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Lots of legacy tech is also one of the reasons why Wi-Fi sucks. If you do one thing today, disable 802.11b on your router. 802.11b beacons alone can completely
by r1ch 10y ago
Lots of legacy tech is also one of the reasons why Wi-Fi sucks. If you do one thing today, disable 802.11b on your router. 802.11b beacons alone can completely jam a 2.4 GHz channel in dense deployments, exasperated by those ISPs that broadcast their own SSIDs from your home router.
I wrote a more in depth blog about this at https://r1ch.net/blog/wifi-beacon-pollution https://r1ch.net/blog/wifi-beacon-pollution
- extra88 10y agoHuh, I have an older Airport Extreme, it doesn't look like I can disable 802.11b. I can't disable the 2.4GHz band either. Airports were never known for their configurability.
- watersb 10y agoOn my iPad right now. My first-generation "Time Capsule" has four options I can set via the iOS Airport Utility. 802.11n (b/g compatible) 802.11n only (2GHz) 802.11n (a compatible) 802.11n only (5GHz) I gave away my AirPort a while ago, it was also first-gen of its kind so I think it only did 802.11a