WLAN Created 19 years ago2005-02-16 07:43:44 UTC by Seventh-Monkey

Anyone know whether CRTs are likely to attenuate the 802.11g signal? I'm having some fair problems with strange powerful bursts of noise. I suspect it might be another wireless LAN, perhaps?

Comments appreciated.

Else, any advice on how to get Windoze to use the wired link to the router? It seems to ignore it and always try to utilise the wireless one, even when that's dying.

Whaaa?

Gee, helpful

My router's support tell me that C.R.T.s aren't a problem, so I'll have to go 'round knocking on my neighbors' doors and asking 'em if they have W.L.A.N.s themselves.

Have you got any bluetooth devices around, they can screw with it and cause distrurbance in the signal

wlan operates at 2.4ghz, which is the same as bluetooth. Having any bluetooth signals within 100 meters will definitly screw with the signal, another wlan in the area shouldnt do any damage

bluetooth should seriously be withdrawn form being used for anything other than hands free kits, why have bluetooth which transmits at only 1mbps over a max of 100m, What good is that when you have 802.11b that can propagate a signal hundreds of feet at a healthy 11 Mbps? And then there's 802.11a, and 802.11g, which promise even more phenomenal bandwidth! Good-bye Bluetooth!

Ohh sorry, i did some research and bluetooth will only screw with the wlan if its within around a meter of the device, have you got the bluetooth on your phone running, pda? etc etc

Problem: Wireless LAN is a crappy technology which should be avoided at all costs (especially if you use Unix systems).

Solution: A nice classic wired LAN connection.

I use wi-fi lan only because of the sheer amount of wires spewed all over my floors, everythings much tidiyer if its wireless and it runs at 108mbps which is quite nice, i havnt suffered from any interferance at all and its 100% reliable, i agree to using wired lans when you have a very large company to network, because the sheer logistics of sorting out any shit with a wireless lan that big would do your head in!! but woreless is just great for a small lan of up to 10 computers, like mine.

Wow 108mbps. Very impressive. With wired LAN + decent network adapter + decent switch + decent cable you can get much better connection rates than that wireless bullshit.

My router : http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=6

Bluetooth-free.

m0p: wireless for laptop, full stop.

the following things can interfere with WLAN.
-cell phones: some models transmit on the same frequency as the router, and transmit data even while not being used. move it away from the computer or router or turn it off.
-cordless phones: newer models of cordless phones often use the same frequency as the network. try moving the base station to another location or use a lower frequency model.
-microwave ovens: these work at the same frequency of wireless devices. if it is near the router or the pc or between them, it will cause interference while running.
-distance and obstructions: the further the pc is from the router, the more prone the signal is to interference. objects between the router and the pc will weaken the signal. the fewer walls, floors, furniture, etc between the better the signal will be.

Thanks, but it's none of those, and it doesn't even work properly when it's in almost-line-of-sight (i.e. only the back of the computer case blocking the antenna). I think I'll have to try a USB aerial.

Sounds as if something is probablt faulty then, try replacing it if all else fails

Im not sure how to make it so your PC reads the wired connection to the router.

I think its in Control Panel > Internet options > Connections.

I found that, but thanks :).

Looks like something might be buggered. Was still playing up with the router on top of the system unit :.

Microwaves jam pretty much every 2.4GHz wireless device.