Change the SSID of your AP then change you client to only connect to
that new SSID. That way you will stop accidentally cconnecting to your
neighbors AP.
- Dustin -
Ajai Khattri wrote:
When I first got my wireless AP it was great - I could pretty much sit
anywhere in the apartment and get a reliable connection.
But as my neighbors started getting wireless access points Ive found the
connection has gotten worse. Now I am limited to where I can use the wifi
connection. If I do a scan in the front of the apartment I see 5 maybe 6
access points nearby. Im convinced those APs interfere with mine.
Because Im using wifi on laptops (that may travel from time to time) I
have them configured to connect to the nearest AP but sometimes this isn't
mine (in fact, one weekend I worked for 3 hours straight before noticing I
was using someone else's access point!).
I was just wondering what sort of techniques people recommend for
combatting this? Im thinking I may have to buy some antennas (Buffalo?) or
maybe invest in powerline ethernet devices and move my AP closer to the
center of the apartment (right now its close to my router which is at the
back of the aprtment). I have tried configuring different channels on the
AP and did not see any difference in signal/noise ratios. Any ideas?
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