Wireless signals

[nick944]

Ok, I recently purchased a Linksys WRT54G wireless router and found out that whenever I received a call my wireless on the computer would go dead. Both run at 2.4Ghz. I changed the channel on the router to a different one and now it works fine when someone calls. Though, whenever I make a call near the router I get some interference, is there any way I can fix this?

[petenick]

I had the same problem, and finally resorted to buying a 5.8 GHz phone system. I work for the phone company, and after asking around it was the only answer I kept getting. If you or anyone else has a solution, please post it! I would love to be able to use my 2.4 system again, since I had 4 handsets for it.

[davo123]

You could either change your phone system to 5.8 Ghz, as suggested and then keep your new router OR you could buy one of those routers with Dualband Draft 802.11n Technology (2.4GHz or 5GHz) so that you can choose which wireless "band" you want to operate in, however that would mean you'd also have to change the wireless card (or whatever it is that you use) to also support using 5Ghz, (so you'd have to get 802.11n wireless for your computer)...

Do you know what 2.4Ghz channel your phone system operates on? If you do, (unless you've tried already) set the router to the channel furthest away from the channel that your phone uses (but by the sounds of things this is already what you've done...)

[MrPopo]

I had the same problem in my first apartment that I shared with some random people on craigslist. As far as I was able to determine, the only real solution was to get one of the two devices on a different band entirely. The problem became moot when I moved about four months later (it was a short lease).

[Niode]

Yeah it's just standard crosstalk on the same frequency band. If you had your router near a microwave whenever you used it the router would lose signal. Like others have said, just get a dual band router (the expensive route, but worth it in my opinion as the increase in speed on your network will be huge, that's if you have a few devices on the network). Or just change the phone to a 5GHz (the cheap but less rewarding option).

[Ziggy]

On the router, are you using channel 1, 6 or 11? On your phone, is there no function to change channels? My older 900mhz phone was able to change channels. Maybe you could set the router and phone on opposite ends.