I'm curious if he tried different channels. It must be a monster signal to wipe out an AP right next to the laptop. I'm not sure I'd want to live there without my tinfoil hat.
Greg On Dec 1, 2010, at 4:03 PM, Jason Hensley wrote: > I'm curious if this ever got fixed and what the cause was? > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Marlon K. Schafer > Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2010 2:02 PM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Weird one of the month > > Look for an internal wireless system that's drowning out the AP. > > Think x10 camera or other similar system. > > Do you have a spectrum analyzer that you can look with? > marlon > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Scott Reed" <[email protected]> > To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, November 22, 2010 12:26 PM > Subject: [WISPA] Weird one of the month > > >> Help. >> I sent a Trendnet 432 SOHO wireless router with the installer to a >> customer. He hooked it up, couldn't connect. Does not show in list of >> available APs on his laptop or the customer's laptop. Must be DOA. >> Send another one. Customer not home so installer left it. Fine, >> customer can hook it up. Customer calls, can't make it work. I stop in >> and it doesn't show up on my laptop or her laptop. Two of them DOA >> seems unlikely, but ... >> I setup another one. Take it to customer house. Can't see it. Moved it >> to another room. Still doesn't show up. Get my laptop. Same thing. >> Now I am sure it is something else because I don't have 3 DOA units. >> Haven't had that many in 4 years or whatever it is of using these. >> I just setup the second one on the test bench. It is working fine. >> Connected with my laptop and passes traffic just like it should. >> What do I need to look for at the customer house that would make 3 >> routers not show up on multiple computers when doing a scan for wireless >> networks? >> >> -- >> Scott Reed >> Owner >> NewWays Networking, LLC >> Wireless Networking >> Network Design, Installation and Administration >> Mikrotik Advanced Certified >> www.nwwnet.net >> (765) 855-1060 >> >> >> >> >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- >> WISPA Wants You! Join today! >> http://signup.wispa.org/ >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- >> >> WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] >> >> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> >> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
