Why Not Auto Channel?

I have channels 1 - 13 so why worry which channel to pick?
Why not select auto or am I missing a point?

Ken

On Wed, 1 Feb 2006 20:37:00 -0000, "Ken" <Reply to NG only> wrote:

>I have channels 1 - 13 so why worry which channel to pick?
>Why not select auto or am I missing a point?

if you choose 1 you can avoid all the default 6 and 11 people.

1,6 and 11 overlap a tiny amount

1,5,9, 13 overlap a little bit

no point being on 10 as you bleed all over the people on 9 anyway, and
vice versa

Phil
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"Ken" <Reply to NG only> wrote in news:43e11bf4$0$29571$da0feed9
@news.zen.co.uk:

> I have channels 1 - 13 so why worry which channel to pick?
> Why not select auto or am I missing a point?

If there's no other wireless networks in the vicinity it doesn't really
matter. You should generally use 1, 6 or 11 to make sure there is no
interferance between neighbouring networks but once you get more than three
it gets a bit cluttered.

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Phil Thompson wrote:
> On Wed, 1 Feb 2006 20:37:00 -0000, "Ken" <Reply to NG only> wrote:
>
>> I have channels 1 - 13 so why worry which channel to pick?
>> Why not select auto or am I missing a point?
>
> if you choose 1 you can avoid all the default 6 and 11 people.
>
> 1,6 and 11 overlap a tiny amount
>
> 1,5,9, 13 overlap a little bit
>
> no point being on 10 as you bleed all over the people on 9 anyway, and
> vice versa
>
> Phil
My neighbours have already taken 1, 6 & 11 - what's my best choice?

David.

On Wed, 01 Feb 2006 23:41:21 +0000, David <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>My neighbours have already taken 1, 6 & 11 - what's my best choice?

14 :-)

8/9 or 3/4 will get less interference than competing with them
directly.

Phil
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