I have had clicking/popping issues with both 900 mhz and 2.4 ghz phones. It all comes down to the level of competing interference in your area. You could probably use a 2.4ghz phone as long as it was labeled as wifi-friendly (I've seen some) and as long as you kept the phone base away from your AP. Or to get really fancy get one of those Cisco cordless SIP/Wifi phones that can use your WLAN directly. They look a lot like a cell phone and I think they're only a few hundred dollars... ;) At 04:35 PM 9/15/2004 -0500, you wrote: >I have been using a cheap analog 900 MHz phone for the past year, but a few >weeks ago it became almost useless with many chips clicks and pops per >minute (much worse than a digital cellphone with a weak signal) -- I suspect >an interfering device in the neighborhood. It only works reliably within a >few feet of the base unit. I was going to pick up a cheap 2.4 GHz cordless >phone until I read this thread. > >The problem is that I use both 802.11b (2.4 GHz) and 802.11a (5 GHz) here. >Would the 5.6 GHz phones interfere with my 802.11a? > >I wonder if a 900 MHz spread spectrum phone would work here (if I can still >find one)... > >Another problem -- my house has vinyl-clad steel siding and my laptop only >sees my WAP line-of-sight (through a window). It does not seem to go through >the outer walls (grounded metal). I have been thinking of sticking the WAP >on a pole over the house... > > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "John T. Hoffoss" <john.t.hoffoss at gmail.com> >To: "Twin Cities Wireless Users Group List" <tcwug-list at tcwug.org> >Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 11:17 AM >Subject: Re: [TCWUG] What AP do you use? > > >> On Wed, 15 Sep 2004 10:57:27 -0500, Haudy Kazemi <kaze0010 at umn.edu> wrote: >>> Or watch Goodwill, Salvation Army, or garage sales for cheap 900mhz >>> phones. >>> That's what I did when my cordless 2.4ghz Sony phone interfered with my >>> WLAN. >> >> >> Or just use your cellul...<call dropped> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Twin Cities Wireless Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, >> Minnesota >> http://www.tcwug.org >> tcwug-list at tcwug.org >> https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tcwug-list >> > > > >_______________________________________________ >Twin Cities Wireless Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >http://www.tcwug.org >tcwug-list at tcwug.org >https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tcwug-list > > _______________________________________________ Twin Cities Wireless Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.tcwug.org tcwug-list at tcwug.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tcwug-list