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by nullify88 1273 days ago
If you need a tool to diagnose situations like this, the Metageek Chanalyzer or perhaps a SDR with similar software can find such interferences.
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slowmotiony 1273 days ago
No way to do it from a regular laptop I suppose?
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nullify88 1272 days ago
Actually A while ago, it was discovered Atheros ath9k and ath10k based wifi cards have a spectrum scan feature. There was some work in reverse engineering the data format. I'm not sure if theres been similar developments for recent devices.

https://www.bastibl.net/ath9k-spectrum-scanning/

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wkat4242 1273 days ago
You'll need a wi-spy dongle, SDR or something similar. A standard wifi card won't identify any interference it doesn't recognise as a wifi signal.
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nier 1273 days ago
SDR stands for software-defined radio. Goes best with a software-defined antenna.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software-defined_radio

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