Right Tim, so my thinking is that an AP on each channel should create a fairly 
uniform bad wifi area no matter what band is tested... or am I missing 
something?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: general-bounces at brlug.net 
> [mailto:general-bounces at brlug.net] On Behalf Of Tim Fournet
> Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2007 4:00 PM
> To: general at brlug.net
> Subject: Re: [brlug-general] Wanted - old cheap wifi access points
> 
> Here's a little tidbit of info that may help you:
> There are really only 3 non-overlapping WiFi channels: 1,6, and 11.
> Each channel uses 6 frequency bands in the WiFi range, so 
> when there is overlap, performance is degraded as those bands 
> are unused.
> 
> Edmund Cramp wrote:
> > I'm looking for some old, cheap, stand-alone, access 
> points, repeaters etc - anything that powers up and emits an 
> 802.11 signal will do.  Does anyone have a junker or two that 
> they either don't want (free) or are willing to part with 
> very cheaply?  I need at least 11, one for each channel.
> >
> > I need to do some 802.11 reliability tests so I want to be 
> able to create a really lousy WiFi environment.  If anyone 
> has any suggestions for this or experiences then I'd love to 
> hear from them.
> >
> > Contact me off list if you can help - eac at emgsrus.com
> >
> > Edmund Cramp
> >
> >
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