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



More information about the users mailing list