On Tue, Jul 09, 2013 at 07:04:29PM +0100, MJ Ray wrote:
The good folk on IRC suggest getting a 5GHz band (802.11n) access point but I fear any relief will be temporary as the BT hubs get upgraded to similarly-misbehaving 5GHz kit. Or is it more resilient?
As I suggested on irc moving to 5Ghz is sensible, I've been using it for something like 6 or 7 years now with zero problems. Even from here I can see about 10 2.4Ghz access points and only 1 5Ghz access point.
The other thing of note is that lots of other devices share 2.4Ghz (wireless baby monitors, remote telly senders etc. etc.) which is what prompted me to go to 5Ghz in the first place when a neighbour got a baby monitor that splatted all over 2.4Ghz.
Just because you can see lots of access points out there in 2.4Ghz doesn't mean that they are causing the problems you're experiencing.
Adam