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Old 30-12-2006, 10:59 PM
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802.11a wireless access points
My GF's dad just bought a stereo that uses 2.4Ghz wireless for the back speakers - sure enough that's why his wi-fi stopped working last week.

His laptop has an intel 802.11a/b/g chipset in it - if I get an 802.11a AP, that should all work fine right? Does anyone still make 802.11a APs? Does anyone have a recommendation on a cheap, no-frills 802.11a AP? Or a suggestion for another work-around?
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Old 30-12-2006, 11:21 PM
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Tried changing the channel that the current wireless system is using? That usually fixes interference problems.
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Old 30-12-2006, 11:29 PM
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... they have hi-fi that uses wi-fi now? Ye gods, is nothing sacred!




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Old 31-12-2006, 12:19 AM
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Brains: Hehe, yep. For the ultra-lazy who can't be shagged laying down 2 cabls instead of 1.... you still have to plug the damn things in!


maj3stic: I tried changing the channel, but it didn't help. The hi-fi xmitter is within a metre of the wireless modem, so bandwidth bleeding will be as bad as can be. There's not really any way that either device can be moved (that's where the TV is, and that's also where the pigpond cable connection is).
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Old 31-12-2006, 12:25 AM
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Perhaps run an ethernet cable from the cable modem to a router a little way away? That should get rid of some of the interference.
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Old 31-12-2006, 12:29 AM
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It's a modem with wireless built-in, so if I'm going to buy another AP I may as well get an 802.11a one and know it'll work.

Do macs work with 802.11a?
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Old 31-12-2006, 01:01 AM
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Considering the proximity (a metre! yikes!) you'd have to take either one of them up over 20 GHz, and even then there's going to be spill-over and thus, major interference [1]. It sounds like the speaker-fi is putting out the most power.

Either one moves away from the other to over the three metre mark, or the lad sells the *cough* wireless speakers (what a frick'n daft idea that is), or goes without his wireless internet, because I doubt even 802.11n will be good enough, and whichever device has the most power will dominate the other.

It's like John Wayne & Kirk Douglas facing off, "there ain't room on th' range for th' both of us" kinda thing.


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