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I don't follow your reasoning at all. It sounds like you are claiming public 802.11 hotspots are more noisy that everyone running their own routers. You do rea
by SavantIdiot 5y ago
I don't follow your reasoning at all.
It sounds like you are claiming public 802.11 hotspots are more noisy that everyone running their own routers. You do realize it is the same spectrum, right? It is literally the same impact, except with a larger BSSID you can route traffic more effectively.
Sharing more stations across phy APS in the same BSSID would be less overall traffic because it can be evenly distributed.
Maybe I missed your point: please explain how personal router vs public hotspot over rented router is different w.r.t. 802.11 interference.
EDIT: Deleted the part where I computed power cost incorrectly, because I'm an eeeediot.
- treesknees 5y agoNo, that is not what I am claiming. If you read the article, the author claims that the 2 unused networks are a source of interference. I'm simply claiming that a busy or utilized hotspot will be a much larger source of potential interference than an unused network doing nothing but broadcasting a few beacon frames every few ms. Your power calculation is only based on the power of the broadcasting signal, not evaluating the electrical load on the router to do so or to process received signals and process traffic (performing NAT, encapsulation, etc.) The article I linked you to clearly states this >According to Speedify’s testing, the router draws 0.14 amps when idle and 0.22 amps when loaded. By the company’s calculations, this comes out to roughly $23 per year at mid-Atlantic power rates
- SavantIdiot 5y agoGotcha. Makes way more sense now. Thanks!