I can personally attest to 'trying to purchase the cheapest gear available'. As I acquired my Netgear WNR 2000 v.1 from Goodwill last summer for the total sum of 4 US Dollars + tax. ---- paul g > From: ryan.coleman at cwis.biz > Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2015 22:43:59 -0600 > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > Subject: Re: [tclug-list] More weird Comcast problems > > In that case the installation crew should have lowered the power from 100mW to 25 or 50mW. > > There are ways to defeat the overabundance but people buy the cheapest gear possible compounding the problem they are already experiencing. > > > > On Feb 1, 2015, at 9:35 PM, Max Shinn <max at bernsteinforpresident.com> wrote: > > > >> Therefore if you have something on channel 11 you can use channel 6 > >> free and clear. Same with 1. But if you have anything strong on 2-5 > >> and you’re on 1 or 4-9 and you’re on 6 you’re SOL. You will be > >> bleeding and conflicting and upsetting your transceiver (aka AP). > > > > The problem is worse when you have many of these routers. I have a > > friend who lives in an apartment building that gets internet service > > from Comcast. Every single unit needs to have their own wifi router, > > and so every unit is broadcasting this xfinity_wifi SSID in addition to > > their own SSID. It is very difficult to get a signal, (presumably) > > because the pigeonhole principle mandates that there are at least 2-3 > > SSIDs per channel. Obviously this is a problem in most apartment > > buildings, but the effect is much greater when every person is using > > two channels instead of just one. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20150201/b94f2b5b/attachment.html>