Hi, I am reasonably sure that my phones are on 5GHZ band, so that shouldn’t be the problem. I am still having problems with the iPad continuing to play music. I called Apple but of course the problem did not occur when I was talking with them. Max
On 1 Apr 2014, at 6:04 am, Chris Blouch <[email protected]> wrote: > As some background, years ago I had an 802.11B or G router (can't recall > which) that would drop connections when I used my particular Panasonic > wireless phone. Apparently that phone ran on the same 2.4GHz radio band as > the Wifi which is also the same band as my microwave oven. In other words, > that radio band is crowded such that using my microwave made noise on the > phone while using my phone would cause my wifi to slow to a crawl or drop. > The oven is old so apparently it is not as shielded as newer ones. Anyway, I > never could get the wifi and phone to cooperate and ended up having to get a > newer phone. Apparently the newer ones are 'frequency agile' and will hop > around noisy parts of the spectrum such as my wifi and microwave. After that > I had no more problems. I ended up giving the old phone to my inlaws who put > it in their detached garage, away from everything else. > > CB > > On 3/27/14 8:13 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Nope. Your devices will just grab the signal they need no matter which >> channel is being broadcast. >> >> Later… >> >> Tim Kilburn >> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >> >> On Mar 27, 2014, at 5:43 PM, Agent086b <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Thanks Tim, >>> the router is on channel 6. If I change it to 11, do I have to do anything >>> to other wireless devices using the network? >>> Thanks again. >>> Max >>> >>> On 28 Mar 2014, at 10:19 am, Tim Kilburn <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> It could have something to do with the signal your router is delivering, >>>> that is, B, G or N signal. If it is an older router and a newer iPad, >>>> they often don’t like each other that much and this sort of thing isn’t >>>> out of the ordinary. The other option is signal interference from things >>>> like cordless phones and such. These sorts of wireless devices often >>>> interfere with the WiFi signal at those older frequencies. Make sure that >>>> those kinds of devices are not set close to the router itself and you may >>>> wish to change which signal frequency your router emits. If it is >>>> transmits using channel 6, maybe change it to channel 11. >>>> >>>> Later… >>>> >>>> Tim Kilburn >>>> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >>>> >>>> On Mar 27, 2014, at 2:28 PM, Agent086b <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> I have my Mac set to sleep after 3 hours. This is not an issue in this >>>>> case as I was working on my computer and my wife was listening to music >>>>> on the iPad. Yesterday it was dropping out after 15-20 minutes. >>>>> Thanks for the help. >>>>> Max >>>>> >>>>> On 28 Mar 2014, at 12:02 am, Tim Kilburn <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi, >>>>>> >>>>>> First, confirm that the computer delivering the Shared iTunes Library is >>>>>> not going to sleep. You can set those settings in the Energy Saver pane >>>>>> of System Preferences. Make sure that the computer never goes to sleep >>>>>> and that only the display goes to sleep. 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