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Cutting Through a Wi-Fi Traffic Jam?

eric3xxx asks: "A week or so after Christmas, I tried to connect to my home wireless network and while I could see my access point I could not connect. After scanning the network, it turned out that there were at least twenty new access points in my apartment building (and in the surrounding buildings). Most of them had names such as 'linksys' and were all set on their respective vendors default channel (apparently a lot of people received 802.11b/g WAPs as presents). I tried changing the channel on my access point, starting at 1 and continuing through all of the channels, and none of them worked (probably since the channels overlap). In any case, I have no clear solution to this problem. I suppose I could boost the signal, however, that also increases noise. Perhaps I could convince my neighbors to put together a shared wireless network. I may just switch to 802.11a since it isn't as widely used." Has anyone else had success in configuring their APs to work in an areas of heavy wireless traffic?

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  1. My first thought... by sH4RD · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    My first thought? FREE INTERNET!

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    WASTE - The Secure P2P
  2. Re:Get an old microwave by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I'd recommend .22 pellet gun > 900 fps & nail the little bastards in the head.

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    No, on further thought I bet you're a sad pathetic fuck, living a futile life in your alcoholic parent's basement (that's your mommy and your new daddy - the one that made you suck his weewee). You're so impotent and irrelevant in this world that you try to effect your mark on this planet by abusing animals. I sincerely hope that someone, a normal human being, catches you and beats you fucking senseless. Well given that you already are, I hope they beat you impotent you dumb motherfucker.