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Using draft 1.0 802.11n gear is being a bad neighbor since you?re jamming ever channel in the 2.4 GHz spectrum and preventing others from using Wi-Fi. Beaconing SSID is not bad at all and it has zero adverse effects on your neighbor since you?re only broadcasting every 100 ms. The fact that your SSID shows up on their laptop doesn?t really matter since they can?t connect to it anyways. The fact that you?re not broadcasting your SSID doesn?t prevent your signal from encroaching their air space since that?s the nature of RF.

The best thing you can do to be a good neighbor is to use a channel that your neighbor isn?t using and that helps your performance as well as your neighbor?s performance. If your neighbors are on channel 6 and 11, use channel 1. Note that only 1, 6, and 11 are valid. This is the kind of advice you can use that has a real positive impact. Not broadcasting your own SSID doesn?t do anything to improve performance, all it does is break a properly designed wireless network and it makes life difficult for the clients.