On Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 11:57 AM, David Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 10:45:41AM -0700, Tyrion wrote: > > >A few months ago, my parents finally took the leap and got a cable > >modem, they have hardwood floors so wifi was a lifesaver for connecting > >the computer to the modem. Lately however an interesting problem has > >started. Whenever they use the cordless phone, the wifi drops out. Hang > >up phone, wifi reconnects. Any clue why this would be? The phones are > >5Ghz so there shouldn't be any interference with the 2.4 Ghz wifi, right? > > Is your wifi 802.11a? That's on the 5Ghz. > > You can always try switching channels on both the wifi and on the cell > phone. > > David > > It's also possible another WAP has shown up on your channel. Turn off yours and see if another one is around. This happens to me a couple of times a year. I've had the 2.4Ghz problem between the WAP and phones before, and switching to 5Ghz phones helped greatly. I don't know which Buffalo you're using. I'm using a WHR-G54S that's been flashed with dd-wrt. I was having probs with another WAP always changing to my channel. Finally had enough, and with dd-wrt I cranked the power all the way up on the Bufflo. It'll run 250 mW, plenty of power to block out just about anything. -- Mark Schoonover, CMDBA http://www.linkedin.com/in/markschoonover http://marksitblog.blogspot.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
