[mdlug] OT - Mysterious wireless outage

[R Kannan]

Just wanted to update the group on my findings. It was indeed the
Microwave oven being turned on in that time frame. Moving away from the
source and closer to the router solved the problem.

On Sat, 2008-07-19 at 10:07, Carl T. Miller wrote:

> R. Kannan wrote:
> > My theory is that there is some interference in the 2.4GHz freq range
> > which produces low signal-to-noise. Would any other appliances cause this
> > interference? How do I go about finding the culprit?
> 
> I know from first hand experience that a microwave oven can
> bring down a wireless network.  I've also heard that 2.4GHz
> wireless phones can cause problems.  One other thought, have
> you tried switching to a different channel?  My neighbors
> one day decided to use the frequencies I had been using, and
> my performance dropped.  I picked another channel and per-
> formance was restored.  I wonder if you have a neighbor that
> is on the same channel but doesn't keep it up 24x7.
> 
> c
> 
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