Cordless Phone Killing my Wi-Fi

[smopoim86]

When the cordless phone is first answered, my laptop looses connection. After a second or 2 it will reconnect with the phone still in use. Does anyone know any tricks to avoid the interference?

 

[spidey07]

Get a different phone or try to make sure the AP, client and any phone is as far away from each other as possible.

You could also switch to 802.11a and avoid any noise problems.

 

[g8wayrebel]

Get a 5.8G phone. Both are on 2.4G now. I have similar but lesser problem with mine.
If I upload , the phone is so garbled you cant understand a thing.

 

[smopoim86]

Originally posted by: g8wayrebel
Get a 5.8G phone. Both are on 2.4G now. I have similar but lesser problem with mine.
If I upload , the phone is so garbled you cant understand a thing.

it's a fake 5.8ghz phone. I realized that after I got it. It transmits and rec on two different frequencies.

I was hoping that there was a simple answer. I'm going to try and change the channels on the access point to see if there is less interference.

 

[ihyagp]

Long shot, but try a different channel - 1 (2412MHz) or 11 (2462MHz) would be your best shots. The 2.4GHz cordless can be anywhere from 2400MHz to 2483.5MHz

 

[Engineer]

Get a new Panasonic DECT 6.0 (or any DECT 6.0 phone although Panasonics are great). They run on 1.9GHz and don't interfere with the networks at all. They also have great range and clarity (at least the Panasonics do).

 

[Griffinhart]

I use this phone

It's cheap and it has worked really well for me. It should also not interfere with your network. It plays nice with my 11a/g and 11n networks.

 

[smopoim86]

I changed the channel to 11 and it seems to have fixed it at least sometimes. The phone was a 4 phone/answering machine set that i got for $35 so I know it's a get what you pay for thing.

Thanks for the help

 

[spidey07]

For everybody else reading, changing channels to 1, 6, 11 fixes most wireless problems.