Folks,

I have, in my home an SMC wireless router that I use to connect to the internet when using my Laptop located in the second floor of my home. The router is situated in the den on the main floor of the home, appx. 20' from our living room where we also have a Panasonic 2.4GHZ Cordless phone.

By now, you techno-wizzes know where this thread is heading. The question is; no matter where in the house the phone hand set is situated, when it is activated either by placing or recieving a call, I lose my internet connection on my laptop. I assume this is because both the router and the phone are running at 2.4GHZ?

Is there any way around this besides running a hard wire to my laptop?

Any help would be appreciated.

Regards

Asif
(New found Cordless Phone Hater)

 

Did you try to switch channels on the wireless router and/or telephone?

 

Yes, open your router config and switch the wireless channel to ch. 1. If that doesn't work, try ch. 11. Sometimes a microwave oven will do the same thing - it's one reason we all should have been on 5 GHz 802.11a instead of 802.11b, but it's too late to do much about it now.

 

proto,

Just to confirm, you're talking about my router configuration under wireless settings in Windows?

Asif

 

The channel settings for your router should be accessable from either the software that came with the router. Or the ip address the manufaturer provides for you to access the settings page stored within the router itself.

For instance. If you have a linksys router. You will type 192.168.1.1 into your web browser, then log on leaving the user name blank and entering the default password: admin.

Then under the wireless tab you will see a drop down menu labeled channels that will allow you to swap the channels the router operates on and see which works best for you.

 

You folks are as helpful as ever. Thanks! I shall load up my SMC software and keep you guys up to speed on how it goes.

Asif

 

Importsport,

Just got an email back from SMC with the admin password for settings. Followed the instructions you provided, and hey presto-I'm in business! Thanks for increasing my productivity

Asif

 

FYI, I also use a Leapfrog wireless unit (2.4 GHz) to transmit a satellite TV feed to another room and no matter what channels I use I still get a little interference (some pops and lines) in the a/v signal. At least the 802.11g network is unaffected (based on average connection rate near 48 MBPS).