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Walls, bricks, mobile devices, and WiFi networks – a good mixture of stuff, not all of which plays nice together….
I’ve recently been re-architecting my home network, so that all of my mobile devices (and in those include laptop and netbook, since they are portable) can access a network easily, no matter where I am in the house. Now, I don’t have the largest of house by any means, but the surprising effects of a few decent walls are that a WiFi signal for example becomes extremely erratic.
To counter this problem, I have encrypted powerline networking running, allowing the re-hubbing of the wireless signal – since mobile device don’t have the greatest WiFi aerials, it is a case of needing to put a wireless signal in proximity of them.
Then the other day a though occurred to me – how many lots of wireless overlap do I have running? Well I reckon it’s at least 4 lots:
- Wireless network 1
- Wireless network 2 (created because the first doesn’t reach to certain areas of the house)
- Baby Monitor type 1
- Baby (Video) Monitor type 2
All of these operate in the 2.4GHz band, right in that sweetspot of WiFi – and then on top of that you can add another 6 networks (at least) from neighbours in the near vicinity. That’s a LOT of crossover, yet everything seems to work – for now.
So I think that’s a decent amount of overlap wirelessly, going on at home – question is, can you beat it? C’mon, post up a comment and let us know – including whether you get any interference issues….
About The Author
Ben Robinson
Ben is a 10+ year veteran of the Mobile industry – starting his career when SMS was a still a relatively new concept for most people (!), he has now consulted on everything from bleeding-edge Mobile content, to the next-gen accessories you might view it on. As a result he has a broad and deep knowledge in numerous areas of Mobile – from network operators to device vendors, to infrastructure and middleware vendors (not to mention content delivery) – and has worked for companies in all of these areas! He is based in the UK, a hotbed of activity for mobile, and recently became a father for the second time – as oppose to in his younger years when he was happy spend time tweaking all manner of mobile devices to 'nth' degree, he now looks for services and hardware that provide the most efficient, compact, and reliable improvements to his already manic life! It’s his opinion that Mobile solutions should be there to help to make your life better – if a particular solution (be it service or device) isn’t doing this, he believes you need to ask the very important question of why you continue to use it... His focus at IntoMobile is mainly on Mobile content, services, and infrastructure, particularly as regards the UK market – and with the occasional look at devices. Additionally, using his extensive experience in the industry, he will provide commentary on the industry at large, with regular (and hopefully thought-provoking) articles.
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