billion Chinese ebay sellers backed up with shit they can't sell

[Mister Rog]

Why is it retards around here have no idea about setting up wifi?

'tards.  I think its time to make their life a misery 

I know what you mean but people just don't get it - my Mum for example would just plug in what came in the post.

That's exactly what I do.
Life has enough frustrations without finding the 'instructions' to set-up computer stuff 12 pages into a hidden website, then discovering that they were written by an autistic 12 year old in an obscure Mongolian dialect in a style designed to obfuscate all meaning, and were then translated into English by someone who only speaks Tagalog. A that point it becomes necessary to resist the temptation to 'adjust' the sodding thing with a sledgehammer.


So the procedure is this:


Turn it on.
Use it.

Yup.

And me

didn't know you could do anything other than :-?

Me too. Didn't know there were different channels. Why would I know that ?

[Nick W]

Why is it retards around here have no idea about setting up wifi?

'tards.  I think its time to make their life a misery 

I know what you mean but people just don't get it - my Mum for example would just plug in what came in the post.

That's exactly what I do.
Life has enough frustrations without finding the 'instructions' to set-up computer stuff 12 pages into a hidden website, then discovering that they were written by an autistic 12 year old in an obscure Mongolian dialect in a style designed to obfuscate all meaning, and were then translated into English by someone who only speaks Tagalog. A that point it becomes necessary to resist the temptation to 'adjust' the sodding thing with a sledgehammer.


So the procedure is this:


Turn it on.
Use it.

Yup.

And me

didn't know you could do anything other than :-?

Me too. Didn't know there were different channels. Why would I know that ?

Here's a better question:


now that we all know that, do we care enough to use the information?


I'm sure you all know my answer, but here it is anyway:


No. I've better uses for the time I would have to spend to decipher how the gibberish about APs etc affect anything I own. Then there's the extreme likelihood of me changing one setting on a whatsit in my front room causes a previously secret missile base in Wheretheoppsisitistan to launch everything at the Isle of Wight.

[TheBoy]

I think the entire population should be allowed to drive high power vehicles from the age of 5, without any form of test or training.  And buses, trains and lorries.