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From: Tom Stiller on 4 Jan 2010 16:42 In article <dxizd0mOwXzR-pn2-pFjKX97LP1OB(a)localhost>, "John Varela" <OLDlamps(a)verizon.net> wrote: > On Mon, 4 Jan 2010 03:00:37 UTC, Bob Harris > <nospam.News.Bob(a)remove.Smith-Harris.us> wrote: > > > In article <030120101554156234%otto(a)bogus.address.invalid>, > > Otto Pylot <otto(a)bogus.address.invalid> wrote: > > > > > In article <dxmOwXzR-pn2-ydsddZg74Uw0(a)localhost>, John Varela > > > <OLDlamps(a)verizon.net> wrote: > > > > > > > On Sun, 3 Jan 2010 07:18:11 UTC, Otto Pylot > > > > <otto(a)bogus.address.invalid> wrote: > > > > > > > > > In article <isw-71D35F.21134102012010@[216.168.3.50]>, isw > > > > > <isw(a)witzend.com> wrote: > > > > > > Get something like iStumbler and find out which channels > > > > > > are least-used in your neighborhood, and use one of them. > > > > > > Odds are, that most folks just brought their WAP home, > > > > > > plugged it in, and never changed from the default channel > > > > > > -- that's sure the case around here. > > > > > > > > > > > > Isaac > > > > > > > > > > I forgot about that. Thanks for the reminder. > > > > > > > > iStumbler has not been updated for Snow Leopard. > > > > > > > > I haven't found a good replacement for it. > > > > > > I just discovered that. Bummer. I'll just use Channel 6 for G and > > > Channel 149 for N for now. > > > > Unless you know that channels 1 or 11 are in use, it would be > > better to pick 1 or 11, as channel 6 is frequently the default for > > WiFi base stations where the owners do the minimum setup. > > I'm using 8 because there are neighbors on 1, 6, and 11. Or at least > there were, before I upgraded to Snow Leopard and iStumbler stopped > working. > > It's annoyong that there's nothing on the iStumbler site indicating > whether it will be updated, but there is an appeal for donations. If channels 6 and 11 are busy, using channel 8 may be worse than either one of them. See <http://www.moonblinkwifi.com/2point4freq.cfm> -- Tom Stiller PGP fingerprint = 5108 DDB2 9761 EDE5 E7E3 7BDA 71ED 6496 99C0 C7CF
From: Otto Pylot on 4 Jan 2010 21:16 In article <tom_stiller-467CCB.16422904012010(a)news.individual.net>, Tom Stiller <tom_stiller(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > In article <dxizd0mOwXzR-pn2-pFjKX97LP1OB(a)localhost>, > "John Varela" <OLDlamps(a)verizon.net> wrote: > > > On Mon, 4 Jan 2010 03:00:37 UTC, Bob Harris > > <nospam.News.Bob(a)remove.Smith-Harris.us> wrote: > > > > > In article <030120101554156234%otto(a)bogus.address.invalid>, > > > Otto Pylot <otto(a)bogus.address.invalid> wrote: > > > > > > > In article <dxmOwXzR-pn2-ydsddZg74Uw0(a)localhost>, John Varela > > > > <OLDlamps(a)verizon.net> wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Sun, 3 Jan 2010 07:18:11 UTC, Otto Pylot > > > > > <otto(a)bogus.address.invalid> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > In article <isw-71D35F.21134102012010@[216.168.3.50]>, isw > > > > > > <isw(a)witzend.com> wrote: > > > > > > > Get something like iStumbler and find out which channels > > > > > > > are least-used in your neighborhood, and use one of them. > > > > > > > Odds are, that most folks just brought their WAP home, > > > > > > > plugged it in, and never changed from the default channel > > > > > > > -- that's sure the case around here. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Isaac > > > > > > > > > > > > I forgot about that. Thanks for the reminder. > > > > > > > > > > iStumbler has not been updated for Snow Leopard. > > > > > > > > > > I haven't found a good replacement for it. > > > > > > > > I just discovered that. Bummer. I'll just use Channel 6 for G and > > > > Channel 149 for N for now. > > > > > > Unless you know that channels 1 or 11 are in use, it would be > > > better to pick 1 or 11, as channel 6 is frequently the default for > > > WiFi base stations where the owners do the minimum setup. > > > > I'm using 8 because there are neighbors on 1, 6, and 11. Or at least > > there were, before I upgraded to Snow Leopard and iStumbler stopped > > working. > > > > It's annoyong that there's nothing on the iStumbler site indicating > > whether it will be updated, but there is an appeal for donations. > > If channels 6 and 11 are busy, using channel 8 may be worse than either > one of them. See <http://www.moonblinkwifi.com/2point4freq.cfm> Excellent. Thank you. 6 seems to be working ok but at least I can use 1 or 11 just in case. -- Deja Moo: I've seen this bullshit before. My address has been anti-spammed. Please reply to: scasse(a)invalid.net replacing invalid with sonic.
