Hi . . .

Thanks to Iain McGuire who pointed out that Genos (and Tyros 5) have an "Access mode" for its WiFi ... i have been experimenting with using the Genos as my "private little network" for connecting a few iPads together (they are running the music-display app "unrealBook". It seems to work nicely! I usually bring my own little hardware router, set to Access Point mode, to establish my little network when I am playing with my band and we have several iPads. It would be nice to have one less piece of gear to set up etc., if I could use Genos itself. I tested it to ~25 ft. distance and it still worked fine.

My only concern is WiFi channels. I don't know a lot of detail about how WiFi channeling works - but I kind of thought many routers "found the best channel" and/or switched channels (and 'told' devices to switch channels) based on channels in use in the area. I don't know if WiFi is this 'smart' or not. The Genos lets you set a single, fixed WiFi channel (default = 11).

What I wonder is, what if I'm in a public place playing, and they have several (or many) WiFi's going, and some use Channel 11. Would mine not work, or interfere with theirs? With my own router (hardware device), it seemed to "take care of" the channel issue, and nearly always work flawlessly.

Does anyone have experience with this? Esp. with using Genos as an access point to connect some iPads or similar devices in a 'private network'? [I'm not talking about any Internet access, just a simple, private network for a few iPads to talk to each other].

Thanks...
Jim