from the "WiFi Threatened...." article at idz.net.nz:
> Warren Harding, an engineer with Auckland company Johnstone Dick and > Associates, which manages the telecommunications facilities on the Sky > Tower - including a Walker Wireless installation operating in the 2.4GHz > range - says the spectrum in which Wi-Fi operates is capable of supporting > multiple users. However, interference can occur when users on other sites > "turn their data rates up to the max". The last line is funny. I always thought that transmitting a packet at 11mpbs would use less airtime than using 2mbps. Silly me, guess this guy knows some special math. I hope he was just misquoted since it takes away much of his credibility. Please don't anyone turn their radios data rate down and think you are being a more efficient user of the spectrum. You will do just the opposite and consume more airtime and create more noise. To be kind to other users, transmit in as little time as possible (highest rate), with minimum power needed to do the job, and use directional antennas where you can. Amateur radio operators have been doing that and sharing limited spectrum for years with only a few trouble makers causing most of the problems. Cliff "one man's signal is another man's noise" skolnick -- | Cliff Skolnick | "They that can give up essential liberty to | | Steam Tunnel Operations | obtain a little temporary safety deserve | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | neither liberty nor safety." | | http://www.steam.com/ | -- Benjamin Franklin, 1759 | -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
