2.4 GHz trouble

[Shenkoa]

Ok, 802.11, B and G run on the ISM band of 2.4 GHz - 2.47 or something, I cant remember the scale. But any way, I ordered a 802.11G router and 2 802.11G PCI Adapters.

I have a 2.4 GHz phone, will they bother each other?

 

[n0cmonkey]

It's possible. I had an expensive Panasonic 2.4ghz phone that interfered with my signal, and a cheap 2.4ghz uniden that didn't.

 

[Shenkoa]

My phone is an expensive Panosonic phone.

 

[Comp625]

Is there a way to make it so that neither device interferes with each other? Maybe changing the channels on either/both devices?

 

[kadlet51]

From what I have heard you cant fix the problem by changing the channels. The only sure fire way of avoiding the interference is to either upgrade to a 5.8 GHz phone, or downgrade to a 900 MHz.

 

[BornStar]

Originally posted by: kadlet51
From what I have heard you cant fix the problem by changing the channels. The only sure fire way of avoiding the interference is to either upgrade to a 5.8 GHz phone, or downgrade to a 900 MHz.

I find that I have better luck these days with a 900MHz phone anyway. They actually work really well now that everyone has decided to crowd 2.4GHz with phones, microwaves and wifi.

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

Actually, I'm having that problem. I have a Netgear WGT624 Super G (802.11b/g) router and I get problems with my Panasonic 2.4 ghz phone (both products cost me $79.99). Changing the channels helps sometimes, but when I first got the phone, I have to say I never noticed any problem. Only recently have I noticed this horrible clicking sound that makes my conversations impossible. Then again I'm not the only one using the phone in the house so its very possible that someone changed to a bad conflicting channel by accident. I have yet to play around to find out what channel works well and what not.

 

[PhlashFoto]

I have had the same issue myself.

Years ago, and we are talking 1999 mind you, I purchased the most expensive Panasonic 2.4GHz phone which also supported Spread Spectrum for $180, when I worked @ BBY. I had it for years, no problems.

Fast forward to 2002 or so, I buy a laptop and a desktop away from the computer room and a wireless setup for each computer and a router. Low and behold I would be losing my I-net connection as soon as I would be answering the phone.

Then in March of 2004, I was fed up and bought a Panasonic 5.8GHz phone, and I figured it would fix the problem, which it did.

Now recently I added a separate cordless; a low-end Panasonic 2.4GHz that my brother purchased about 3 years ago. and I dont get interference of any kind.

I am wondering if the Spread Spectrum feature is the underlying problem here. Since Spread Spectrum is constantly frequency hopping over multiple channels to avoid interception of information (it was originally designed for and still used for military application use). It might be colliding with the packets of the router and takes over of the air traffic. But my experiment and results are too little to have a difinative answer.


Sorry for the longest post I've ever done.

 

[cipher00]

Yeah, same here. Since I enjoy my wifi more than answering telemarketing calls, I stuck with the 900MHz phone. Maybe VOIP is next.....

 

[Fardringle]

If your 2.4Ghz phone uses spread spectrum, it is highly unlikely that you will be able to get the wireless network to work without interference from the phone, since spread spectrum phones effectively use all 11 channels of the 2.4Ghz band. The reason most 'cheap' phones work fine along with wireless networks is because they only use one channel at a time, so if they attempt to use the same channel as your router they will detect the interference and just switch (either automatically or manually by you pushing a button on the phone) to a clear channel.