Re:Wi-Fi Alliance Brings Wi-Fi 6 into 6 GHz
by michaelmrose on Sunday January 05, 2020 @10:42PM
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There are mandated power levels which devices use. Some firmware allows you to ignore them.
Manually switch to a different channel, you can use even 13 if you are outside US...
Re:Wi-Fi Alliance Brings Wi-Fi 6 into 6 GHz
by Jaruzel on Monday January 06, 2020 @04:54AM
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> Currently the neighbor across the street and two houses up is putting out so much power that it drowns out my AP two rooms away.
Give your neighbour a dose of their own medicine: Get a directional high db antenna, set a spare WiFi AP to the same channel, and point the antenna at your neighbours house. Then set up a looping script that copies data to constantly saturate that AP.
Not that I've ever done this, or advocate anyone actually doing it... ;D
Re:Wi-Fi Alliance Brings Wi-Fi 6 into 6 GHz
by Faark on Monday January 06, 2020 @10:57AM
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Unless actual malice is involved, the neighbor will probably just wonder why the wlan is shit and buy a "better" (stronger) one. Sounds much like a good old coordination problem to me.
Re:Wi-Fi Alliance Brings Wi-Fi 6 into 6 GHz
by WorldMaker on Monday January 06, 2020 @04:22PM
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Yeah, it's a basic tragedy of the commons, where the commons is noisy to begin with radio spectrum.
For me, it would be nice if all AP's had the same power level. Currently the neighbor across the street and two houses up is putting out so much power that it drowns out my AP two rooms away.