 RadioDoc
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Premium,ExMod 2000-03
join:2000-05-11
 ·AT&T Midwest
| Just another step... ...in the CB-ing of WiFi.
Before long you'll need a 1 KW linear just to make it to the garage.
Unlicensed stuff like this always ends up in a "range war". Just look at how many times cordless phones have been reinvented.
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DavisPhotog
Flyingphotog
Premium,MVM
join:2001-08-26
Oakland, CA
clubs:
| Re: Just another step... Exactly, and each generation of cordless models sucking more than the last.
Now, I don't have much experience with the 5.8ghz phones, but I always remember 900mhz phones being superior to 2.4ghz phones. You can't change the fundamentals of radio science - as you increase frequency, the wavelength decreases - it just so happens that for buildings with lots of walls and obstructions, the longer wavelength of 900mhz did the trick. While it doesn't have the THEORETICAL range of newer models, the signal is more robust.
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Brown2
@lpl.com | Re: Just another step... 5.8ghz rocks for cordless phones. And you don't get any interferance with your 2.4ghz Wi-Fi network. I have two at home and I got them because the 2.4ghz phones sucked. | |
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Nerdtalker
Working Hard, Or Hardly Working?
Premium,MVM
join:2003-02-18
Tucson, AZ
clubs: | Giving customers the ability to have such range is dangerous.
Channel 6 is already overridden with people, soon everybody will come to a complete halt, as their networks battle with each other for a slot to transmit in. | |
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Brown2
@lpl.com
| Re: Just another step... They need to add a feature that automatically sets the channel to the best one for use in your environment. But instead most opt'd to default to channel 6 and alot of users don't know better to switch it.
Heck most don't even encrypt or change their default password. I have three neighbors in my apartments that didn't switch it or secure their AP, all running with default password. | |
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Nerdtalker
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Premium,MVM
join:2003-02-18
Tucson, AZ
clubs:
| Re: Just another step... said by Brown2:
But instead most opt'd to default to channel 6 and alot of users don't know better to switch it.
Heck most don't even encrypt or change their default password. I have three neighbors in my apartments that didn't switch it or secure their AP, all running with default password.
I agree. My Netstumbler database is full of entries similar to the ones you've described. At least 55% are on channel 6.
Such a feature wouldn't only be nice, it'd be necessary in an environment like the one above.
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join:2004-12-08
Netherlands
| Re: Just another step... said by Nerdtalker  : said by Brown2:
Such a feature wouldn't only be nice, it'd be necessary in an environment like the one above.
This feature is already available in Belkin Pre-N router. | |
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Nerdtalker
Working Hard, Or Hardly Working?
Premium,MVM
join:2003-02-18
Tucson, AZ
clubs:
| Re: Just another step... said by aktur :This feature is already available in Belkin Pre-N router. I'm weary of all "Pre-N" gear, despite how convenient this feature may be. | |
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join:1999-11-21
New York, NY | Netgear is making one of those auto-detect best channel Access Points right now(!). | |
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r81984
Fair and Balanced
Premium
join:2001-11-14
Katy, TX | All products defaulting to channel 6 is a good thing. That way people who know what they are doing can use another channel and not have to worry about all the traffic that is caused by idiots. | |
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Bluffton, SC | Re: Just another step... my thoughts exactly! | |
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ctceo
Premium
join:2001-04-26
South Bend, IN
clubs: | So if a device has the ability to operate on channels other than 6, that makes the user an idiot if they choose so? | |
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sabersaw
Premium
join:2001-08-21
Dayton, OH
| said by RadioDoc :...in the CB-ing of WiFi. Unlicensed stuff like this always ends up in a "range war". those are words spoken by a user who lived up to his user name. | |
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Elf Wizard
Premium
join:2002-01-22
Mullica Hill, NJ
| i think what they need is of course something on the AP where you can select the channel on box itself and not have to enter any config pages(like the channel button on a cordless phone), or maybe even design the equipment so that when it is turned on the first time it does a scan of the area and defaults to the channel with the lowest number of other transmitters.
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sherman10570
join:2000-10-15
Pleasantville, NY
 ·Verizon FIOS
| Broadcom "BroadRange" I do not know very much about the organization that certifies 802.11g hardware, but wouldn't Broadcom's proprietary implementation of the standard be contrary to the goals of the group of manufacturers that finalized it? Would they support their joint research being used in a proprietary product being offered by only one of the group?
I could be wrong, however, if Broadcom intends to submit its advancements to the other chip manufacturers as part of the group's process.
Can someone enlighten me on the group that certified the 802.11g standard and possibly what Broadcom's intentions are?
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