I can currently see 14 wireless networks  >:(

Thats a lie, now 17  >:(

TheBoy wrote on 19. Nov 2009 at 19:32:

Thats a lie, now 17  >:(

It`s good to share! ;)

hack them ;D

or simply turn back to ice age and use cables like me ;D :y

cem wrote on 19. Nov 2009 at 19:35:

hack them ;D

Don't need to - 2 are unencrypted.  Most of others are BT Homehubs (free router supplied with UK's biggest telco), which default to WEP.

TheBoy wrote on 19. Nov 2009 at 19:31:

I can currently see 14 wireless networks  >:(

Crank the wireless output power up (125mW works fine for me)....doesn't matter how many AP's are running in the vicinity when you start transmitting at 4x the power level anybody else is likely to have  ;)

wrote on 19. Nov 2009 at 20:09:

TheBoy wrote on 19. Nov 2009 at 19:31: I can currently see 14 wireless networks  >:( Crank the wireless output power up (125mW works fine for me)....doesn't matter how many AP's are running in the vicinity when you start transmitting at 4x the power level anybody else is likely to have  ;)

No setting on my AP that I can find - use cheapo Linksys one.

Bumping power up won't necessarily help though

TheBoy wrote on 19. Nov 2009 at 20:53:

No setting on my AP that I can find - use cheapo Linksys one.

Flash it with DD-WRT, that'll turn your £30 Linksys back in to a £300+ Cisco  ;)


TheBoy wrote on 19. Nov 2009 at 20:53:

Bumping power up won't necessarily help though

Even when taking in to account the variables involved in radio transmission, transmitting at over 4x the legal power output permitted in the UK will wipe out just about anything in the limited vicinity that is wireless.

wrote on 19. Nov 2009 at 21:02:

TheBoy wrote on 19. Nov 2009 at 20:53: No setting on my AP that I can find - use cheapo Linksys one. Flash it with DD-WRT, that'll turn your £30 Linksys back in to a £300+ Cisco  ;) TheBoy wrote on 19. Nov 2009 at 20:53: Bumping power up won't necessarily help though Even when taking in to account the variables involved in radio transmission, transmitting at over 4x the legal power output permitted in the UK will wipe out just about anything in the limited vicinity that is wireless.

Re WRT - mine is a WAP54G (rather than the crappy all-in-one routers that linksys used to do), wasn't aware anyone had done a firmware for that.  Additionally, it won't get close to turning it into a proper Cisco Aironet device.

Transmitting at high power is only part of the answer - the client devices don't have such settings. Also, other APs and other wifi networks will be busy constantly retrying, causing further interference.  Power boosting is not really the answer - increasing efficiency of transmitting/receiving is one solution, but my AP cannot take external antenna