clash of the WiFi?

Post #327,515 by SpiceWare 6/7/10 5:27:44 PM Reply	clash of the WiFi? I imagine a number of people had those 3G - WiFi hotspots with them.
Post #327,516 by Another Scott 6/7/10 5:46:24 PM Reply	570 or so... MacRumors and AppleInsider were two sites that I know of that were "live blogging" it. I'm sure there were many others. I'm not at all surprised that the bandwidth was being eaten until Steve gave the number and asked again that people shut their laptops off. FWIW. Cheers, Scott.
Post #327,517 by SpiceWare 6/7/10 5:55:56 PM Reply	Just ran across that at AppleInsider http://www.appleinsi..._fi_meltdown.html Jobs revealed that there were 570 Wi-Fi base stations within the auditorium I'm not surprised that that many base stations in 1 room would cause problems.
Post #327,523 by static 6/7/10 7:31:39 PM Reply	WiFi channels are a problem. I really wonder what the designers of the original 802.11b were thinking when they put the channels to close together they overlap so much. (Interestingly, there are scads more in 802.11a. Pity most people have abandoned 802.11a.) I found a nifty app for my Android phone that shows me all APs it can see, their channel and signal strength. Then it graphs it prettily. Around my parent's home, there are three neighbours' APs which fade in and out. In my new flat, there are at least six and I've still got to set mine up. If I catch the bus from work to the station in the evening, I can watch it find dozens as it goes through the city. :-) It is interesting to see how many people go for the "non-clashing" channels of 1, 6 and 11. Wade. Q:Is it proper to eat cheeseburgers with your fingers? A:No, the fingers should be eaten separately.
Post #327,530 by scoenye 6/7/10 8:56:08 PM Reply	Gory details as to why and when http://www.iep.gmu.e...History_Paper.pdf If you look only at the formal 802.11 standards, it looks like a and b came out almost together. On the ground, the informal b precursors owned the market. a never gained traction because it would have forced replacement of all equipment with significantly more expensive kit. Without collisions, bandwidth gain at the time would not have been enough to warrant a wholesale upgrade. Even wired networks were only starting to go beyond 10 Mb hubs at the time.
Post #327,531 by static 6/7/10 9:16:12 PM Reply	Wow. That's fascinating. Thank you so much! Wade. Q:Is it proper to eat cheeseburgers with your fingers? A:No, the fingers should be eaten separately.

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