[wellylug] WiFi

[Mark Foster]

> Is it using the default channel (6)? I've been told (but no proof) and it
> seems to bear out in practice, that channel 6 in NZ is close to police,
> taxi
> or some other commonly used frequency that can upset it. I do know of one
> case where I setup a bridge between two buildings about 200 metres apart,
> and using parabloic antennae, changing from channel 6 to8 solved a lot of
> problems (using Linksys gear at both ends)
> Peter

This is also worth noting (the channel thing). If everyone uses Ch6 it
gets fairly busy, and the busier it is the narrower your available
bandwidth / shorter your range.

However Wireless 802.11 is at 2.4Ghz and various other higher frequencies:

http://www.med.govt.nz/rsm/licensing/frl/information.html

Police UHF is well below 500Mhz...

Mark.