What's Killing Your Wi-Fi?

Posted by samzenpus on Monday May 30, 2011 @08:22AM from the jamming-the-signal dept.

Barence writes "PC Pro has taken an in-depth look at Wi-Fi and the factors that can cause connections to crumble. It dispels some common myths about Wi-Fi problems — such as that neighboring Wi-Fi hotspots are the most common cause of problems, instead of other RF interference from devices such as analogue video senders, microwave ovens and even fish tanks. The feature also highlights free and paid-for tools that can diagnose Wi-Fi issues, such as inSSIDer and Heatmapper, the latter of which maps provides a heatmap of Wi-Fi hotspots in your home or office."

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Re:Linux by icebike · 2011-05-30 08:55 · Score: 3, Insightful

Nothing in this story talks about Linux.

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Baby monitor kills mine by TAZ6416 · 2011-05-30 10:10 · Score: 3, Insightful

Once my daughter goes to sleep and my wife turns this bad boy on, my wireless network totally falls apart.

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Seems quite common, I work in IT and now and again I get asked do you know why my wiresless network is so crap and a lot of the times they've just had a baby.