Subj : Re: Dual wifi connections in Bookworm To : Lawrence D'Oliveiro From : Michael Schwingen Date : Fri Nov 29 2024 13:07:17 On 2024-11-28, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: >> No, as far as the wireless channel and the access point are concerned, >> these are two separate clients. That they are attached to the same host >> does not matter, they will cooperate / share airtime. > > Regardless of how you look at it, they are colliding with each other. Yes, but CSMA/CA reduces that to a point where it works fine unless the channel is heavily loaded. > Having two interfaces on the same channel cannot magically double its > bandwidth. I never said that - of course they share the bandwidth, just like two separate clients do. Noone installs one separate access point for every device they use (not only because you would run out of free channels quite quick, even with 5/6GHz) - multiple devices connected to a single AP is a standard, supported scenario. Even when one client does heavy up/downloads, the others will notice a slowdown, but not the packet loss problems that were the start of this thread. > And because both transmitters are so close to each other, that > aggravates the losses from frame collisions. How? Being close to each other, they can easily "see" when the channel is busy and will not step over each other's foot. Contrary, widely spaced clients lead to the "hidden station" problem where two stations each "see" the access point, but not each other, and start to transmit at the same time. cu Michael -- Some people have no respect of age unless it is bottled. --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05 * Origin: Agency HUB, Dunedin - New Zealand | Fido<>Usenet Gateway (3:770/3) .