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 > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > General mailing list > > General at brlug.net > > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > General at brlug.net > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >
