Netgear WGT624 v2 and a Panasonic cordless phone

We have a Panasonic cordless phone, about 4 or 5 years old. I recently
purchased a Netgear WGT624 v2 router and put it into place. I have
discovered that if I am on my Panasonic cordless phone, using it to talk to
someone, that it will interfere with any PC on my network's connection to
the network. It doesn't matter if the PC is directly connected to the
router via a RJ-45 cable, or if it is using a wireless connection, the phone
interferes with the connectivity. This is consistent and easily repeatable.

So, what can I do about this? Is my only option to purchase some other
cordless phone? And if so, what do you recommend?

Rod

Rod wrote:
> We have a Panasonic cordless phone, about 4 or 5 years old. I
> recently purchased a Netgear WGT624 v2 router and put it into place. I
> have discovered that if I am on my Panasonic cordless phone, using
> it to talk to someone, that it will interfere with any PC on my
> network's connection to the network. It doesn't matter if the PC is
> directly connected to the router via a RJ-45 cable, or if it is using
> a wireless connection, the phone interferes with the connectivity. This is
> consistent and easily repeatable.
> So, what can I do about this? Is my only option to purchase some
> other cordless phone? And if so, what do you recommend?
>
> Rod

You should be able to change channels on the phone, or at least on you
computer stuff.

On Tue, 12 Apr 2005 01:43:39 GMT, "Rod" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>We have a Panasonic cordless phone, about 4 or 5 years old. I recently
>purchased a Netgear WGT624 v2 router and put it into place. I have
>discovered that if I am on my Panasonic cordless phone, using it to talk to
>someone, that it will interfere with any PC on my network's connection to
>the network. It doesn't matter if the PC is directly connected to the
>router via a RJ-45 cable, or if it is using a wireless connection, the phone
>interferes with the connectivity. This is consistent and easily repeatable.
>
>So, what can I do about this? Is my only option to purchase some other
>cordless phone? And if so, what do you recommend?

Not possible. There's nothing in your unspecified model Panasonic
cordless phone that will interfere with a wired network. If 2.4Ghz,
the cordless phone may interfere with a wireless connection, but
there's no way it should affect a wired connection. Something else is
going on.

What do you mean "interference"? Are you getting disconnected, slowed
down, erratic performance, packet loss, slow pings, etc? How are you
testing for "interference"?

Some possibilities:

1. Is the router picking up junk and getting too busy trying to
decode junk? Try going into the web based configuration of the WGT624
and simply turning off the wireless. When disabled, no amount of RF
junk should cause it to get busy.

2. Is the Panasonic wall wart power supply a noise generator? I've
seen this with some switching power supply type of wall warts. They
generate lots of both RF and conducted EMI crud that the router might
be picking up via the power line.

3. Is there any type of phone line networking in the house (HomePNA)?

4. Is the broadband connection BPL (broadband power line)? These are
affected by just about anything that transmits.

5. Is the broadband connection via satellite (Starband, DirectWay,
etc)? If so, is there any connection or proximity between the phone
base and the satellite receiver?


--
Jeff Liebermann (E-Mail Removed)
150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com
Santa Cruz CA 95060 AE6KS 831-336-2558

I am experiencing the same thing with my NG 624 router and my cordless TTS
900 mhz phone. Whenever the phone rings, my desktop computer - which is
hard-wired to the router - loses its network connection. Every time ! And
once the phone is not active, the network connection is automatically
regained. Tried changing phone channels but to no avail.

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> We have a Panasonic cordless phone, about 4 or 5 years old. I recently
> purchased a Netgear WGT624 v2 router and put it into place. I have
> discovered that if I am on my Panasonic cordless phone, using it to talk
> to someone, that it will interfere with any PC on my network's connection
> to the network. It doesn't matter if the PC is directly connected to the
> router via a RJ-45 cable, or if it is using a wireless connection, the
> phone interferes with the connectivity. This is consistent and easily
> repeatable.
>
> So, what can I do about this? Is my only option to purchase some other
> cordless phone? And if so, what do you recommend?
>
> Rod
>
>
>
>

A 900 mhz phone shouldn't mess with the wireless network directly, unless it
is spewing all sorts of stuff it shouldn't... Have it on the same electrical
outlet? Try moving it to another room/circuit. Try it with the ringer turned
off. May be the bell.



