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R4M0N
Brazilian Soccer Ownz Joo
join:2000-10-04
Glen Allen, VA

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Re: Official or not

said by aaronwt:

Just switch to the 5Ghz band. It's not crowded there.
Yet...

fireflier
Coffee. . .Need Coffee
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join:2001-05-25
Limbo

fireflier

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5Ghz is a double-edge sword. Less crowded and capable of higher consumer density because in general the signal won't go as far so having a neighbor on 5Ghz won't be as likely to interfere with yours. The downside is, well, the signal won't go as far so your speed may drop off quicker than the 2.4Ghz as you move away from the AP.

I'm running 802.11N on 5Ghz and there's less interference but it definitely doesn't have the range that it did when I tested using the 2.4Ghz band (running dual-band APs). I stuck with 5Ghz for N because I've got other gear on 802.11g and didn't want it running dual-mode on the same spectrum. I don't have other gear on 802.11a so I can use 5Ghz purely for N.