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<blockquote data-quote="Eric Eskam" data-source="post: 101544" data-attributes="member: 2124">Re: iPadsSomeone probably fired up a personal hotspot on their phone right on top of the channel you were using :x~:-x~<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f621.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":mad:" title="Mad&nbsp; &nbsp; :mad:"&nbsp; data-smilie="4"data-shortname=":mad:" />&nbsp; Which is the real problem with wirless - you have no control over how others use the spectrum around you. It&#039;s always been a problem with wireless in general - interference with wireless mic&#039;s and stuff, but with wifi and portable cellular based hotspots the problem is getting ridiculous.&nbsp; One thing I would HIGHLY encourage everyone to do is in whatever router you are using, get up into the 5GHz band and if possible just turn the 2 GHz off entirely.&nbsp; With the Apple routers, you can set up a separate SSID for the 5 GHz band separate from the 2 GHz bands.&nbsp; At a minimum do that - it will force your clients like the iPads to use the 5GHz band, which is less crowded.&nbsp;&nbsp; And I just checked, even my iPad 1 see&#039;s my 5GHz network.&nbsp; If they release a new iPad that supports the new ac standard, it might be worth jumping on that just to, again, get to less crowded bands.&nbsp; It&#039;s too bad for uses like you had that there isn&#039;t an Ethernet dongle option to just eliminate wireless from the equation when you really don&#039;t need it.EDIT: Good article talking about setting up a dedicated 5GHz network with an Airport:&nbsp; <a href="http://www.macinstruct.com/node/548" target="_blank">http://www.macinstruct.com/node/548</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Eric Eskam, post: 101544, member: 2124"] Re: iPads Someone probably fired up a personal hotspot on their phone right on top of the channel you were using :x~:-x~:mad: Which is the real problem with wirless - you have no control over how others use the spectrum around you. It's always been a problem with wireless in general - interference with wireless mic's and stuff, but with wifi and portable cellular based hotspots the problem is getting ridiculous. One thing I would HIGHLY encourage everyone to do is in whatever router you are using, get up into the 5GHz band and if possible just turn the 2 GHz off entirely. With the Apple routers, you can set up a separate SSID for the 5 GHz band separate from the 2 GHz bands. At a minimum do that - it will force your clients like the iPads to use the 5GHz band, which is less crowded. And I just checked, even my iPad 1 see's my 5GHz network. If they release a new iPad that supports the new ac standard, it might be worth jumping on that just to, again, get to less crowded bands. It's too bad for uses like you had that there isn't an Ethernet dongle option to just eliminate wireless from the equation when you really don't need it. EDIT: Good article talking about setting up a dedicated 5GHz network with an Airport: [url]http://www.macinstruct.com/node/548[/url] [/QUOTE]

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