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Why do you think 1.2 GHz would be less congested? Wi-Fi is congested because (1) lots of neighbors, especially in urban areas, and especially on lower bands wh
by tjohns 3y ago
Why do you think 1.2 GHz would be less congested?
Wi-Fi is congested because (1) lots of neighbors, especially in urban areas, and especially on lower bands where the signal penetrates walls better, and (2) unlicensed devices have to tolerate interference from other unlicensed devices, and (3) limited overall spectrum bandwidth, particularly as you go down the spectrum.
1.2 GHz would have all these same problems, but worse by being at a lower band.
- SOLAR_FIELDS 3y agoThere is consumer level software that lets you analyze bands and channels and select less noisy ones. If that kind of feature was somehow integrated into WiFi itself alongside widening spectrum bandwidth, that would probably go a long way. Easier said than done, I know, but there's got to be some better solution than running some program and looking at what's being used once a month or so.
- itishappy 3y agoI'd always assumed most access points already do this. For example, the 2.4GHz band has 14 channels and I've never told my setup which one to use.
- incahoots 3y ago>2.4GHz band has 14 channels and I've never told my setup which one to use. This is an issue because some channels don't overlap, so if there's interference on a particular channel, your throughput is going to tank. Additionally, if the gateway/router/ap is always switching channels this will cause low power devices (nearly anything mobile) to disconnect and attempt to reconnect. I'm still under the assumption that it's preferred to pull a Wifi survey before deploying any hardware so that it can be setup properly to function reliably.
- vGPU 3y agoEven my (extremely basic) modem from my cable provider does this. Auto channel switching/selection has been around for half a decade at the minimum.
- callalex 3y agoMy point is that there is so much other stuff sharing 2.4 ghz and it makes no sense to also have the most used wireless protocol also stuck in that same congested area. If we actually allocated spectrum in proportion to how people actually use it, WiFi should have a lot more available to use.