WiFi: why not a diagram showing access points?

[Robert Nichols]

On 02/16/2011 09:54 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
> On 02/16/2011 07:56 PM, Tim wrote:
>> On Wed, 2011-02-16 at 15:54 +0100, Timothy Murphy wrote:
>>> But I'm not in a built-up area.
>>> I do see one other (hidden) network, but it is quite weak.
>> As Patrick said, cordless phones can interfere.  Plus leaky microwave
>> ovens, wireless home security equipment, gigaHertz video senders,
>> lighting dimmers and switchmode power supplies.  Whilst the latter two
>> don't, directly, work in the frequency range of WiFi, they can radiate
>> an awful lot of hash that disrupts many things.
>
> We often mention at the 802 wireless sessions (both 802.11 and 802.15)
> how amazing it is that this stuff works at all!

For quite a while I could see, from my home, 3 wireless networks, all
on channel 6, all with SSID "Linksys", and all with decent signal strength.
How that managed to work for those people I have no idea.

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