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In article <281120121830466586%otto@bogus.address.com>, Otto Pylot
<otto@bogus.address.com> wrote:

> I'm almost embarrassed to ask this but is there anyway to block my
> neighbors WiFi signals from intruding into my home?

there is wifi blocking wallpaper, but unless you cover the windows too,
it's not really going to help.

<http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/05/anti-wifi-wallpap
er-lets-cellular-and-radio-through/>

> I have an AEBS (4th
> Gen) router. We have numerous WiFi devices that have always worked
> perfectly for a long time. About a month ago I bought an iPhone 5. WiFi
> worked great with a nice strong signal. My daughter has an iPhone 4
> which has always worked equally as well. When she was home for the
> holidays she was complaining that she couldn't connect to our network.
> I noticed that my iPhone was also having the same issue (from the same
> location in the house btw). Firing up iStumbler I noticed that there
> were a lot more WIFI signals detectable from the same location in my
> house than there used to be. Some quite strong and all protected.
> Moving the iPhones around the house resolved the connection issues. So
> I'm thinking that in the family room, there are very strong
> neighborhood signals that are causing the iPhones to search and attempt
> to lock on to. The other WiFi devices in the family room don't seem to
> be having connection issues. So, is this 1) an issue unique to the
> iPhones? 2) an AEBS setup issue? 3) true interference from the
> neighbors WiFIs? 4) can I make my WiFi signal (2.4GHz) stronger to
> "overpower" the other signals? and 5) is there really anything I can do
> about it or is this just life in the WiFi age? Oh, and we have a
> utility SmartMeter on the same side of the house but I've never noticed
> any interference issues with it. Thanks.

there's not much you can do, but a signal from a neighboring house
should be weaker than one from your own house. 

you could move your base station so it's stronger in the family room,
or maybe get a second one for that end of the house.

you could pick a different channel but that probably won't help that
much since the devices seek the strongest signal. however, if you turn
off auto-join, it will join only networks you've previously associated,
which would be yours and not your neighbor's. 

if all devices support 5 ghz, you could switch to that, but in your
case that won't work since one device is an iphone 4 and it does not
support 5 ghz.

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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 Τrautmann <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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