snarlydwarf wrote: > Channel changes may work: microwave ovens have a sort of transmission > curve like a router does. Where precisely that curve is in the 2.4Ghz > space depends on brand/model/daily-manufacturing-variance. So, yeah, > moving your channel may move it out of the way (or more into the > way...). If the curve from the oven is sufficiently flat, though, it > may be messing up all the channels.
Or the OP could buy a new Microwave. The use of 2.4gHz for WiFi, WiMax, etc. is most problematic. Microwave ovens were there first, and there for a reason. RF at about 2.4gHz resonates with the Hydrogen/Oxygen bond in water, which is why microwave ovens work, they move the water molecules, generating heat. It was unused when the initial engineering was done in the 1950s because all the rest of the RF engineers (AM, FM, TV, shortwave, etc.) wanted to have signals that were not blocked by trees, clouds, house plants, etc. And so RF communications folks avoided it. The interference is exactly what the microwave oven inventors wanted, and the band was available. Of course, everything uses 2.4gHz, from wireless phones, wifi, zigbee, bluetooth, etc. So there is lots of competition for the frequencies. I really wish the WiFi "N" folks would move new stuff into another band, but it is unlikely. Booster antennas, hacked router firmware that uses more power, etc are other alternatives. -- Pat http://www.pfarrell.com/music/slimserver/slimsoftware.html _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
