• CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de
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    2 days ago

    I hate the local ISP who hands out “free range extenders” as a promo. They all broadcast at 100% and use 80mhz channels. I pick up something like 150 networks in my house, which is just ridiculous.

    Then add in the garbage chip in my laptop… ugh. Channel sharing can’t come too soon.

    • JasonDJ@lemmy.zip
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      2 days ago

      Yeah, I know.

      Add to that “secret” repeaters. Take for example the Amazon Echo Chime. Combination Smart doorbell speaker/802.11n repeater (2.4GHz only).

      You connect to that, good luck.

      Oh and people installing repeaters not knowing how they work, putting them someplace with a piss-poor signal and putting their computer next to it, thinking it will be better now that they have “full” signal. Their laptop may have a strong signal to the repeater, but the repeater to the AP is weak, so everything connected to the repeater is weak.