TLB wrote:
> I am experiencing the same thing with my NG 624 router and my
> cordless TTS 900 mhz phone. Whenever the phone rings, my desktop
> computer - which is hard-wired to the router - loses its network
> connection. Every time ! And once the phone is not active, the
> network connection is automatically regained. Tried changing phone
> channels but to no avail.
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>> We have a Panasonic cordless phone, about 4 or 5 years old. I
>> recently purchased a Netgear WGT624 v2 router and put it into place.
>> I have discovered that if I am on my Panasonic cordless phone, using
>> it to talk to someone, that it will interfere with any PC on my
>> network's connection to the network. It doesn't matter if the PC is
>> directly connected to the router via a RJ-45 cable, or if it is
>> using a wireless connection, the phone interferes with the
>> connectivity. This is consistent and easily repeatable.
>>
>> So, what can I do about this? Is my only option to purchase some
>> other cordless phone? And if so, what do you recommend?
>>
>> Rod

On Tue, 12 Apr 2005 14:26:30 -0700, "Peter Pan"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>A 900 mhz phone shouldn't mess with the wireless network directly, unless it
>is spewing all sorts of stuff it shouldn't... Have it on the same electrical
>outlet? Try moving it to another room/circuit. Try it with the ringer turned
>off. May be the bell.

Ignoring the wireless, it's quite common for a defective or missing
DSL splitter to stop DSL traffic when the phone rings. If DSL is
involved, I suggest he check the DSL splitter at the MPOE/NID or make
sure that *ALL* the phones in the house have microfilters installed.
The usual goofs are forgetting microfilters at cable tv set top boxes,
satellite boxes, fax machines, kitchen wall phones, and alarm systems.


--
# Jeff Liebermann 150 Felker St #D Santa Cruz CA 95060
# 831.336.2558 voice http://www.LearnByDestroying.com
# (E-Mail Removed)
# (E-Mail Removed) AE6KS

If you have DSL, make sure you have DSL/phone filters on every device
plugged into a jack. The DSL modem should have a DSL filter (which I
believe is a high-band pass), and any phone should have a phone filter
(specifically made for DSL--which I believe is a low-band pass filter).
SBC Yahoo ships several 2-in-one filters with their kits (several
filters that have both a DSL and a phone jack on one split-out
adapter).


Peter Pan wrote:
> Rod wrote:
> > We have a Panasonic cordless phone, about 4 or 5 years old. I
> > recently purchased a Netgear WGT624 v2 router and put it into
place. I
> > have discovered that if I am on my Panasonic cordless phone, using
> > it to talk to someone, that it will interfere with any PC on my
> > network's connection to the network. It doesn't matter if the PC
is
> > directly connected to the router via a RJ-45 cable, or if it is
using
> > a wireless connection, the phone interferes with the connectivity.
This is
> > consistent and easily repeatable.
> > So, what can I do about this? Is my only option to purchase some
> > other cordless phone? And if so, what do you recommend?

My old Panasonic phone is, I think, a 900 MHz system. If I got a 5.8 GHz
cordless phone system would that solve my problem?

Rod


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> If you have DSL, make sure you have DSL/phone filters on every device
> plugged into a jack. The DSL modem should have a DSL filter (which I
> believe is a high-band pass), and any phone should have a phone filter
> (specifically made for DSL--which I believe is a low-band pass filter).
> SBC Yahoo ships several 2-in-one filters with their kits (several
> filters that have both a DSL and a phone jack on one split-out
> adapter).
>
>
> Peter Pan wrote:
>> Rod wrote:
>> > We have a Panasonic cordless phone, about 4 or 5 years old. I
>> > recently purchased a Netgear WGT624 v2 router and put it into
> place. I
>> > have discovered that if I am on my Panasonic cordless phone, using
>> > it to talk to someone, that it will interfere with any PC on my
>> > network's connection to the network. It doesn't matter if the PC
> is
>> > directly connected to the router via a RJ-45 cable, or if it is
> using
>> > a wireless connection, the phone interferes with the connectivity.
> This is
>> > consistent and easily repeatable.
>> > So, what can I do about this? Is my only option to purchase some
>> > other cordless phone? And if so, what do you recommend?
>