LOL - crazy wifi

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Check this out...

Hanging out at the hotel.

2.4GHz is pretty packed - 5GHz, not to much - local AP's are all ruckus b/g/a/n...

 

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"Hanging out at the hotel."
'nuff said.

 

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The take away - when in crowded 2.4GHz space... just pick a channel... rock/scissor/paper - 1/5/11*...

802.11n performs well in 2.4GHz with +20 dB to the local AP in most environments...

* 1/5/11 - perhaps wide channels aren't so bad with current AP's - they do check both primary and second channels for clear airspace with 20/40 auto...

 

[Razor512]

In my area, we have a modest number of APs, though if left on auto, the router will periodically switch channels, though they do seem to largely stick with 1,6, and 11 (Left the WiFi analytics tool running for around 5 minutes.

I enabled the WiFi on my verizon fios G1100 router to see what it would do, and it automatically defaults to 40MHz (it does not allow you to manually change the channel width, so while their firmware is not the most stable, their 20/40MHz coexistence actually works. With all of my other routers and APs, if left on auto, they just use 20MHz channel width only (likely out of spite for the user) .

 

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I enabled the WiFi on my verizon fios G1100 router to see what it would do, and it automatically defaults to 40MHz (it does not allow you to manually change the channel width, so while their firmware is not the most stable, their 20/40MHz coexistence actually works

Better than most think it might...

with 2.4 - just pick a channel - and fwiw, I'm ok with wide channels - just choose the primary as 1/5/11 or there about...

 

[Razor512]

I just don't get why if left on auto, routers from Netgear, tp-link, and linksys can't figure out how to get 40MHz mode working, while verizon's poorly made firmware was able to get that aspect right.

 

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I just don't get why if left on auto, routers from Netgear, tp-link, and linksys can't figure out how to get 40MHz mode working, while verizon's poorly made firmware was able to get that aspect right.

Many of the carrier CPE - the WiFi is QC-Atheros in my experience - there's more Broadcom out there these days, but QCA does tend to do a good job with wide channels and coexistence modes...