From: John Varela on 5 Jan 2010 16:10 On Mon, 4 Jan 2010 21:42:29 UTC, Tom Stiller <tom_stiller(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > In article <dxizd0mOwXzR-pn2-pFjKX97LP1OB(a)localhost>, > "John Varela" <OLDlamps(a)verizon.net> wrote: > > > On Mon, 4 Jan 2010 03:00:37 UTC, Bob Harris > > <nospam.News.Bob(a)remove.Smith-Harris.us> wrote: > > > Unless you know that channels 1 or 11 are in use, it would be > > > better to pick 1 or 11, as channel 6 is frequently the default for > > > WiFi base stations where the owners do the minimum setup. > > > > I'm using 8 because there are neighbors on 1, 6, and 11. Or at least > > there were, before I upgraded to Snow Leopard and iStumbler stopped > > working. > > > > It's annoyong that there's nothing on the iStumbler site indicating > > whether it will be updated, but there is an appeal for donations. > > If channels 6 and 11 are busy, using channel 8 may be worse than either > one of them. See <http://www.moonblinkwifi.com/2point4freq.cfm> From the chart on that page it looks to me like all channels have overlaps, so I don't understand the assertion that 1, 6, and 11 don't have overlaps. Can you explain? -- John Varela Trade NEWlamps for OLDlamps for email
From: Tom Stiller on 5 Jan 2010 16:44 In article <dxizd0mOwXzR-pn2-EzpIoRFNiIbd(a)localhost>, "John Varela" <OLDlamps(a)verizon.net> wrote: > On Mon, 4 Jan 2010 21:42:29 UTC, Tom Stiller <tom_stiller(a)yahoo.com> > wrote: > > > In article <dxizd0mOwXzR-pn2-pFjKX97LP1OB(a)localhost>, > > "John Varela" <OLDlamps(a)verizon.net> wrote: > > > > > On Mon, 4 Jan 2010 03:00:37 UTC, Bob Harris > > > <nospam.News.Bob(a)remove.Smith-Harris.us> wrote: > > > > > Unless you know that channels 1 or 11 are in use, it would be > > > > better to pick 1 or 11, as channel 6 is frequently the default for > > > > WiFi base stations where the owners do the minimum setup. > > > > > > I'm using 8 because there are neighbors on 1, 6, and 11. Or at least > > > there were, before I upgraded to Snow Leopard and iStumbler stopped > > > working. > > > > > > It's annoyong that there's nothing on the iStumbler site indicating > > > whether it will be updated, but there is an appeal for donations. > > > > If channels 6 and 11 are busy, using channel 8 may be worse than either > > one of them. See <http://www.moonblinkwifi.com/2point4freq.cfm> > > From the chart on that page it looks to me like all channels have > overlaps, so I don't understand the assertion that 1, 6, and 11 > don't have overlaps. > > Can you explain? One can only assign three non-overlapping channels. If 1, 6, and 11 (non-overlapping) are in use by neighbors, any other channel assignment will overlap with (at least) one of them. -- Tom Stiller PGP fingerprint = 5108 DDB2 9761 EDE5 E7E3 7BDA 71ED 6496 99C0 C7CF
From: Verne Arase on 6 Jan 2010 11:59
On Sat, 2 Jan 2010 14:08:30 -0600, nospam wrote (in article <020120101208306423%nospam(a)nospam.invalid>): > In article <020120101047205928%otto(a)bogus.address.invalid>, Otto Pylot > <otto(a)bogus.address.invalid> wrote: > > apple's airport is also dual band so that g clients don't slow down the > n network. you can also keep your wrt54g (an excellent router) for b/g > only clients and use a new router for n-only, and set it up as dual > channel network for the fastest speed. The latest Airport Extreme (or the one I got at any rate) has the ability to produce networks on the 2.4 and 5 ghz bands, and can produce three networks: a primary network on the 2.4 and 5 ghz band and a guest network. Unfortunately, Apple seems to have dropped the ability to generate a WEP protected network. If you use this solution, you can just keep the WRT54G as a backup (since it won't be needed). |