I can personally attest to 'trying to purchase the cheapest gear available'. As I acquired my Netgear WNR 2000 v.1 from Goodwill last summer for the total sum of 4 US Dollars + tax.

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paul g

> From: ryan.coleman at cwis.biz
> Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2015 22:43:59 -0600
> To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org
> Subject: Re: [tclug-list] More weird Comcast problems
> 
> In that case the installation crew should have lowered the power from 100mW to 25 or 50mW.
> 
> There are ways to defeat the overabundance but people buy the cheapest gear possible compounding the problem they are already experiencing.
> 
> 
> > On Feb 1, 2015, at 9:35 PM, Max Shinn <max at bernsteinforpresident.com> wrote:
> > 
> >> Therefore if you have something on channel 11 you can use channel 6
> >> free and clear. Same with 1. But if you have anything strong on 2-5
> >> and you’re on 1 or 4-9 and you’re on 6 you’re SOL. You will be
> >> bleeding and conflicting and upsetting your transceiver (aka AP).
> > 
> > The problem is worse when you have many of these routers.  I have a
> > friend who lives in an apartment building that gets internet service
> > from Comcast. Every single unit needs to have their own wifi router,
> > and so every unit is broadcasting this xfinity_wifi SSID in addition to
> > their own SSID. It is very difficult to get a signal, (presumably)
> > because the pigeonhole principle mandates that there are at least 2-3
> > SSIDs per channel. Obviously this is a problem in most apartment
> > buildings, but the effect is much greater when every person is using
> > two channels instead of just one.
> > 
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