[OZAPRS] 2.45 GHz Interference

[Darryl Ross]

The 'N' specification is not a frequency specification but a channel 
bonding / modulation specification and can be run on either 2.4GHz or 
5.7GHz.


On 10/01/2011 9:58 PM, Damien Gardner Jnr wrote:
> I thought (apart from the speed) that the whole point of N was that it
> was on 5 Ghz, so you didn't have interference from 2.4ghz gear? My
> dualband AP here runs A/N on 5, and B/G on 2.4.. ?
>
> --DG
>
> On 10/01/2011, at 10:12 PM, Darryl Smith wrote:
>
>> People
>> Slightly off topic, but anyway. Wifi in my house has been really bad
>> for ages. It just does not work. I thought it was interference from
>> servers, but I replaced them, and things are still really bad. Well,
>> today I needed to get some Perspex, and there was a cheap PC place a
>> few doors down, so I picked up an 802.11n router for $55, that was
>> supposed to have 5 times the range of 802.11g products.
>> After setting the device up, I tried to use my laptop in the Garage.
>> No Wifi. Back to the office, and I found that it worked not too bad
>> next to the access point, but it was marginal about 1.5m away.
>> I realized at this point that I probably had an interference issue.
>> After all, what else could it be. Then I thought that it might be a
>> faulty PIR on my alarm, since they are dual PIR/Microwave. Turning the
>> alarm off resulted in fantastic Wifi performance. Turning it back on
>> stopped the Wifi.
>> Then I went and found the manual for the PIR. Turns out that the units
>> I purchased were not 10 GHz but 2.45 GHz.
>> Just something for people to watch out for. The units I have are from
>> Crow Electronics
>> Darryl
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