G+_Rud Dog Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 How much WiFi is to much for home load. Keep hearing how the WiFi is overloaded and difficult at the brickhouse and can't help wondering if home use can get to that same level of congestion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Arcturus Lancaster Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 In a densely populated area WiFi on 2.4ghz can indeed be clogged. If it is slow look into going to 5ghz bands. These tend to be near empty. Your AP and devices must support this band to use it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Jason Marsh Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 Because there are only 3 non-overlapping channels on the 2.4GHz band (in the US), if you can see more than 3 access points other than your own, it's a good time to move to 5GHz, where there are many more non-overlapping channels available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Ben Reese Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 I shared this a few weeks ago, but here's what it's like at my house: https://goo.gl/photos/oEfbYdT2HHjswJAe9 WiFi (2.4GHz in particular) gets congested because there are 11 channels (in the US) to use, but the wireless signal from each channel overlaps the channels around it. To use only non-overlapping channels, you can divide it a few ways, but the most you'll get is 3 non-overlapping channels (1, 6, 11). Unfortunately, most routers don't take advantage of this and they'll auto assign all the others as well which hurts everyone (channel 4 interferes with 1 and 6, for example). Since everyone wants the strongest signal to drown out their neighbor's WiFi, it's not uncommon to have several neighborhood WiFis accessible in your house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Rud Dog Posted August 4, 2015 Author Share Posted August 4, 2015 How did you generate that signal plot and how did you know that was you shown as "Me" on your pic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Jason Marsh Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 That's the Wifi Analyzer app. And he was lurking in your closet to get the best signal :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Rud Dog Posted August 4, 2015 Author Share Posted August 4, 2015 +Jason Marsh Just finished testing out my rough nailer:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Ben Reese Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 Rudy Trujillo - Hehe. I went through and gave all the hot-spots aliases in the app. Normally it shows the actual SSID and I didn't want the Quad Father to fly his drone over my house and match up SSID names. Can't trust those Preasts, ya know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Rud Dog Posted August 5, 2015 Author Share Posted August 5, 2015 Thanks Ben Reese and can use that nailer for more then nailing closet doors shut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Ben Tyger Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 Rudy Trujillo?? It depends on where you live. If you have lots of space between you and your neighbors, your 2.4 range is probably cleaner. If you are in a high population density area your 2.4 is probably is probably saturated. Wifi analyzer will help you determine that. Also if you have multiple APs in your network, make sure they are NOT using the same channel. Also make sure you are not using overlapping channels in the 2.4 range either. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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