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Re: FIRST is realy looking into the Einstein problems

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Originally Posted by normpear2 View Post
It could be the lack of available empty Channels for WiFi to broadcast over.
The fields currently use 5ghz 802.11N. A field has one AP with 6/7 virtual networks on the same channel set. 802.11 is also capable of running multiple networks on a single channel, although that's not terribly efficient, as the error rate will be fairly high, but that's why 802.11 needs so much bandwidth and error correction code.

However, that dosen't stop the D-link bridge from scanning all of the 2.4ghz networks it finds.

Another however, this thread is not about speculating on what happened. I am glad that they acknowledge that there is a radio/communication problem.
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