1) Frequency Co-ordination.
You will have to eliminate some Access Points and agree to let eachother
on which ever access point you desire. Turning off all but one AP at a
time and site surveying each appartment will help. It may be possible to
cover 90% of the desired service area with 5 or 6 APs, on less overlapping
channels. Then for the 10 % service area that remains use attenuated
(weaked) signals to cover the nooks and crannies without elevating the
background noise excessively. Okay so sometimes you have to share your
bandwidth but at least you will have bandwidth.
If your neighbours are not yet ready for this solution, you can keep
buying more amps and antennae until they cannot use thier APs at all and
then arbitrate.
2) Lead Paint, about 10mm could do it.
BTW.
Plugging one WiFi device into another isnt recomened.
On Thu, 28 Jul 2005, Hans Zaunere wrote:
Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 10:00:43 -0400
From: Hans Zaunere <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: nycwireless@lists.nycwireless.net
Subject: [nycwireless] Too Many Aps - Interference
At my apartment, there are at least 14 APs at any given time, and all have
fairly strong signals, and are 802.11g. Needless to say, the airwaves
around my apartment are packed.
As a result, my wireless signal will often drop out, and I'm figuring the
only reason is because of the interference. I've restarted, double checked,
etc. my AP (Linksys WRTG54g) and all looks to be fine. If I plug into the
AP, it's always fine.
I've tried changing channels, but to limited success. On each of the 1, 6
and 11 channels, there are at least 3 other APs. When I switch to a channel
in between, signal quality actually looks worse. I've also changed between
B only and G only mode, but with little result.
So, what can someone do to get a reliable wireless signal in these types of
environments? Are there any tips or online resources that describe the
advanced settings of the WRT54g that might improve my performance? Any
other tips or resources? And, if I were to buy a new AP, would it make a
difference, and what would some recommendations be?
Thanks,
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Hans Zaunere
President, New York PHP
http://www.nyphp.com
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