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Before making any attempt to use any wireless channel,
you should first analyze your wireless environnment and
its pollution level.
For this kind of analysis, I advise you to use
iStumbler which is a pretty good tool to analyze wireless
environnment.
Once you have sorted all your neighbor networks along their signal
strength, you'll be able to choose a ...
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The 5GHz is all hype. It can be faster, only if you're close to it. 2.4GHz is still superior in range and as you know, WiFi speed drops off the further away you get from your access point.
The only time I've found 5GHz useful is: When many other networks are interfering with mine. (in between two large apartment buildings with 12+ networks bouncing ...
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Bluetooth and WiFi do use the same 2.4GHz1 frequency bands (as do many other things), so they could interfere relatively easily. It also doesn't help that there are a lot of networks in your area. However, I find it highly unlikely that the interference would cause you to lose your connection, given that the video shows a full 4 bars when you are connected.
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