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April 24, 2004
Wireless problems
For the last couple of days I've been experiencing problems with my wireless setup at home. Perhaps someone out there has an answer. I have a Belkin Wireless router set up in the basement. Up to a day or so ago I have had a good strong signal a floor above. However, I am now noticing a reduced signal that also fluctuates a lot more than in the past. I haven't changed anything in the setup (no new software etc.) so I am guessing that the cause is a neighbor's WLAN that seems to have been installed about the same time my problems started. Now, we're running on different channels (he's on 6 and I've tried 1 and 11) but nothing helped. Is there some configuration option I should be looking at to prevent interference? Any ideas?
Update: Thanks for all the comments - I guess I just found the reason. Hopefully this will help.
Posted by Matthew at April 24, 2004 01:06 PM
Comments
I there anything else that changed around your house? A new microwave for example. My microwave causes interference with my wireless network when it's working, which pulls my bandwidth down to a few bits/second. Same thing for babyphones,... Also, a colleague of mine configured bluetooth on his laptop, which caused his local etwork settings to get all messed up. But my initial thought is: radio frenquency interference.
Posted by: Vincent Mouton at April 24, 2004 01:51 PM
Thanks Vincent. I have also read about possible interference through microwave devices. But nothing like that has changed in our house. But of course I don't know about any of the neighbors.
Matthew
Posted by: Matthew Langham at April 24, 2004 01:59 PM
How about one of those portable house phones? If I use mine I completely lose my wifi. Sucks!
Posted by: Steve Mallett at April 25, 2004 02:28 PM