Subj : Re: Wifi status indicator
To   : All
From : druck
Date : Wed Jul 03 2024 21:19:45

On 03/07/2024 15:40, candycanearter07 wrote:
> The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote at 19:55 this Tuesday (GMT):
>> On 02/07/2024 15:50, candycanearter07 wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Don't wifi connections change which channels they use frequently? Unless
>>> you control all the nearby routers, I don't think it would help a ton..
>>
>> No. They dont. You assign a (centre) channel to a wifi station. I t
>> spreads a lot either side, but the centre is the centre
>
>
> Weird, maybe it was just the corporate wifi that did that..

Both corporate and some consumer access points offer automatic channel
selection, where it will pick a channel which appears to have less
interference.

As I point out in my other post, it doesn't always make the best choices
for clients, and if other APs also do it, you get a never ending game of
WiFi musical chairs.

---druck

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