Comment Using three channels at once... (Score 1) 166
Suppose you had a wireless router in your house and you wanted to have computers (or something) in your house on channels 1 6 and 11. You've got two options, as far as I can tell from rudimentry networking class: Either set your router to time division multiplex (process 1 for T seconds, process 6 for T seconds, process 11 for T seconds, repeat) or get three access points and plug them into a hub/rounter, set one to work on 1, one to work on 6, one to work on 11. What these guys do seems like the equivalent of this last option in one box.
(http://www.engim.com/products_technology.ht ml)
Regarding wireless phones and Wi-Fi: you're going to run into problems no matter what if you try to operate on three channels at once. Simply because an access point can operate on three channels at once doesn't mean that it will pump out crap regardless of whether or not you're using those channels. So the notion of these guys monopolizing the 2.4GHz band against your will seems far-fetched...I think your microwave screwing up your WLAN is more of a worry.
(http://www.engim.com/products_technology.h
Regarding wireless phones and Wi-Fi: you're going to run into problems no matter what if you try to operate on three channels at once. Simply because an access point can operate on three channels at once doesn't mean that it will pump out crap regardless of whether or not you're using those channels. So the notion of these guys monopolizing the 2.4GHz band against your will seems far-fetched...I think your microwave screwing up your WLAN is more of a worry.
