This one defies gravity

[Horsepower]

I was having issues with my wireless router(s) and Vista, and I was justifiably blaming Vista (I thought). I disabled my onboard nic and disconnected it from the router, and booting the Vista computer still screwed with the wireless connection. Changing the wireless channel cured it, but I am still amazed that the computer creates that kind of a radio frequency interfence.

 

[PoopyPants]

if the computer was being used prior to vista and no issues took place then installing vista didnt do anything.

a PC emits EMI, not 2.4ghz though, if its doing anything its simply emitting an electrical field that is interfering with the electronics of the wireless, its not interferring with the wireless persay.

but a pc isnt going to do that, it doesnt emit enough emi to hurt anything. unless your wireless nic has some extremely poor emi shielding.

if your wireless has the ability to scan for other wireless ap's in your area search for that, chances are there is another wireless ap or something out there hurting your signal.

 

[Horsepower]

This computer has no internal hard drive. Just a sata rack in front. The issue only happened with Vista, not XP Pro. These oses are on different hard drives, but the same make and model. Perhaps the interference is coming from elsewhere, but why did wireless channel 6 work fine on XP? Please understand I am not trying to bash Vista, just trying to figure out the source of the interference. Thank you.