[ubuntu-uk] The Latest Wireless

[Alan Pope]

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.