[dba-Tech] Unstable Wireless Netowrk

Stuart and William:

If it's another wireless network, would using the encryption feature stop
the interference?  Is there a way to change channels?  I think I read
somewhere that San Diego county it one of the most highly wired in the word.
Seems to me that if 1/2 the houses on our street had wireless networks,
there would be a lot of interference.  Don't these things have different
channels like the wireless phones?

Rocky

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stuart McLachlan" <stuart at lexacorp.com.pg>
To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues"
<dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2004 8:38 PM
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Unstable Wireless Netowrk


> On 6 Mar 2004 at 19:29, Rocky Smolin - Beach Access S wrote:
>
> > I've got four machines hardwired in a wireless router and one wireless.
The wireless has been working pretty well for several months.  Suddenly it's
become very unstable, dropping in and out, being available and then not, at
random.
> >
> > Could be the wireless router, I suppose getting flaky.  But I'm
wondering if some windows update might be responsible, requiring something
new that I'm not aware of.
> >
> > We're not using encryption.  Could another wireless network in the
neighborhood be causing some problem?
> >
> > Anyone know of anything like that?
> >
>
> More likely to be interference than anything else.
>
> It's starting to happen more and more as people put in there own
> systems in  close proximity to others.
>
> Quote from Linksys:
>
> "Any device operating in the 2.4 GHz spectrum may cause network
> interference with a 802.11b wireless device. Some devices that may
> prove troublesome include 2.4 GHz cordless phones, microwave ovens,
> adjacent public hotspots, and neighboring 802.11b wireless LANs."
>
> Any neighbours set up recently? Can you change channel on your
> network?
>
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