No routers allowed?
Two campgrounds I have been in lately have had in their handouts a restriction on routers. The one I am in now has this: We're sorry, but NO routers are permitted at XXXX Campground. Outside rou...
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Bill.Winegard wrote:
There just is a misconception that 2 devices on the same channel will create a conflict which is not true. It "can" be true, but the reality is that many devices can operate simultaneously on the same or side by side channel without issue.
So if it "can" be true why do you keep saying its not true?
2 devices on the same channel can and do cause conflict. Its called in my field "co-channel" or "adjacent channel" interference. I set up and maintain wireless networks for a living (Network Engineer at Verizon for 30 years). I agree that at an RV park this is going to be a rare if never occurring condition, but it does happen. We do an event in Long Beach, CA (Long Beach Grand Prix) where we have many 20+ teams that set up very powerful wireless networks that (using many different channels) cause us much trouble with our network. Its the amount of xmt/rcv power each of these access points put out that causes the zone interference. One of the biggest producers of interference we have found is wireless cameras.
When an AP senses interference it will stop all its transmission until the interference is done, losing all the packets it was going to xmt/rcv, resulting in packet loss and degradation of bandwidth.(thats why most people don't even notice the interference as its a temporary condition) but when teams are transmitting large amounts of data and wireless video all day, its a big issue.
You obviously don't understand how an RF radio works. I suggest doing some research, and next April 11-13 make your way to Long Beach, CA and I will personally show you this as it happens. Send me a PM when you arrive.
