Spectrum Analyzers for Wifi

Hi,

I scooped up a spectrum analyzer on Ebay for less than a hundred bucks. It
consists of the software, drivers and a PCMCIA NIC for my notebook computer.
(a PCI to PCMCIA card would work if I wanted to put it in my desktop.

Anyway, I see many people asking questions about connection rates and poor
signals, etc. I had the same problem until I bought my Spectrum Analyzer on
Ebay.... I installed the drivers, the card and the utility and started
analyzing the 2.4 Ghz range, and discovered my neighbor had an AP on channel
6, and my other neighbor had one on channel 11.

So, I configured my AP to be on channel 1, and it has been working
flawlessly ever since. Thought I would share that with everyone.

Tim

Timothy Dennehy wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I scooped up a spectrum analyzer on Ebay for less than a hundred bucks. It
> consists of the software, drivers and a PCMCIA NIC for my notebook computer.
> (a PCI to PCMCIA card would work if I wanted to put it in my desktop.
>
> Anyway, I see many people asking questions about connection rates and poor
> signals, etc. I had the same problem until I bought my Spectrum Analyzer on
> Ebay.... I installed the drivers, the card and the utility and started
> analyzing the 2.4 Ghz range, and discovered my neighbor had an AP on channel
> 6, and my other neighbor had one on channel 11.
>
> So, I configured my AP to be on channel 1, and it has been working
> flawlessly ever since. Thought I would share that with everyone.
>
> Tim
>
>

Couldn't you have done this for free with the site survey button
on your wireless NIC management software?
mike

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Or even with a tool such as NetStumbler?

On Sun, 14 Sep 2003 10:28:12 -0700, mike <(E-Mail Removed)> declared:

>Timothy Dennehy wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I scooped up a spectrum analyzer on Ebay for less than a hundred bucks. It
>> consists of the software, drivers and a PCMCIA NIC for my notebook computer.
>> (a PCI to PCMCIA card would work if I wanted to put it in my desktop.
>>
>> Anyway, I see many people asking questions about connection rates and poor
>> signals, etc. I had the same problem until I bought my Spectrum Analyzer on
>> Ebay.... I installed the drivers, the card and the utility and started
>> analyzing the 2.4 Ghz range, and discovered my neighbor had an AP on channel
>> 6, and my other neighbor had one on channel 11.
>>
>> So, I configured my AP to be on channel 1, and it has been working
>> flawlessly ever since. Thought I would share that with everyone.
>>
>> Tim
>>
>>
>
>Couldn't you have done this for free with the site survey button
>on your wireless NIC management software?
>mike

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