[manchesterwireless] Warrington Wireless - interference?

[gARetH baBB]

On Thu, 27 Oct 2005, Andy Gauton wrote:

> Will Ch13 be far enough away from Ch11 to avoid interference?

They aren't entirely overlap free, but it's going to be the best you're 
going to get I reckon if you have loads of consumer equipment (which 
usually ignores channels above 11 anyway) about.

> However, BT Voyager in NetStumbler is reporting Ch8, but very strong
> signal. So, either this is correct, or this is SuperG misreporting?

If it's channel 8, it isn't Atheros SuperG in Turbo mode.

Everything I can see about the BT Voyager says they probably use Broadcom 
anway.

> The ideal solution would be to find BT Voyager neighbour and see if we can
> change his/her channel to a non-overlapping.

I have no idea about Broadcom's Afterburner mode.

> I am worried, because BT Voyager's signal strength seems stronger in the
> road than our Linksys boxes with external antennas. I can't for one minute
> believe they are using anything other than the standard antennas.

That depends on antennas and where you measure the signal - remember 
antennas don't increase power, they just focus it more.

If they have a small stub antenna basically going splat, you are going to 
see more of its power nearby than an antenna which may be focusing its 
power in a more ... focused way.