Wireless networking and cordless phones

Hello everyone

I've just moved into a house which, strangely, has only one phone socket.
Rather than get into extensive cabling, I thought I would go wireless.

I have successfully set up a wireless connection between my internet router
and a PC in another room. I'd now like to have some more phones. If I buy a
set of cordless phones, do I have to worry about interference between my
wireless PC connection and the phones? I've done a Google search which
suggests this can be a problem, although I can't help feeling that my
situation must be so common these days that the cordless phone manufacturers
must have been putting some thought into this in recent months. Is this
something I have to worry about when choosing a wireless phone? If so, are
there any particular kinds of phone which are more or less likely to cause
problems?

Since I have only the 1 phone socket and connect to the internet through
ADSL, it is inevitable that the wireless internet router and the phone base
station are going to be reasonably close together.

Many thanks
Adam

Adam wrote in
44cb0d1d$0$15047$(E-Mail Removed):

> Hello everyone
>
> I've just moved into a house which, strangely, has only one phone
> socket. Rather than get into extensive cabling, I thought I would go
> wireless.
> I have successfully set up a wireless connection between my internet
> router and a PC in another room. I'd now like to have some more
> phones. If I buy a set of cordless phones, do I have to worry about
> interference between my wireless PC connection and the phones? I've
> done a Google search which suggests this can be a problem, although I
> can't help feeling that my situation must be so common these days
> that the cordless phone manufacturers must have been putting some
> thought into this in recent months. Is this something I have to worry
> about when choosing a wireless phone? If so, are there any particular
> kinds of phone which are more or less likely to cause problems?
>
> Since I have only the 1 phone socket and connect to the internet
> through ADSL, it is inevitable that the wireless internet router and
> the phone base station are going to be reasonably close together.

I run two DECT phones (from different base stations - one upstairs and one
downstairs) and they don't seem to affect my wireless network. I do have
occasional one-minute dropouts on the wireless connection from my laptop to
my router (a ping -t shows 12 consecutive "no reply" responses), *but* this
only affects that laptop and not any other, and it happens even when both
DECT phones are unplugged from the mains. One of the DECT phones is about 3
feet from the router.

On Sat, 29 Jul 2006 08:37:38 +0100, "Martin Underwood" <a@b> wrote:

>Adam wrote in
>44cb0d1d$0$15047$(E-Mail Removed):
>
>> Hello everyone
>>
>> I've just moved into a house which, strangely, has only one phone
>> socket. Rather than get into extensive cabling, I thought I would go
>> wireless.
>> I have successfully set up a wireless connection between my internet
>> router and a PC in another room. I'd now like to have some more
>> phones. If I buy a set of cordless phones, do I have to worry about
>> interference between my wireless PC connection and the phones? I've
>> done a Google search which suggests this can be a problem, although I
>> can't help feeling that my situation must be so common these days
>> that the cordless phone manufacturers must have been putting some
>> thought into this in recent months. Is this something I have to worry
>> about when choosing a wireless phone? If so, are there any particular
>> kinds of phone which are more or less likely to cause problems?
>>
>> Since I have only the 1 phone socket and connect to the internet
>> through ADSL, it is inevitable that the wireless internet router and
>> the phone base station are going to be reasonably close together.
>
>I run two DECT phones (from different base stations - one upstairs and one
>downstairs) and they don't seem to affect my wireless network. I do have
>occasional one-minute dropouts on the wireless connection from my laptop to
>my router (a ping -t shows 12 consecutive "no reply" responses), *but* this
>only affects that laptop and not any other, and it happens even when both
>DECT phones are unplugged from the mains. One of the DECT phones is about 3
>feet from the router.
>
As your Google search has shown , there is the possibility of
interference as the radio bands used by DECT phones and WLAN are
similar. Its not something the DECT manufacturers can do anything
about.

However I like Martin, and probably most people, dont have problems
even with the DECT base station next to the Wirelss router.

Its one of those things to consider if and when you are having
problems especially when using the WLAN at the limit of its range.
Moving the Wireless router away using one of these cheap thin phone
extension cables which tucks under the edge of the carpet is one
answer.

