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In article <281120122352249038%nospam@nospam.invalid>, nospam
<nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:

> In article <281120122041103024%otto@bogus.address.com>, Otto Pylot
> <otto@bogus.address.com> wrote:
> 
> > The AEBS is in the "computer room", on a desk at the far wall. I could
> > probably move it about 6' closer to the doorway (which would make it
> > closer to the family room in terms of footage) and about 4' higher on a
> > metal filing cabinet.
> 
> the metal cabinet might be an issue. try other locations.
> 
> > I've thought about an Apple Express for the family room but I'm not
> > familiar with extending the signal and I'm afraid it would still pick
> > up "interference" from the neighbors.
> 
> it should work, depending how you set it up. ideally, you should run a
> cable to the other end of the house and set up another base station, or
> at least a cable to the middle of the house and put the single base
> station there. 
> 
> having a base station wirelessly extend it sometimes has issues when
> the client device is in the middle of the two. it's best when it's
> linear.
> 
> > I hadn't thought about auto-join for my laptop and the iPhone 5 (and
> > 4). Is there a way to delete the networks I don't want now, leave the
> > ones that I do want, and then turn-off auto-join? This is really more
> > for my iPhone 5 (which is where I really want the selectivity).
> 
> you can join the networks you don't want to join and then tap the blue
> arrow and then the forget this network button. you can review what it
> knows about with one of the backup extractor utilities and read the
> plist. if you've never joined the neighbor's network then it's not in
> there so no need to delete.

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).

Running cable is not an option.

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

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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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