When you open up the airport admin util. In the Airport tab, at the lower left, there is a pull down menu marked channel. It probably set to 1, go to 11 first. Opposite that on the lower right, is the interference robustness check box. Check this too.
Brian O'Neal On 10/19/02 2:34 AM, "Nelson Helm" <helmkyny at clockwinders.net> wrote: >>> The iMac sometimes, suddenly and with no apparent reason, >>> shows the AirPort as "out of range" or "unavailable?, >>> _no_ AirPort signal, >>> even tho I can see with AirPort Administrative Utility on the other >>> computer that the AirPort is working. >>> >>> When it changes, it changes instantly from a "strong" signal to "out >>> of range", or v.v. It does not fade in and out. >>> I infer the lines are not vertical and horizontal because the graph >>> prepresents a running average. >> >> I had similar problems, although my AirPort is connected to a cable modem. >> It has nothing to do with DSL. >> >> My guess is that you or a neighbor have a cordless phone, one of the 2.4 >> gigabyte jobs. My problem started when I got that phone. It is documented >> that those phones can interfere with AirPort signals, and it only happens >> intermittently. Sometimes if I change the channel on the phone, the problem >> goes away. Usually, if I just pull the power plug out of the AirPort for 30 >> seconds and plug it back in, it will re-boot and be fine. > > Thank you for a good guess. > I have spoken to the neighbors and ruled out cordless telefones. > > It only happens on one computer. > It did not used to happen on that computer. > > It sometimes changes as I close a program or roll the cursor over an icon, > suggesting software is changing settings, > but software does nothing without hardware, and v.v. > so I can't be sure. > > How do you change the channel? > > The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be October 22 > For more information, see <http://www.aye.net/~lcs>. A calendar of > activities is at <http://www.calsnet.net/macusers>. > The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be October 22 For more information, see <http://www.aye.net/~lcs>. A calendar of activities is at <http://www.calsnet.net/macusers>.
