1-6-11 vs 1-5-9-13

[SimpleSi]

Which of the above do you run at your place in terms of AP channels

If other - what and why?

 

Simon

[Quackers]

1-6-11 as 12 and 13 are not for use in the UK, and a lot of network cards won't see those channels on devices with a UK location as the driver says no.

[psydii]

There are no other options, and only 1-6-11 is well tested by vendors and ch13 has been known to cause problems.

 

Additionally, though I've never found/seen experimental evidence to support it, in busy networks it is often said by specialists that the channel edges are too close and cause cross-channel interference in the 1-5-9-13 model.

 

Finally if you can see nearby networks using the 1-6-11 patten and you are trying to use the 4 channel model you will cripple performance of both networks.

Edited January 22, 2016 by psydii

[DalekSec]

I prefer 4-4-2 Diamond Wide, this way you get a defensive midfielders, and also an attacking one. Leaves left and right midfielders with plenty of space to work with and you still have 2 strikers!

 

But in all seriousness 1-6-11,

Edited January 22, 2016 by DalekSec

[psydii]

Channel 13 is licensed in the uk, but sometime drivers don't support it. (Which is probably a better way of writing my first point above)

[simpsonj]

Running Aerohive on a 1-5-9-13 arrangement. Now wondering whether it's worth shifting to a 1-6-11, though as a rural school we don't have other WiFi to contend with.

[Quackers]

Channel 13 is licensed in the uk, but sometime drivers don't support it. (Which is probably a better way of writing my first point above)

 

My mistake , i just remember back in 2004 when i put WiFi in the school that the machines with Intel Wireless cards could not see channel 12 and 13 unless i changed country code, and others could not see it at all, so just avoided 12 and 13 ever since.

[SimpleSi]

Back in 2004 - I was still running WfWg3.11

[Quackers]

Back in 2004 - I was still running WfWg3.11

 

in 2004?! I had just moved from CC2.4/Win98 to Vanilla XP. Well at least WfWg 3.11 had no WiFi issues

[SimpleSi]

So 1-6-11 wins

 

Ta

 

Simon