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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>I can personally attest to 'trying to purchase the cheapest gear available'. As I acquired my Netgear WNR 2000 v.1 from Goodwill last summer for the total sum of 4 US Dollars + tax.<br><br>----<br>paul g<br><br><div>> From: ryan.coleman@cwis.biz<br>> Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2015 22:43:59 -0600<br>> To: tclug-list@mn-linux.org<br>> Subject: Re: [tclug-list] More weird Comcast problems<br>> <br>> In that case the installation crew should have lowered the power from 100mW to 25 or 50mW.<br>> <br>> There are ways to defeat the overabundance but people buy the cheapest gear possible compounding the problem they are already experiencing.<br>> <br>> <br>> > On Feb 1, 2015, at 9:35 PM, Max Shinn <max@bernsteinforpresident.com> wrote:<br>> > <br>> >> Therefore if you have something on channel 11 you can use channel 6<br>> >> free and clear. Same with 1. But if you have anything strong on 2-5<br>> >> and you’re on 1 or 4-9 and you’re on 6 you’re SOL. You will be<br>> >> bleeding and conflicting and upsetting your transceiver (aka AP).<br>> > <br>> > The problem is worse when you have many of these routers. I have a<br>> > friend who lives in an apartment building that gets internet service<br>> > from Comcast. Every single unit needs to have their own wifi router,<br>> > and so every unit is broadcasting this xfinity_wifi SSID in addition to<br>> > their own SSID. It is very difficult to get a signal, (presumably)<br>> > because the pigeonhole principle mandates that there are at least 2-3<br>> > SSIDs per channel. Obviously this is a problem in most apartment<br>> > buildings, but the effect is much greater when every person is using<br>> > two channels instead of just one.<br>> > <br>> > _______________________________________________<br>> > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota<br>> > tclug-list@mn-linux.org<br>> > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list<br>> <br>> _______________________________________________<br>> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota<br>> tclug-list@mn-linux.org<br>> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list<br></div> </div></body>
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