WTF moment on my wireless network...

[SunnyD]

I just bought a TOSLink cable to complete my wonderful ghetto home theater system (using Logitech Z-5500's), plugged in the TOSlink cable to my speakers and the TV, and my wife asks what I just did because she has no internet. I started checking things, and it turns out as soon as I unplug the TOSlink cable the wireless comes back. WTF? How the hell is an optical connection causing 2.4GHz interference?

 

[MisterJackson]

I wander in this thread thinking there will be a clever story and I think WTF? How the hell is Sunnyd's thread misplaced?

Edit: WTF happened to my sig? Must be your damned TOSlink cable

 

[SlitheryDee]

Your house exceeded its awesomeness limit. Unplug your refrigerator and try again.

 

[SunnyD]

Originally posted by: SlitheryDee
Your house exceeded its awesomeness limit. Unplug your refrigerator and try again.

I can haz LOL!

 

[spidey07]

That isn't right. Unless there's some bluetooth or other feature that got turned on by having the connection.

 

[SunnyD]

Originally posted by: spidey07
That isn't right. Unless there's some bluetooth or other feature that got turned on by having the connection.

That's what I thought - but leaving everything on and plugging/unplugging the TOSlink cable does it. Nothing else changes. I admit, I could put my router elsewhere, but that doesn't change the notion of an optical connection causing some heavy duty interference.