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Interesting to see this researched, but I think this isn't really applicable to most people's situation at home, where there's 1-3 access points, and most often
by tomsmeding 10y ago
Interesting to see this researched, but I think this isn't really applicable to most people's situation at home, where there's 1-3 access points, and most often you just want to connect to a specific one. Then you don't really need software telling you that connecting will be slow, because you know, but you just want to connect.
Besides, in my experience, having a lot of wifi interference is a huge PITA when connecting or communicating with an AP. Maybe they were not able to include that factor in their dataset for some reason, but I think you'd find a strong (negative) correlation.
- icebraining 10y agoProbably not at home, but that's not when I want to connect faster. I use the Fonera network when I'm in the street, and there's often three or four APs near me, so this could be helpful. Another case is campus wifi, when I was in college. In both of these cases, I want to connect to a specific SSID, but not to a specific AP.