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From: Gareth John on 22 Mar 2010 07:25 T i m <news(a)spaced.me.uk> wrote: > On Mon, 22 Mar 2010 11:00:59 +0000, g.john(a)PLUG.btinternet.com (Gareth > John) wrote: > > >Sitting at home here (in a West London suburb) iStumbler can see > >thirteen other active networks beside mine, all clamouring for airspace > >- and almost all on either channel 1, 6 or 11. Signal strengths range > >from '91%' to 19%' (whatever that means). > > > >I feel a bit smug, because mine's the only one using a unique channel. > >For now. > > Did you (/also) try it with your router turned off (out of interest). > I've sometimes 'seen' other routers / AP's on the same channel but > were initially swamped by the power of my own router? > > Cheers, T i m Good point. I just tried that, and (so far) there's no other signal on 'my' channel. G. -- From Gareth John Please pull out the plug if you want to reply by email
From: SteveH on 22 Mar 2010 08:08 Gareth John <g.john(a)PLUG.btinternet.com> wrote: > Once upon a time I thought I was pretty smart having a set of LocalTalk > cables running around my house. Then came wired ethernet, and now a > combo of wires and wireless. > > Sitting at home here (in a West London suburb) iStumbler can see > thirteen other active networks beside mine, all clamouring for airspace > - and almost all on either channel 1, 6 or 11. Signal strengths range > from '91%' to 19%' (whatever that means). > > I feel a bit smug, because mine's the only one using a unique channel. > For now. > > But is 15 a record? How busy is the air where you are? 15 here, too. Plus 2 of mine - my WPA private network, plus my 'guest' network with web login. -- SteveH
From: SteveH on 22 Mar 2010 16:39 SteveH <italiancar(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Gareth John <g.john(a)PLUG.btinternet.com> wrote: > > > Once upon a time I thought I was pretty smart having a set of LocalTalk > > cables running around my house. Then came wired ethernet, and now a > > combo of wires and wireless. > > > > Sitting at home here (in a West London suburb) iStumbler can see > > thirteen other active networks beside mine, all clamouring for airspace > > - and almost all on either channel 1, 6 or 11. Signal strengths range > > from '91%' to 19%' (whatever that means). > > > > I feel a bit smug, because mine's the only one using a unique channel. > > For now. > > > > But is 15 a record? How busy is the air where you are? > > 15 here, too. > > Plus 2 of mine - my WPA private network, plus my 'guest' network with > web login. Now up to 20, plus mine. :-O -- SteveH
From: Ian McCall on 22 Mar 2010 18:28 On 2010-03-22 11:00:59 +0000, g.john(a)PLUG.btinternet.com (Gareth John) said: > How busy is the air where you are? Only one, sometimes two extra but trying to avoid the signal has driven us back to wired to a large extent. I'm now using HomePlug kit to shift AV data around, I always use the wired connection if working in the study and the wireless is relegated to 'casual' stuff - just day-to-day faffing on the net via a laptop. Anything bandwidth-intensive is put back to a wired device. Cheers, Ian
From: Adrian C on 22 Mar 2010 18:31
On 22/03/2010 20:39, SteveH wrote: > SteveH<italiancar(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> Plus 2 of mine - my WPA private network, plus my 'guest' network with >> web login. > > Now up to 20, plus mine. :-O If I hold an newly laid egg in the air near your abode, will it cook? -- Adrian C |