Which wifi channel should I choose for better wifi connection?

[spidey07]

Then change them to channel 6 and 11 so they don't overlap.

 

[Puppies04]

You will find that a lot of them are set to auto so work your way through the channels and you might get lucky and make some other routers jump away from your band.

 

[WelshBloke]

Then change them to channel 6 and 11 so they don't overlap.

It's both the same connection.

Basically my ISP let's me connect to any other private router provided by them. That's the connection that let's them connect to me.

So it's free wifi for me when I'm out and about but no ah heck connects to mine because I live in the middle of nowhere. Win/win

 

[baydude]

Then change them to channel 6 and 11 so they don't overlap.

I tried all the channels and still get drops

 

[spidey07]

I tried all the channels and still get drops

Wireless is slow. It will always be slow.

In your environment the only help is moving to 5 ghz

 

[Engineer]

I tried all the channels and still get drops

I agree with Spidey but another possibility is a bad router/firmware. I have seen routers that couldn't hold a connection for an hour work great after a firmware upgrade. Good luck.

 

[spidey07]

I agree with Spidey but another possibility is a bad router/firmware. I have seen routers that couldn't hold a connection for an hour work great after a firmware upgrade. Good luck.

Looking at his spectrum his noise floor is 80.

He's fucked at 2.4. I'm surprised it works at all.

 

[Engineer]

Wireless is slow. It will always be slow.

In your environment the only help is moving to 5 ghz

If the distance was short enough, he could move to 60GHz (part of the 802.11ad draft specification - AKA WiGig). I bet nobody in the complex has that kind of frequency (not sure of cost or availability yet).

 

[John Connor]

60 GHz??? Holy shit! Never heard of that before.

I just tried Newegg to see if they sell WiGig and they don't.

 

[jaedaliu]

If the distance was short enough, he could move to 60GHz (part of the 802.11ad draft specification - AKA WiGig). I bet nobody in the complex has that kind of frequency (not sure of cost or availability yet).

He's in a SF apartment. I'm sure by the time it shows up from Amazon, those channels will be saturated too.

Should have upgraded to drone delivery.

 

[John Connor]

OP, Like I said try updating your firmware to the router and if that still doesn't work I would invest in 5 GHz. Use Insidder to see if there are 5 GHz SSIDs out there. I kinda doubt it. I have seen only one over here.

 

[Carson Dyle]

The problem with channel 4 is that it overlaps other channels. Channels 1, 6 and 11 are the pure channels with the remaining ones overlapping each other.

They ALL overlap other channels. The only thing about 1, 6 and 11 is that they don't overlap each other. Channels 1 and 11 overlap fewer channels because they have no channels below or above, respectively.

 

[baydude]

What difference does choosing a channel that doesn't overlap make when there are already 20 people on each channel?

 

[spidey07]

What difference does choosing a channel that doesn't overlap make when there are already 20 people on each channel?

It doesn't. That's when 5 Ghz is the only solution.

The 2.4 Ghz spectrum is quickly becoming unusable because of crowding.

 

[Engineer]

They ALL overlap other channels. The only thing about 1, 6 and 11 is that they don't overlap each other. Channels 1 and 11 overlap fewer channels because they have no channels below or above, respectively.

Ah, I stand corrected. Sorry.

 

[Engineer]

60 GHz??? Holy shit! Never heard of that before.

I just tried Newegg to see if they sell WiGig and they don't.

Only available on Dell laptops and their respective docking stations for now.

 

[Gunbuster]

Are any of the neighbors running WEP? You could crack them and change all the routers to one channel freeing up the rest for you.