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wireless congestion / interference
I have major problems with wireless signals not going far in my flat.
My PC is also my TV and my Stereo. I'm a disabled person, living in a residential home, so I have radio controlled stuff. And it generally doesn't work. I have wireless Internet; it wouldn't reach the 5 metres into my living room from the router so I have to use a repeater. Cordless phones just about work for 5 metres but no further from the base station. I use radio-controlled sockets to switch on and off my PC / stereo etc. - these generally don't work from my bed, less than 2 metres away. The same with my cordless mouse. Both work if I hold them in one particular spot in my curtains, but not elsewhere. The home has a wireless call system that might be contributing to the problem, though the same problems were definitely evident before this call system was put in. It has a set of DECT phones, which don't work in my flat, so I don't think it can be them. There are no other wireless networks "visible" in my flat. I wonder what's causing the interference? Is there a way (preferably easy) I can track it down? ta Trolls pointing out I'm a lazy faker will undoubtably respond and massively crosspost this here - Doug -- http://www.kingqueen.org.uk remove .lartsspammers to reply by email |
wireless congestion / interference
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I wonder what's causing the interference? Is there a way (preferably easy) I can track it down? Start by turning everything off and then turning one on at a time and see where you get to. Wireless is nothing like as good as the blurb claims and metal framing etc. has quite an affect sometimes. However with the wireless broadband, some Netgear routers had poorly fitted antenna - one I say could barely reach 3m across an open room. It was returned and the replacement (same model) had the expected range all around the house. Paul DS. |
wireless congestion / interference
"Doug Paulley" wrote in
message ... I have major problems with wireless signals not going far in my flat. My PC is also my TV and my Stereo. I'm a disabled person, living in a residential home, so I have radio controlled stuff. And it generally doesn't work. I have wireless Internet; it wouldn't reach the 5 metres into my living room from the router so I have to use a repeater. Cordless phones just about work for 5 metres but no further from the base station. PC equipment made to the 802.11n standard should have a better range. You would need a router and a network card made to the draft 802.11n standard. Ideally because of the draft nature of the standard, both items should come from the same manufacturer. My Dect phone will work some way from the house. Maybe your base station is being screened somehow. -- Michael Chare |
wireless congestion / interference
On Tue, 29 Jul 2008 11:32:01 +0100, "Paul D.Smith"
wrote: Start by turning everything off and then turning one on at a time and see where you get to. Wireless is nothing like as good as the blurb claims and metal framing etc. has quite an affect sometimes. However with the wireless broadband, some Netgear routers had poorly fitted antenna - one I say could barely reach 3m across an open room. It was returned and the replacement (same model) had the expected range all around the house. Thanks; good thought but I don't think it's the router itself, as I've had at least 3 now, different makes, and they've had the same issue. I did wonder about the walls, which do have metal sheeting in them, but the problem is also between things in the same room, e.g. my wireless mouse and the socket remotes. At some point I'll try turning everything off and seeing which does it! doug -- http://www.kingqueen.org.uk remove .lartsspammers to reply by email |
wireless congestion / interference
In article , Doug Paulley
wrote: On Tue, 29 Jul 2008 11:32:01 +0100, "Paul D.Smith" wrote: Start by turning everything off and then turning one on at a time and see where you get to. Wireless is nothing like as good as the blurb claims and metal framing etc. has quite an affect sometimes. However with the wireless broadband, some Netgear routers had poorly fitted antenna - one I say could barely reach 3m across an open room. It was returned and the replacement (same model) had the expected range all around the house. Thanks; good thought but I don't think it's the router itself, as I've had at least 3 now, different makes, and they've had the same issue. I did wonder about the walls, which do have metal sheeting in them, but the problem is also between things in the same room, e.g. my wireless mouse and the socket remotes. The 'metal sheeting' will be creating reflections within the room. Try and ensure 'line of sight' between the two devices. At some point I'll try turning everything off and seeing which does it! doug -- From KT24 - in "Leafy Surrey" Using a RISC OS computer running v5.11 |
