signal drop out

Am having a serious problem a the moment and its really annoying me.

I have a wireless modem/router that it just 4 feet from the wireless laptop,
but the signal keeps droping out.

Is this because as I read somewhere on this newsgroup that you need to set
the router to channel 1 to get maximum power?

On 03/09/2005 F9 wrote:

> I have a wireless modem/router that it just 4 feet from the wireless
> laptop, but the signal keeps droping out.
>
> Is this because as I read somewhere on this newsgroup that you need
> to set the router to channel 1 to get maximum power?


I hadn't heard the channel 1 story. Have you got a DECT 'phone or a
Microwave close by (perhaps even your neighbours)?

If you're getting interference it's worth moving the channel up (or
down) by about three channels, to see if you can move away from the
interfering channel.

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"Jeff Gaines" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> On 03/09/2005 F9 wrote:
>
>> I have a wireless modem/router that it just 4 feet from the wireless
>> laptop, but the signal keeps droping out.
>>
>> Is this because as I read somewhere on this newsgroup that you need
>> to set the router to channel 1 to get maximum power?
>
>
> I hadn't heard the channel 1 story. Have you got a DECT 'phone or a
> Microwave close by (perhaps even your neighbours)?
>
> If you're getting interference it's worth moving the channel up (or
> down) by about three channels, to see if you can move away from the
> interfering channel.

Have a dect phone nearby. Will try moving it out of the way.

Thanks.

On 3 Sep 2005 11:17:56 GMT, "Jeff Gaines" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>I hadn't heard the channel 1 story.

its lower frequency so a tad more range, also not used as default on
most kit. Best place to start until it becomes a fashion.

>Have you got a DECT 'phone

probably irrelevant, frequency of DECT is around 1.9 GHz whereas Wi-Fi
is 2.4 GHz.

Phil
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