Is it better to use a crowded 2.4GHz Wi-Fi channel 1, 6, 11 or "unused" 3, 4, 8, or 9?

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01:09 Accepted answer (Score 89)
02:00 Answer 2 (Score 40)
06:32 Answer 3 (Score 32)
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Full question
https://superuser.com/questions/443178/i...

Question links:
[Why use wifi channels other than 1, 6 or 11?]: https://superuser.com/questions/382042/w...

Accepted answer links:
[Cisco tested this]: http://web.archive.org/web/2015050222373...

Answer 2 links:
http://blog.serverfault.com/2012/01/05/a.../
[Vistumbler]: http://www.vistumbler.net/

Answer 3 links:
[Cisco's whitepaper about IEEE 802.11 deployment ]: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/wir...
[spread spectrum]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spread_spec...
[direct-sequence spread spectrum (DSSS)]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct-seq...
[orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM)]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthogonal...
[IEEE 802.11 RTS/CTS/ACK (Request to Send / Clear to Send / Acknowledge)]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_802.11...
[exposed node problem]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exposed_nod...
[Shannon's theorem]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shannon_the...

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