channels...

I've noticed that a lot of my neighbours are finally going wireless...
Unfortunantly my Linksys has decided to crash each time one of them
logs into the net...
I picked up a copy of mac stumbler and noticed that everyone is on
channel 6...
I switched to a different channel...
Do you think that that is the reason for the crashes?
Is that the purpose of having different channels available to us?

On Feb 9, 9:10 pm, "SpreadTooThin" <bjobrie...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I've noticed that a lot of my neighbours are finally going wireless...
> Unfortunantly my Linksys has decided to crash each time one of them
> logs into the net...
> I picked up a copy of mac stumbler and noticed that everyone is on
> channel 6...
> I switched to a different channel...
> Do you think that that is the reason for the crashes?
> Is that the purpose of having different channels available to us?

I ran into the same problem when two of us were running wireless
routers in the house. One was a linksys , the other a D-Link 514,
both on channel 6 and just down the hall from each other.
Periodically the Linksys would crash and when I moved my D-Link to
Ch11 all was fine.

Paul

On 9 Feb 2007 18:10:32 -0800, "SpreadTooThin" <bjobrien62@gmail.com>
wrote in <1171073431.968316.121710@l53g2000cwa.googlegroups .com>:

>I've noticed that a lot of my neighbours are finally going wireless...
>Unfortunantly my Linksys has decided to crash each time one of them
>logs into the net...

Which Linksys? What firmware? Latest firmware? What does "crash"
mean?

>I picked up a copy of mac stumbler and noticed that everyone is on
>channel 6...
>I switched to a different channel...

Ideally 1 or 11.

>Do you think that that is the reason for the crashes?

No.

>Is that the purpose of having different channels available to us?

No. Different channels help to minimize mutual interference.

--
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Fixes to Wi-Fi Problems: <http://wireless.wikia.com/wiki/Wi-Fi_Fixes>

"John Navas" <spamfilter1@navasgroup.com> wrote in message
> Ideally 1 or 11.

I've noticed (since doing a bunch of playing around with a WiSpy) that the
lower channels seem to be better because microwave ovans (especially)
interfere with the higher channels more.. don't think it's a problem.. get a
wispy and go turn on your microwave...
I know personally I had a microwave that had 1200watts at 2450Mhz printed on
it.
Check here for wifi channel list
http://www.draytek.co.uk/support/ima...n_channels.gif

Just an FYI if anyone is interested.

Adair

On Sun, 11 Feb 2007 16:26:23 GMT, "Adair Witner" <buhbear007@mail.com>
wrote in <PsHzh.75093$qO4.37487@newssvr13.news.prodigy.net> :

>"John Navas" <spamfilter1@navasgroup.com> wrote in message
>> Ideally 1 or 11.
>
>I've noticed (since doing a bunch of playing around with a WiSpy) that the
>lower channels seem to be better because microwave ovans (especially)
>interfere with the higher channels more.. don't think it's a problem.. get a
>wispy and go turn on your microwave...
>I know personally I had a microwave that had 1200watts at 2450Mhz printed on
>it.
>Check here for wifi channel list
>http://www.draytek.co.uk/support/ima...n_channels.gif
>
>Just an FYI if anyone is interested.

There are a great many possible sources of interference -- see list in
wiki below -- and there's no one channel that's best for all of them.
Best to try all of the three minimally-overlapping channels (1, 6, 11)
to see which one works best in each particular case.

--
Best regards, FAQ for Wireless Internet: <http://Wireless.wikia.com>
John Navas FAQ for Wi-Fi: <http://wireless.wikia.com/wiki/Wi-Fi>
Wi-Fi How To: <http://wireless.wikia.com/wiki/Wi-Fi_HowTo>
Fixes to Wi-Fi Problems: <http://wireless.wikia.com/wiki/Wi-Fi_Fixes>