Robert

Robert

(E-Mail Removed)lid wrote in
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> On Sat, 29 Jul 2006 08:37:38 +0100, "Martin Underwood" <a@b> wrote:
>
>> Adam wrote in
>> 44cb0d1d$0$15047$(E-Mail Removed):
>>
>>> Hello everyone
>>>
>>> I've just moved into a house which, strangely, has only one phone
>>> socket. Rather than get into extensive cabling, I thought I would go
>>> wireless.
>>> I have successfully set up a wireless connection between my internet
>>> router and a PC in another room. I'd now like to have some more
>>> phones. If I buy a set of cordless phones, do I have to worry about
>>> interference between my wireless PC connection and the phones? I've
>>> done a Google search which suggests this can be a problem, although
>>> I can't help feeling that my situation must be so common these days
>>> that the cordless phone manufacturers must have been putting some
>>> thought into this in recent months. Is this something I have to
>>> worry about when choosing a wireless phone? If so, are there any
>>> particular kinds of phone which are more or less likely to cause
>>> problems?
>>
>> I run two DECT phones (from different base stations - one upstairs
>> and one downstairs) and they don't seem to affect my wireless
>> network. I do have occasional one-minute dropouts on the wireless
>> connection from my laptop to my router (a ping -t shows 12
>> consecutive "no reply" responses), *but* this only affects that
>> laptop and not any other, and it happens even when both DECT phones
>> are unplugged from the mains. One of the DECT phones is about 3 feet
>> from the router.
>>
> As your Google search has shown , there is the possibility of
> interference as the radio bands used by DECT phones and WLAN are
> similar. Its not something the DECT manufacturers can do anything
> about.
>
> However I like Martin, and probably most people, dont have problems
> even with the DECT base station next to the Wirelss router.
>
> Its one of those things to consider if and when you are having
> problems especially when using the WLAN at the limit of its range.
> Moving the Wireless router away using one of these cheap thin phone
> extension cables which tucks under the edge of the carpet is one
> answer.

If you do find that you get interference between DECT and wireless LAN, try
selecting a different wireless network channel: you *may* find that the
interference is less of problem at some frequencies than other.

I run a Zoom X6 wireless to both a PC and laptop and have BT 2200 *DECT*
cordless phones and have no problems pull the full 54Mbs and no noise on the
phones


"Martin Underwood" <a@b> wrote in message
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> (E-Mail Removed)lid wrote in
> (E-Mail Removed):
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>> On Sat, 29 Jul 2006 08:37:38 +0100, "Martin Underwood" <a@b> wrote:
>>
>>> Adam wrote in
>>> 44cb0d1d$0$15047$(E-Mail Removed):
>>>
>>>> Hello everyone
>>>>
>>>> I've just moved into a house which, strangely, has only one phone
>>>> socket. Rather than get into extensive cabling, I thought I would go
>>>> wireless.
>>>> I have successfully set up a wireless connection between my internet
>>>> router and a PC in another room. I'd now like to have some more
>>>> phones. If I buy a set of cordless phones, do I have to worry about
>>>> interference between my wireless PC connection and the phones? I've
>>>> done a Google search which suggests this can be a problem, although
>>>> I can't help feeling that my situation must be so common these days
>>>> that the cordless phone manufacturers must have been putting some
>>>> thought into this in recent months. Is this something I have to
>>>> worry about when choosing a wireless phone? If so, are there any
>>>> particular kinds of phone which are more or less likely to cause
>>>> problems?
>>>
>>> I run two DECT phones (from different base stations - one upstairs
>>> and one downstairs) and they don't seem to affect my wireless
>>> network. I do have occasional one-minute dropouts on the wireless
>>> connection from my laptop to my router (a ping -t shows 12
>>> consecutive "no reply" responses), *but* this only affects that
>>> laptop and not any other, and it happens even when both DECT phones
>>> are unplugged from the mains. One of the DECT phones is about 3 feet
>>> from the router.
>>>
>> As your Google search has shown , there is the possibility of
>> interference as the radio bands used by DECT phones and WLAN are
>> similar. Its not something the DECT manufacturers can do anything
>> about.
>>
>> However I like Martin, and probably most people, dont have problems
>> even with the DECT base station next to the Wirelss router.
>>
>> Its one of those things to consider if and when you are having
>> problems especially when using the WLAN at the limit of its range.
>> Moving the Wireless router away using one of these cheap thin phone
>> extension cables which tucks under the edge of the carpet is one
>> answer.
>
> If you do find that you get interference between DECT and wireless LAN,
> try
> selecting a different wireless network channel: you *may* find that the
> interference is less of problem at some frequencies than other.
>
>