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Re: Blocking the neighbor's WiFi

From nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject Re: Blocking the neighbor's WiFi
Date 2012-11-29 02:35 -0800
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID <291120120235247702%nospam@nospam.invalid> (permalink)
References <281120121830466586%otto@bogus.address.com> <281120122237289291%nospam@nospam.invalid> <281120122041103024%otto@bogus.address.com> <281120122352249038%nospam@nospam.invalid> <281120122253511768%otto@bogus.address.com>

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In article <281120122253511768%otto@bogus.address.com>, Otto Pylot
<otto@bogus.address.com> wrote:

> I've always had a bad feeling about the metal filing cabinet because it
> sits between the AEBS (which is about 7' away and on a desk) and the
> doorway of the room. However, I've had very few issues in the past with
> WiFi until I got the iPhone 5 (and the 4 came home for the holiday).

that's not good. can you put it higher up, well above the metal cabinet?

> Running cable is not an option.

oh well. 

> I've never joined any of the neighbors networks.

then it won't auto-join them if you have auto-join disabled.

> I just see them listed
> under the Airport icon on my Air (and the list seems to be getting
> longer every week). I just figured if they were listed as detectable,
> then the iPhone (or the Air) would try to connect and if the strength
> of the signals (mine and their's) fluctuated, then the iPhone would be
> constantly trying to connect to the stronger signal, and if
> unsuccessful, go on to the next one. Or do I have that all wrong?

it won't if you set it to not do that.

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Blocking the neighbor's WiFi Otto Pylot <otto@bogus.address.com> - 2012-11-28 18:30 -0800
  Re: Blocking the neighbor's WiFi Tom Stiller <tom_stiller@yahoo.com> - 2012-11-28 22:23 -0500
  Re: Blocking the neighbor's WiFi nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2012-11-28 22:37 -0800
    Re: Blocking the neighbor's WiFi Otto Pylot <otto@bogus.address.com> - 2012-11-28 20:41 -0800
      Re: Blocking the neighbor's WiFi nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2012-11-28 23:52 -0800
        Re: Blocking the neighbor's WiFi Otto Pylot <otto@bogus.address.com> - 2012-11-28 22:53 -0800
          Re: Blocking the neighbor's WiFi nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2012-11-29 02:35 -0800
          Re: Blocking the neighbor's WiFi Lampje <eternal-september.spamonice@antichef.net> - 2012-11-30 01:03 +0100
            Re: Blocking the neighbor's WiFi David Stone <no.email@domain.invalid> - 2012-11-30 09:52 -0500
              Re: Blocking the neighbor's WiFi "Thomas R. Kettler" <tkettler@blownfuse.net> - 2012-11-30 14:22 -0500
      Re: Blocking the neighbor's WiFi Martin Ī¤rautmann <t-usenet@gmx.net> - 2012-11-29 06:41 +0000
      Re: Blocking the neighbor's WiFi Suze <replytome@thenewsgroup.com> - 2012-11-29 13:31 -0600
      Re: Blocking the neighbor's WiFi Fred McKenzie <fmmck@aol.com> - 2012-11-29 18:44 -0500
  Re: Blocking the neighbor's WiFi Bob Harris <nospam.News.Bob@remove.Smith-Harris.us> - 2012-11-29 21:59 -0500
    Re: Blocking the neighbor's WiFi Otto Pylot <otto@bogus.address.com> - 2012-11-29 21:13 -0800
      Re: Blocking the neighbor's WiFi nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2012-11-30 00:34 -0800
      Re: Blocking the neighbor's WiFi Bob Harris <nospam.News.Bob@remove.Smith-Harris.us> - 2012-11-30 19:47 -0500
        Re: Blocking the neighbor's WiFi Otto Pylot <otto@bogus.address.com> - 2012-11-30 21:22 -0800
          Re: Blocking the neighbor's WiFi Fred McKenzie <fmmck@aol.com> - 2012-12-02 13:56 -0500

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