wireless congestion / interference
In article ,
says... Thanks; good thought but I don't think it's the router itself, as I've had at least 3 now, different makes, and they've had the same issue. I did wonder about the walls, which do have metal sheeting in them, but the problem is also between things in the same room, e.g. my wireless mouse and the socket remotes. At some point I'll try turning everything off and seeing which does it! Have a look at installing NetStumbler on a laptop and walk round: http://wirelessdefence.org/Contents/NetstumblerMain.htm It will tell you what WiFi networks are seen in your area, their real- time signal strengths, what channels they are on, etc. If you have a conflicts with other networks, then you may be getting co-channel interference that is corrupting your signal in different points in your house. Change to an unused channel is this is the case (1, 6 and 11/13 are good ones, not overlapping) providing you're not seeing reflections from your own signal. WiFi is c**p in my house, which is built using breeze blocks that contain a high metal content from the furnace ash used in their construction. In some rooms I can't get a signal, others have dead spots in a room, due to reflection interference patterns. It's only reliable through the floors... Thank goodness I installed Cat5e cables... -- John W To mail me replace the obvious with co.uk twice |
wireless congestion / interference
In article , Brian Gaff wrote:
As for other wireless systems. Tried a keyboard. I value my sanity so put in a long cable instead. nuff said. No need for amouse myself, but I imagine the problems are similar. These I fancy work at a much higher frequency anyway. Remote keyboards and mice ought to have the fewest RF problems, as the transmission path is typically less than a metre. Everybody's situation is different, but in my case, the slight inconvenience of having to change batteries every 6 months or so is more than offset by the freedom from desk clutter and tangled cables. I use a mouse with my left hand but most others in my family use their right, so it's always being moved around. The OP says he is disabled, so presumably it is important to him to have remote controls that work reliably. Cables for everything would only allow control to be effected from one place without a lot of extra complication. With wireless internet, Yes, one can get interference as half the street seems to have wireless routers now. I find the symptoms more like dropping even though signal is excellent, and suppose its interference. Somebody suggested checking reception with Netstumbler, and if it won't recognise the laptop's wireless card, there's a similar thing (shareware) called Wirelessmon from www.passmark.com . Carrying a laptop around my house I can usually see about half a dozen other wireless networks, at least two of them on the same channel, so I've made sure to use a different one. Your problem sound different though, as you just do not get the range. Maybe try a higher power router? However, if the problem is the back channel this is not going to help. Power level is a possibility. Some wireless cards have a setting for this, which might be set to "auto" by default, particularly if it's a laptop. I guess they work the same way as mobile phones and set their own transmit level in response to the received signal level, so maybe some types of interference could be misinterpreted as a strong signal and cause the wireless card to turn its transmit power down? I did notice an improvement in signal strength at an upstairs computer (the router is downstairs) when on changing ISP from Orange internet I replaced their "Livebox" router, which has an enclosed aerial, with another brand with a conventional external aerial. In fact I have tried two different ones with external aerials with the same result, so it seems the conventional RF wisdom that applies to television reception vis-a-vis loft aerials also applies to this. Maybe some wireless routers are just better than others, but I'd be immediately suspicious of the ones that have been designed to look pretty by concealing the aerial. Fundamental principles of radio propagation work the same way for us as they did for Marconi. I've set up several wireless home networks and they all work well with computers in different rooms separated by at least one wall from the router, suggesting that standard kit ought to be capable of covering a typical domestic situation. I just don't know how people can use this system for video and audio distribution, it seems to have too fuw channels and a frequency attenuated by walls. I agree it would be a daft way to plan a system from scratch, though I bought one of those "Imp" internet radios in a post-Christmas sale and it does receive thousands of channels and works anywhere in the house. Rod. -- Virtual Access V6.3 free usenet/email software from http://sourceforge.net/projects/virtual-access/ |
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