problem with qos fron 2.4 mgz motarola phone

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gspencer wrote:

You bethcha! 4 feet from each other and Vonage the service provider said that was not an issue.

My cordless phone base is located TWO FEET from my WRT54G router. Both work fine, with no interference whatsoever. I've even intentionally tried to cause interference between the two. No dice. They just keep being happy with each other. Damned pesky reliable modern electronics.

The cordless phone appears to detect "interference" on a channel if it happens to choose the same one my WiFi router uses, and it changes channels away from the router. This is an AT&T 1485 Cordless/Speakerphone. Hardly a sophisticated piece of gear.

Regardless, the manal for every WiFi router states that 2.4GHz phones could be a problem. The test is easy. As a former boss of mine used to say, "This isn't rocket surgery, people."

Yes, interference is possible. It's also highly unlikely, and almost certainly NOT the cause for your problem. Possibly the Vonage rep should have told you to hook up a wired phone. On the other hand, you have stated to us that the wireless phone and the WRT54G had been working proior to Vonage. That means that it is VERY unlikely to be a factor, and not worth asking you to go out and buy a wired phone to test.

You STILL haven't given me ANY information to diganose what your real problem is. I'm still willing to help, if you want help. If not, OK, that's fine. Best of luck with whatever you decide to do. Peace.

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Peace to all.

Thanks.

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NateHoy wrote:

My cordless phone base is located TWO FEET from my WRT54G router. Both work fine, with no interference whatsoever. I've even intentionally tried to cause interference between the two. No dice. They just keep being happy with each other. Damned pesky reliable modern electronics.

This really depends on the phone you're using. The analog 2.4Ghz phones seem to be the worst offenders, 'though some digital spread spectrum 2.4Ghz phones can cause headaches as well. It's pure hit-or-miss 'though. One analog 2.4Ghz phone may work fine while a different model might never work right with another 2.4Ghz device in the area. I have one of the original Panasonic analog 2.4Ghz phones from when they first came out and it does a very nice job of totally obliterating the 802.11 signals in most of the building when it operates at its highest power. At the same time, it is a high-power phone and covers just about 90% of a 200,000 sq ft building, probably could get 100% coverage if I put the base in a better location. I also have a set of Siemens 2.4Ghz spread spectrum phones which suffer terrible interference (dropouts) from 802.11 networks, but they don't seem to affect the networks much. They also don't go anywhere near as far as my beloved Panasonic.