OT: wireless (was Re: OT: sbc merger (was ...))

[Kenneth Brody]

Quoting Fairlight (Sun, 23 Apr 2006 23:08:03 -0400):
[...]
> I figured since a burst over the regular G of 54mbit was rare, and I
> hover around 24-48 anyway, I'd just disable G and select a non-default
> channel, thus opting for stability and a higher average than instability
> and a coin-toss average.
>
> Started a 700MB file transfer and did channel switches while watching
> the ETA as it settled out after each channel switch, found 3 good
> channels to choose from.  It's solid now, from what I can tell.
[...]

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