From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-we0-x236.google.com (mail-we0-x236.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c03::236]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by huchra.bufferbloat.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 693E021F1C4 for ; Tue, 17 Dec 2013 10:51:56 -0800 (PST) Received: by mail-we0-f182.google.com with SMTP id q59so6596496wes.13 for ; Tue, 17 Dec 2013 10:51:54 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject :from:to:cc:content-type; bh=7UWQWrlyFmeLtHt9LERyZWKxLGvxrfzhllK0Zfxv6ck=; b=uJi6+q/d/audqdS5SjcPnhJNM1BkiBtyQ83dei6OBPNNDe2E2QNOQGCIGKUhntrYeT MN6up8sRyhYgetaMBkXspJj83ZB/mN3W+n6LmvJ9CQjY72BvRvkTt3IrsXv7hhhc2gOW 23ZGbmTvEi3V+gn0UKwcRQEMJYduBuN7rRJzaFp27SOaXCI3azg8YYHhSnSuh8MWuwk8 R2icNVGkjscVr3dyMwWCt4S5X8Yb0x+d42s8ZFap5iuSBwTkxbAzXXBIgrRbmh0s0Rtb o6Y6Wnw7vRzVbko362PrJnAc1htNIcrtwWU+Z8SbhG0BpBNiVuMhjGYLv5pm/TA5Zia9 oDlA== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.194.161.233 with SMTP id xv9mr14084620wjb.79.1387306314177; Tue, 17 Dec 2013 10:51:54 -0800 (PST) Sender: gettysjim@gmail.com Received: by 10.227.134.74 with HTTP; Tue, 17 Dec 2013 10:51:54 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <18972.1387302855@sandelman.ca> References: <52AF797E.6030600@imap.cc> <18972.1387302855@sandelman.ca> Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2013 13:51:54 -0500 X-Google-Sender-Auth: zpuiXPf_3z8lK_SDm8Tthq9yZRE Message-ID: From: Jim Gettys To: Michael Richardson Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=089e013d1f9e0d389b04edbf6cc9 Cc: "cerowrt-devel@lists.bufferbloat.net" Subject: Re: [Cerowrt-devel] treating 2.4ghz as -legacy? X-BeenThere: cerowrt-devel@lists.bufferbloat.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: Development issues regarding the cerowrt test router project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2013 18:51:56 -0000 --089e013d1f9e0d389b04edbf6cc9 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 12:54 PM, Michael Richardson wrote: > > Fred Stratton wrote: > > For best 5GHz results, get rid of your walls and doors... > > > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/09/14/virgin_media_superhub_update_modem_mode/ > > Yeah, in my house, my experience with 5Ghz is that it means the network > doesn't work. > I sometimes have a similar situation in my house. And I live in a radio quiet area, so I don't face the usual tradeoff of polluted 2.4ghz. But it does make it very hard to simply recommend 5 over 2.4ghz; there is no single "right answer"; the answer is "it depends" for the simple one router case. And the right solution is more routers, and using 5ghz once you have them. Sigh... - Jim > > > _______________________________________________ > Cerowrt-devel mailing list > Cerowrt-devel@lists.bufferbloat.net > https://lists.bufferbloat.net/listinfo/cerowrt-devel > --089e013d1f9e0d389b04edbf6cc9 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable


On Tue= , Dec 17, 2013 at 12:54 PM, Michael Richardson <mcr@sandelman.ca> wrote:

Fred Stratton <fredstratton@imap.cc> wrote:
=A0 =A0 > For best 5GHz results, get rid of your walls and doors...

=A0 =A0 > http://www.theregister.co.= uk/2011/09/14/virgin_media_superhub_update_modem_mode/

Yeah, in my house, my experience with 5Ghz is that it means the netwo= rk
doesn't work.

I sometimes have a similar situation in my hou= se. =A0And I live in a radio quiet area, so I don't face the usual trad= eoff of polluted 2.4ghz.


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But it does mak= e it very hard to simply recommend 5 over 2.4ghz; there is no single "= right answer"; the answer is "it depends" for the simple one= router case.

A= nd the right solution is more routers, and using 5ghz once you have them.

Sigh...
=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 = =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 - Jim


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