"Austad, Jay" <austad at marketwatch.com> wrote: > > Yep, you or your neighbor was either using a 2.4Ghz cordless phone, or a > microwave. Also, the X10 wireless video links are 2.4Ghz, and very noisy. > This is almost certainly the cause. Maybe, but wouldn't interference from those come up as `noise' on the signal/noise measurements provided by iwconfig? I have yet to see anything other than -256dBm there, and S/N ratio can be +200 and still have the same trouble. Also, the trick in this case is to reboot the access point. Instantly, transfer rates go back to normal (~700kByte/s). -- _ _ _ _ _ ___ _ _ _ ___ _ _ __ In the carpool lane to / \/ \(_)| ' // ._\ / - \(_)/ ./| ' /(__ Nirvana. \_||_/|_||_|_\\___/ \_-_/|_|\__\|_|_\ __) [ Mike Hicks | http://umn.edu/~hick0088/ | mailto:hick0088 at tc.umn.edu ] -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://shadowknight.real-time.com/pipermail/tcwug-list/attachments/20020207/e722ece5/attachment.pgp