[Nottingham] The arguments with WiFi continue

Neal Ponton neal at tutamail.com
Mon May 16 11:04:49 UTC 2016


Are you sure that the cactus isn't causing spikes?  







I'll leave the thread alone, now. 

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16. May 2016 11:58 by nottingham at mailman.lug.org.uk:


> On 16/05/16 00:47, Martin via Nottingham wrote:
>> Are your devices "MIMO" enabled and with suitable multiple antennas?...
> I'm going by the fact that they say they can deliver 150Mbps and 300Mbps (I 
> accept that one can only get ~60% of the stated speed - more false 
> advertising).
> I'll check the links, but I've done what I can to avoid overlapping 
> channels.
>
> On 16/05/16 10:06, Luke via Nottingham wrote:
>> I wonder if you could list out any electronics within the immediate 
>> vicinity of the set up.
> The devices are: Panasonic TV, VirginMedia box, xbox 360, Rasperry Pi, VM 
> Superhub (in modem mode), one cactus, 6-way socket, 2 mobiles.
> They were all powered off, no Bluetooth was in use and everything bar the 
> router unplugged, the cactus got moved.
>
>> Finally, do you have any knowledge of your neighbours' electronics at
>> all?
> None, bar what the site survey shows me.
>
> There's someone running a b/g network on channel 6 and they all permit b 
> devices (I only allow g/n).
> That could explain the 2.4GHz issue, but not the 5GHz (I'm on channel 40 - 
> chosen automatically).
>
> 2.4Ghz Survey (SSIDs and MACs redacted)
> SSID 	Mode 	MAC  	Channel(Freq) 	Rssi 	Noise 	beacon 	Open 	dtim 	Rate
> 24.1	AP	**:52	1 (2412 MHz)	-75	-93	100	No	0	300(b/g/n)	
> 24.2 	AP	**:F8	5 (2432 MHz)	-78	-94	100	No	0	300(b/g/n)	
> 24.3 	AP	**:81	11 (2462 MHz)	-77	-94	100	No	0	300(b/g/n)	
> 24.4 	AP	**:EE	1 (2412 MHz)	-86	-93	100	No	0	300(b/g/n)	
> 24.5 	AP	**:1B	6 (2437 MHz)	-87	-94	100	No	0	54(b/g)	
> 24.6 	AP	**:D8	11 (2462 MHz)	-72	-94	100	No	0	300(b/g/n)
>
> 5GHz Survey (SSIDs and MACs redacted)
> SSID 	Mode 	MAC 	Channel(Freq) 	Rssi 	Noise 	beacon 	Open 	dtim 	Rate
> 5.1	AP	**:87	40 (5200 MHz)	-88	-95	100	No	0	450(a/n)	
> 5.2	AP	**:90	44 (5220 MHz)	-90	-95	100	No	0	450(a/n)	
>
> Out of curiosity - do you folks get decent WiFi speeds? I've been using 
> "iperf" to test.
>
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