John W. Colby
jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com
Wed Jul 28 09:28:26 CDT 2004
Yea, unfortunately I threw away all my 900 mhz phones (they were awful), and then spent $150 on a new two handset 2ghz set BEFORE even looking at the wireless router. If you know anything about power though, you know that power diminishes at the square of the distance, thus simply moving two transmitters as far apart as possible is going to help reduce interference between the two. And of course, I knew this. ;-) I didn't really know I had an interference problem, or not enough to worry about trying to move things around. After all, everything worked. In my case I had the two within about two feet of each other, and at times about a foot apart. The only reason I didn't do this sooner is that I wanted the phone handset cradle on my desk. I'll live with it where it is given the performance increase of my WAN. John W. Colby www.ColbyConsulting.com -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Scott Marcus Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 9:24 AM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: RE: [dba-Tech] WAN - Interesting experience That's why all my cordless phones are 900mhz. -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of John W. Colby Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 9:14 AM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: [dba-Tech] WAN - Interesting experience I have an internet phone - regular 2ghz wireless phone connected to a "phone modem" - Vonage. I have a wireless LAN. I had heard about interactions between the two, but mostly of the "can't connect to the LAN" variety. I had a regular 4 port router, then purchased a 4 port with wireless router which I got hooked up and functioning. I then later added the internet phone. All in my office in the basement of my house. The wireless phone base (transmitter) was within a couple of feet of the wireless router. Everything worked. I had an old slow laptop and never really noticed any problems, I could connect, my phone conversations occasionally dropped bits but I expect that, this is internet phone after all. I got a new laptop with 802.11g built in. The old wireless router is only b so it worked but only b. It was not lightning fast but fast enough. The range wasn't really great though. I finally decided last night to move the wireless phone base / transmitter. I moved it about 12 feet away from the wall where the wireless router sits. My new laptop doubled or even tripled it's apparent speed, i.e. the time it takes to finish opening a complex site such as msnbc or bestbuy. My apparent range just about doubled as well. Previously I was unable to even use my laptop inside the RV parked in the driveway at the far end of my house - 75 feet or so through several walls. Now I am getting 2mbit link and an entirely satisfactory experience using the laptop there. What a difference 12 feet makes! If you are getting poor performance from your wireless, look at what you have where and try moving things around. It sure helped me. John W. Colby www.ColbyConsulting.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com