2.4 Ghz Cordless Phone Interference

[spoon805]

It's well known that 802.11b and 2.4 Ghz cordless phones don't mix. My experience is that whenever the phone is picked up, my wifi connection goes down.

Since my Netgear MR814 is causing problems beyond issues with my cordless phones, I'm thinking about upgrading to an 802.11g wifi router. However, all my wifi network interfaces (bridges, usb adapters, pci-mini adapters, etc.) are 802.11b.

If I don't upgrade these network adapters to the G-standard, will my wifi connection still get taken down when I pick up my 2.4 Ghz cordless phone?

Thanks.

 

[fractilian]

802.11g also uses 2.4 ghz. I dont know if it handles it better or not . Sorry i dont know more, but with the pool of experts on Anandtech i'm sure well get an answer(better than mine at least).

 

[JackMDS]

As far as I am concern 2.4GHz is a Big NO NO in Wireless Network envioroment, some people think that they get away with changing the phone's channels.

Even if it looks like it working, it is always ?depressing? the Signal.

Better off, to downgrade to 900MHz, or Upgrade to 5.8GHz.

:sun:

 

[0roo0roo]

i was just talking on my 2.4ghz phone with no problem. depends on the phone. single channel phone is fine. fancy spread spectrum phone will reak havoc since it jumps on all channels. that netgear is a weak pos. i returned mine. linksys gs has been fine so far, even with phone use, go figure. signal strength is higher. its not invincible of course, no wifi is. phone on conflicting channel or spread spectrum and your dead.

 

[spoon805]

Thanks for the replies thus far....

i think downgrading to 900 mhxz may be the most economical solution at this point. Although, it won't solve the recurrent connection drops I get even when I don't use my phone...

 

[ToeJam13]

You might want to consider upgrading to 802.11a. This runs on the unlicensed 5.2GHz band.

Besides avoiding interference from 2.4GHz phones and WiFi devices, you'll also be farther away from the 2.5GHz microwave oven band. I sometimes find that crosstalk from microwave ovens is an issue with 802.11b/g.

The downsides over 802.11b are lower range and incompatability with 802.11b/g equipment,

The upsides are increased speed (54Mbps), less used frequency band, and ability to pick equipment up used from users migrating back to 802.11g.