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Date: Tue, 04 May 2010 12:54:51 -0500
From: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
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Subject: Philosophical question about channel selection
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A question has been posed on the openSUSE wireless forum that I do not
know how to answer.

In a given neighborhood, there are 802.11g APs at roughly the same
strength on channels 1 and 10 (yes - 10). As this configuration ensures
that there are no clear channels, what would be the best choice? As I
see it, the options are ch 1 with interference across the full channel
width, ch 6 with interference only at the upper end, or ch 11. Which
would get the best throughput?

Thanks,

Larry