This is another reason it's too bad they use the 2.4GHz band the way they do. An 802.11 device operating on a given channel actually uses frequencies in that channel AND each channel on either side. So instead of 11 channels you can use there are really only about 4.
Right. This is why I designed ClassicStumbler's graphical layout the way I did. Each blue bar in the graph depicts a network. It is centered on that network's center channel, but it also overlaps two channels on either side. So a 2nd network that also overlaps common channels will interfere with the 1st network, even if it doesn't share the same center channel.
Unfortunately, most people never change their own access point's channel. To make matters worse, most manufacturers pick the same default channel (6). Here's a good example of a horribly crowded Wi-Fi environment where virtually EVERYONE has their base station set to channel 6! I've actually got two access points in that picture - one on channel 11 and the strongest one on channel 6. I wanted to see how badly the interference would cripple my network
<http://www.alksoft.com/images/classicstumblerdemo1.jpg>
Peace, Drew
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