Wireless router problem

Lennart Sorensen lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys at public.gmane.org
Tue Dec 12 19:14:45 UTC 2006


On Mon, Dec 11, 2006 at 11:08:27AM -0500, John McGregor wrote:
> I have a friend whose Linksys wireless router gets knocked out on a
> regular basis. The problem also occurred with a Trendnet unit
> My gut feeling is that the culprit is EMI and that the source was a used
> 21" CRT that he had just acquired. However, the problem persists after
> unplugging the CRT. He has also gotten a new cordless phone. Would that
> be enough to cause the problem? If so, how much separation between the
> phone and the router would be necessary to solve the problem? Any other
> suggestions / remedies to solve the problem would be very welcome as well.

2.4GHz phones should be avoided entirely if you run 802.11b or g.  I
used to have one.  Every time the phone rang or was picked up, the
wireless died.  I switched to a 5.8GHz cordless phone and never have
problems with the wireless anymore.  Users of 802.11a would of course
have a problem then but who uses that.

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