Laptops wifi connection lost when another device is nearby

My laptops wireless connections works very well at all times. However, I
noticed that if another laptop with wifi enabled aproached next to mine, or
if a PocketPC with wifi aproaches or connects with activesync, my laptop
loses its connection and I get Limited connectivity. Why does this happen?

Hi
If this occurs on a system with your own Wireless source (I.e. your own
Wireless Router/Access Point) switch the system to another channel. If it is
occurring in a public place I do not think that you can do any thing about
it.
Jack (MVP-Networking).

"Andreas" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> My laptops wireless connections works very well at all times. However, I
> noticed that if another laptop with wifi enabled aproached next to mine,
> or if a PocketPC with wifi aproaches or connects with activesync, my
> laptop loses its connection and I get Limited connectivity. Why does this
> happen?
>

On Wed, 10 Jan 2007 16:40:51 -0500, Jack (MVP-Networking). wrote:

> Hi
> If this occurs on a system with your own Wireless source (I.e. your own
> Wireless Router/Access Point) switch the system to another channel. If it is
> occurring in a public place I do not think that you can do any thing about
> it.
> Jack (MVP-Networking).

I've had this happen when using cellphones or my cordless land phone near
my wifi laptop. I'm currently using Channel 11. Is there a connection
between Channel 11 and phones? I don't want to go back to Channel 6 since
that's the default for my Linksys WAP and I find that most people just use
the default, which is why I chose something different. Thanks!

Patty