[ubuntu-uk] The Latest Wireless
Alan Pope
alan at popey.com
Fri Apr 13 00:48:41 BST 2007
On Fri, Apr 13, 2007 at 12:33:56AM +0100, TheVeech wrote:
> Yes, I generally set the channel to a non-default one. My neighbours
> are using a Netgear, too, so I'm hoping they didn't have the same idea.
>
You are best off scanning to find out what your neighbours are using:-
alan at hactar:~$ iwlist eth1 scanning | grep Channel
Channel:5
Then change yours to be 1, 5, 9 or 13 - obviously not the same as they are
on :)
See this for detail.
http://www.ja.net/services/publications/techsheets/063-overlapping-channel-problem-v2.pdf
Cheers,
Al.
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