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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Its their fault by Master+Moose · 2011-05-30 08:47 · Score: 5, Funny

My wifi was going great... until the neighbours decided to secure their network

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. . .gone when the morning comes
1. Re:Its their fault by Ukab+the+Great · 2011-05-30 09:03 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  You have the Really Long Cable option if they haven't secured their door.
Re:microwave by Anonymous Coward · 2011-05-30 08:51 · Score: 5, Informative

ditto. take a fluorescent bulb to microwave and shut off light sources. If the bulb starts to glow replace the microwave.