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Answer» Hello, regarding wireless connection I seem to have no option to view what channel my nieghbours are using.Are you SAYING, you're stealing your neighbours broadband?Quote from: Broni on February 04, 2009, 08:24:11 PM QuoteI seem to have no option to view what channel my nieghbours are using.Are you saying, you're stealing your neighbours broadband? No broni I was told you could see what channel your neighboures are using, if you where to right click on any of the available networks, so that i could select another one if i got interverance, if we where using the same one. But i don't have this optionI still don't understand. Why are you not using your own router/network?Quote from: Broni on February 05, 2009, 05:51:58 PM I still don't understand. Why are you not using your own router/network? Hello broni Yes i am using my own wireless network, and say i am on channel 6 and getting interverance from somewhere, which i have been doing, i was told you could see what channel your nieghbours where using , by right ckicking on that network so that you could see what channel they where on, then if we where using the same channel as me "not the network" i could switch to another channel. I could have worded it wrong, but that was a reply i got of another forum, aparantly he could do this to see what channel his nieghbours where using, but as i said i do not have this option. I am on a desktop computer upstairs, with no available phone socket, so when i loose the connection i am stuck, the wireless adapter's driver seems up to date, and i have tryed moving the router slightly, turning the phone off etc, i am convinced it is interverance, because this has been happening for the last two weeks now, mostly at night. The speed will drop suddenly from 11mbps to 5mbps then 2mbps then "limited or no connectivity". So i have been seartching for a way to aviod this interveranceWhat is Channel 6? It's still unclear. If your network is secured, how someone else could be using it, causing any interference?Quote What is Channel 6? hello broni As far as i know there are 13 channels, on a wireless network, no one can use your network, but your nieghboures could be using the same channel as you. You could be using the same channel and have no interverance but if you do get some interverance, sometimes you just change the channel to see if that resolves it. Someone did tell me you can see what channel your nieghboures are on, whatever router he had, all he did was to right click on any of the networks so it would show you what channel that particular network was using. I carn't do this with the router i have, so i have to keep on changing channels until i get one with no interverrance. This doe's not happen a lot though, its normally pretty stable I'm not aware of any tool, which will show what channel your neighbor is using. BESIDE, most likely they're using channel 6, since most routers are shipped that way. Also, I think, it's less likely, your neighbor is the culprit. This article will probably explain it better, than I can: http://www.microsoft.com/athome/moredone/wirelesstips.mspxthanks broni some good info there particulary about the network adapters. Thanks printed it outSure thing He is using 802.11 as a local wireless link from his router to his notebook. In his location another wireless is withing range and has a strong signal. If he could find out who it is, they could make an agreement they would use greater separation of the channels. One start ton chan 3, the other start on chan 9. Do not start on chan 6, that is in the middle of the USA assignment. (In Europe it can be worse, fewer chns.) Or, he may relocate his router to a better spot, use a directional antenna, or go horizontal. The 802.11 devices normally are subject to interference.A directional antenna does wonders. I have the same problem. And my router is only twenty feet a sway, but the signal has to pass through three interior walls. |
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