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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