Doesn't work that way. No matter how powerful the signal strength, having two routers on the same channel still cut the bandwidth in half because they have to take turns broadcasting.
And the only thing we could work out is him getting rid of one of his networks. You need 4-5 channels of separation between networks to avoid the halving of bandwidth problem, and with 4 networks in the area (his 2, mine, and my other neighbor's) there's not enough spectrum. ------------ Brian Sent from my iPhone On Jan 17, 2012, at 1:37, Joshua MacCraw <[email protected]> wrote: > Time to ramp up the output & step all over his signal :) or you could try > talking & coordinating with him. > On Jan 16, 2012 5:04 AM, "Brian Weeden" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I was just doing some digging using inSSIDer (wonderful tool) and realized >> what my problem is. One of my neighbors just added a second WiFi network >> that is operating on the same channel as mine (11). When I moved in 6 >> months ago, my neighbor on the right had a 2.4 Ghz network on channel 6 and >> the neighbor on the left one on channel 2. So I added mine on channel 11 >> and all was good. But now the guy on the left has added a second router at >> 11 (which makes sense since his other is at 2), and from our bedroom this >> new network is just as strong as my network. >> >> I think the solution in my case is probably to go to 5Ghz. There aren't >> any 5Ghz networks operating in range of us, and all of our devices support >> it. Unfortunately, it means getting a new router since the Verizon FIOS >> router they gave me doesn't support it. And I'll have to run the new >> router in addition to the FIOS one because it has some special functions >> that are used for the FIOS IPTV. >> >> --------- >> Brian >> >> >> >> >> On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 1:49 AM, [email protected] <[email protected] >>> wrote: >> >>> No, the devices can see all the WAP's and the WAP's all see each other. >>> It's more about spreading out the frequencies being used, so they don't >>> overlap >>> each other. >>> My theory was. Put your WAP on (for example) ch3 and the extender on ch >>> 7... >>> To see if that helps. But let me say, I have never used an extender. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On January 14, 2012 at 3:42 PM "Anthony Q. Martin" <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> That is interesting....so can a device on one router see a another >>>> device on another router, so you can use home networking? >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Regards, >>> joeuser - Still looking for the 'any' key... >>> >>> "...now these points of data make a beautiful line..." >>> >>
