[shc-boomer]

Ok, I think I have it all set up and running properly, the new speed really helps in uploading files.

[chconline]

Still working out my plans to see how it is working out. Too bad they ditched those Motorola modems.

[prestonyuen]

Woot, I'm getting mine... but not until next month though

Yeah it will hurt if both are even close in channels, as in both on channel 1 or one channel 1 and the other channel 2. But if you skip a channel (ie 1 and 3), it shouldn't be too much of a problem, although it might be better to you even skipped 2 or 3. Plus, there are 11 channels for you to choose from. It's not like you're going to have 8 hotspots around your house anyways (Learned this from school and from revamping a small business' wireless network )

This post has been edited by prestonyuen: 23 June 2011 - 08:08 AM

[chconline]

For 2.4GHz, you'll need to be 5 channels apart. Ie., Channel 1, 6, and 11 are the only ones far away from each other to prevent interference. Anything else in between is not usable -- whoever that taught you 2 or 3 channels in school is wrong We design these things in EE and it's really the basics of wireless technology. It's the good old signal graph... to illustrate my point:



Ideally you'll want straight line, but it's not physically feasible.

Unfortunately I think most phones default to Channel 1 so you'll have serious interference problems there. Channel 6 and 11 are operable from my experience, but anything more, you'll end up having issues. Just start using virtual LANs.

[prestonyuen]

We're probably playing with 1 router and a bunch of access points lol. But taking a look at it, those channels were set at 2.412GHz - 2.462GHz.

[shc-boomer]

Hmmm interesting, I recall seeing that graph before as well. Good stuff to know, however since the wireless routers are both next to each other, I just disabled the SMC.

[TL6MT]

chconline, on 23 June 2011 - 08:40 AM, said:

For 2.4GHz, you'll need to be 5 channels apart. Ie., Channel 1, 6, and 11 are the only ones far away from each other to prevent interference. Anything else in between is not usable -- whoever that taught you 2 or 3 channels in school is wrong We design these things in EE and it's really the basics of wireless technology. It's the good old signal graph... to illustrate my point:



Ideally you'll want straight line, but it's not physically feasible.

Unfortunately I think most phones default to Channel 1 so you'll have serious interference problems there. Channel 6 and 11 are operable from my experience, but anything more, you'll end up having issues. Just start using virtual LANs.

Nice graph

[chconline]

shc-boomer, on 23 June 2011 - 09:23 AM, said:

Hmmm interesting, I recall seeing that graph before as well. Good stuff to know, however since the wireless routers are both next to each other, I just disabled the SMC.

Yeah that's the right thing to do. There's no point of having two side by side, especially when you have about 5 clients anyway. If you need extra WLANs just run a virtual one off DD-WRT on your WRT610N.

[Big Bang]

chconline, on 22 June 2011 - 10:46 PM, said:

Still working out my plans to see how it is working out. Too bad they ditched those Motorola modems.

Isn't it the same thing if you disabled the Router feature anyway? You just got a free WiFi point.

[chconline]

Just a quick confirmation, it is possible to get the Motorola modem on request.