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Tracking Down Wi-Fi Interference?
Nicros writes "Almost every evening, between 8:30 and 10:00, my Wi-Fi just dies. This, in itself, could be explained by a crappy Wi-Fi source or some hardware failure, except that I know both of my neighbors are experiencing the same loss of signal at the same time. While the Wi-Fi is down, the LAN is OK, and anything plugged into Cat5 can access the Internet just fine. One possibility comes to mind — perhaps some other neighbor arrives home and turns on their router from 8:30 to 10:00? And something in their signal is hosing our Wi-Fi? I have tried looking around for software to help identify the source of interference, but either the programs are ridiculously expensive for a home user, or else my card (Intel Link 1000 BGN) isn't supported. (Netstumbler is an example of the latter.) Any suggestions on how I can track this down?"
I once had wireless internet from a local ISP. Between myself and the tower was a ham radio operator that evidently likes to walk all over the frequencies. I could never get the douche bag to quit fucking things up on a regular basis.
Steve's Computer Service, Hobbs, NM
Imagine if your neighbor tried that with TV...
<PersonA> Your interfering with my television during prime time..
<Neighbor> Pls Nevermind the interference.
<PersonA> But I want to watch Fox news and you're completely scrambling it.....
<Neighbor> Feh. Then go watch CNN instead, it's on a different channel and will probably work. Problem solved.
Good idea, only your over looking that for some people even a $5 dollar card can be out of their budget, even for the time needed to resell it. Likely not the case this time but not everyone has spare money to throw a problem.