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