Re: Wireless networking dropping out

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On Jul 4, 10:45 pm, "RalfG" <itsno...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
"Electric Monk" <goo...@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message

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On Jul 4, 1:45 am, f...@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
people don't realize that the wireless frequency is shared w/ cordless
phones, and microwave ovens often generate interferrence. If your drop
outs occur when either of these devices are in-use in your house then
that's the culprit. Sometime a neighbor's cordless phone can mess you
up.
And some cordless phones don't even need to be in-use to cause issues,
just having them in the house can mess it up (better ones will shut down
xmissions when the phone is in the cradle). To verify, unplug from the
wall and remove the battery from the handset.

a second problem area is power management. go into the properties page
for your wireless adapter and check it for power management settings.
Change it to "Constantly Awake Mode", or "Maximum Power Mode", or
something like that. Laptop adapters often dial down the power until the
signal drops out, and let up it a little. This can happen over and over
as it tries to minimize its power usage.

I had heard of that with the cordless phones, but I didn't think the
Microwave would be a culprit? We don't have a cordless phone, and I
don't think the neighbours will take too kindly to me unplugging
theirs!
I'll check for the power settings on the adapter - I don't recall
seeing that setting, though.

I'm running 11b. Do 11g or 11n operate on different frequencies?

802.11b, g, and n operate in the same 2.4Ghz frequency range. 802.11a works
in the 5.x Ghz frequency range. Dlink has wireless 802.11ag routers,
AirPremier AG DI-784 and AirPremier AG WL-7100AP, that can operate in all 3
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Do the different channels operate on different frequencies? I
understand that ch 11 is the default. If I went to 6 or 1, would it be
less likely to get interference from cordless phones/microwaves (if
they were the cause)?

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