Force adapter to connect to a specific WiFi band based on IP address?

[Grisu]

While it is true a lot of us do overstate the overhead as per this link:

It's misleading as that page shows SSID overhead for an early implementation of 802.11 B over 1 Mbps. It shows a whopping 3.22% per SSID per AP on any given channel:

If you play with the spread sheet it shows more like 0.43% for the B over 11 Mbps that we are all accustomed to. Look at all the "green" now!

G over 54 Mbps shows only 0.11% overhead:

The spreadsheet was written before N and AC but if you look and A over 5 GHz it shows about 0.12%. One should assume N and AC only gets better?

SSIDs: It would seem like if you need 'em - use 'em. I also "think" it would be reasonable -in this day and age- to run N only on the 2.4 GHz band to further reduce overhead?

Thanks a lot for this very good presentation!
Would like to give you 100 likes but there is only 1 button
Where did you get those other sheets for b/g/n/ac? I get only error-404.

Are these screenshots from Excel calculator?
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjLuLW0gcjiAhVYAhAIHZmoAh0QFjABegQIAhAC&url=http://www.revolutionwifi.net/s/Wi-Fi-SSID-Overhead-Calculator.xlsx&usg=AOvVaw0xd0_BW_rPzjYNlwxjNdKV
https://static1.squarespace.com/sta...597685709/Wi-Fi+SSID+Overhead+Calculator.xlsx

 

[Klueless]

Thanks a lot for this very good presentation!
Where did you get those other sheets for b/g/n/ac? I get only error-404.

Many thanks! @L&LD was nice enough to share a download earlier in this thread.

Are these screenshots from Excel calculator?

Awesome job finding them; both those links you provided downloaded real actual working worksheets.

• At the very top is a yellow bar with a warning.
• Read it ... then click the "enable edit" button to the right.
• Now click cell "C6", the one that says (in bold) "802.11b 1 Mbps"
• A little pop-down arrow will appear just to the right of the cell.
• Click the arrow and you will get a list of choices.
• Pick one (like b @ 11 Mbps or g @ 54 Mbps) and the whole spread sheet will recalculate.

(Thanks for your interest. My wife thinks I'm nuts. Guess we should be watching porn like normal husbands : -)

 

[Grisu]

Guess we should be watching ...

Too old to watch and lost any interest in them, nothing new always the same only changing actors, as husband my single interest is to do it on my own as long as possible than to watch others!