WiFi: why not a diagram showing access points?
Patrick O'Callaghan
pocallaghan at gmail.com
Wed Feb 16 16:04:42 UTC 2011
On Wed, 2011-02-16 at 15:54 +0100, Timothy Murphy wrote:
> Robert Moskowitz wrote:
>
> > A VERY common problem with WiFi is channel selection. If 2 APs have
> > overlapping coverage and on the same channel, this can cause a station
> > to drop its connection.
>
> Thanks for the suggestion.
> I'll try changing the channel.
>
> But I'm not in a built-up area.
> I do see one other (hidden) network, but it is quite weak.
As I said earlier, you can get interference from non-Wifi sources,
particularly 2.4GHz cordless phones. Changing the channel is easy and
may be all you need.
poc
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