Sorry if this is a noob kind of question, but do new routers randomly select a wireless channel? I was scanning the surrounding wireless networks around my home with inSSIDer and there are a few networks that change between channels 1, 6, and 11 throughout the day.
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Question about wireless channels
- Thread starter AMD_RULES
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1, 6, and 11 are the default channels. They do this because they dont overlap with each other.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:2.4_GHz_Wi-Fi_channels_(802.11b,g_WLAN).svg
Do the SAME routers switch to different channels throughout the day or are you just noticing routers that are on different channels?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:2.4_GHz_Wi-Fi_channels_(802.11b,g_WLAN).svg
Do the SAME routers switch to different channels throughout the day or are you just noticing routers that are on different channels?
1, 6, and 11 are the default channels. They do this because they dont overlap with each other.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:2.4_GHz_Wi-Fi_channels_(802.11b,g_WLAN).svg
Do the SAME routers switch to different channels throughout the day or are you just noticing routers that are on different channels?
As I stated in my original post, the same SSIDs change channels throughout the day.