NFS, Why so slow?

[Knapp]

On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 7:25 PM, Steve Lamb <grey at dmiyu.org> wrote:
> Ian Coetzee wrote:
>> For the best channel I would suggest you use a network scanner like
>> wifi-radar or netstumbler (Windows) to find out which channels are the
>> most in use.
>
>     Also just because a channel is clear now doesn't mean it will always be
> clear.  Due to the infinite wisdom of who knows.  There are 3 sections of
> bandwidth which are open to any use.  900Mhz, 2.7Ghz, 5.4Ghz.  Known to us as
> .11b, .11g, .11n.  But they should be recognized as cordless phone
> frequencies.  Which they are.  So if you, or your neighbors, use cordless
> phones your wireless will get trampled.
>
>     Even better, the worst bandwidth to use right now is 2.7Ghz (11.g).  Why?
>  Because cordless phone bases and handsets use different frequencies.
> Handsets are on the one lower than the base.  So a 2.7Ghz base has a handset
> broadcasting on 900Mhz.  A 5.4Ghz base has a handset broadcasting on 2.7Ghz.
> So unless you and/or your neighbors are using an ancient cordless phone either
> the base or handset is going to be squawking on 2.7Ghz.
>
>     I learned all this when trying to use wireless for my connection to 2
> gaming PCs for people playing MMORPGs.  Our cordless phone took the center of
> 2.7Ghz, neighbor on one side took up the lower 3rd of 2.7Ghz and the neighbor
> on the other side took up the upper third.  The machines were on one side, the
> wireless router on the other.  So no matter which portion of the spectrum I
> picked I was screwed by several phones.  :/
>
> --
>          Steve C. Lamb         | But who decides what they dream?

How did you find out all the stuff about what phones where doing what
frequencies?

-- 
Douglas E Knapp

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