Escaping WiFi Interference In The Modern Dorm Room?

Posted by timothy on Sunday October 24, 2004 @11:29AM from the lots-of-aluminum-foil dept.

j.cherney writes "I recently moved my son up to a dorm at Michigan State University. We set up a wireless router (D-link) and everything worked well-until the rest of the dorm moved in. Now he is getting intermittent outages which I am quite sure is related to the large numbers of cordless phones on the 2.4ghz frequency. So my question to everyone is: Is there anything that I can do to make wireless work in this environment? Obviously I'm not willing to buy everyone in the dorm a new cordless phone! Is one brand more resistant to interference than another? Is there a filter than can be installed? Or is he S.O.L.?"

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Suggestions... by CommanderData · 2004-10-24 11:30 · Score: 5, Informative

1) Switch to 802.11a (in the 5.4Ghz range, so the cordless phones will not bother it)

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2) Wallpaper the dorm room with tinfoil (has the added benefit of blocking government mind control rays)

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