| If you're downloading a large files and
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| | interference to block or to slow your
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| it's coming to it's end, you're receiving
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| | connection. For example, you may be able
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| a Skype call from a client in London,
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| | to connect just fine in your house, but
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| without warning, your Wi-Fi connection
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| | on your patio, you may have an
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| drops, leaving your download and VoIP
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| | intermittent connection that disappears
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| call in havock. You'll retry the wireless
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| | whenever your neighbor is using her
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| connection, but your router, though
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| | cordless phone. The signal on your patio
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| blinking contentedly in your tense, seems
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| | may be too weak to cope with the
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| to be off. After three hour, for no
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| | interference coming from the house next
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| reason, your Wi-Fi connection
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| | door. You can strengthen the connection
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| miraculously resurfaces.
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| | with antennas or repeaters or you can use
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| Wireless networking can be a easy and yet
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| | a power-line bridge to import the
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| gives you a headache, It'sgreat when it
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| | connection from your router to your patio
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| works and a mind-numbing frustration when
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| | and feed it into a power-line access
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| it doesn't. A common complaint among many
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| | point. Instead of the weak signal from
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| who have moved to Wi-Fi is that their
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| | your distant router, you now have a
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| wireless connection mysteriously fades in
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| | strong signal from an access point placed
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| and out the frequency.
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| | right where you want to buttress your
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| These steps will help you to create a
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| | coverage area.
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| stable, Always-on the wireless
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| | 3. Change channels. Interference is a
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| connections.
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| | likely cause of intermittent connections,
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| 1. Replace your cordless phone. Cordless
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| | such as the one described above. All
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| phones are among the worst sources of
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| | 802.11b and 802.11g networks operate at
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| interference for wireless networks. They
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| | 2.4GHz, in a small swath of spectrum once
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| intend to transmit at a higher power
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| | used primarily by ham-radio hobbyists.
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| output than Wi-Fi gear, making them
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| | Today, these radios, plus other Wi-Fi
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| louder and therefore harder to talk over,
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| | gear, Bluetooth devices, cordless phones,
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| and they tend to transmit frequently,
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| | microwave ovens, baby monitors, and
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| especially when the handset and base
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| | wireless surveillance equipment, all
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| station are separated. Some 2.4GHz
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| | crowd the spectrum. When these devices
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| cordless phones let you select a channel,
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| | compete for the same airspace, they
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| in which case you can try separating the
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| | interfere with each other, potentially
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| phone's frequency from the frequency of
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| | blocking each other's signals. Luckily,
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| your wireless network. For example, set
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| | there are ways to sidestep and minimize
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| your phone to channel 1 and your wireless
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| | interference in many situations. In the
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| router to channel 11. If your phone
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| | United States, 802.11b and 802.11g
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| doesn't let you select a channel, try
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| | devices can be configured to operate at
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| putting some distance between your phone
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| | any one of 11 channels. Unfortunately,
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| and your router. Generally, it's not a
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| | these channels overlap with adjacent
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| good idea to place a cordless phone next
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| | channels, so you have only 3
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| to a Wi-Fi router. If this doesn't help,
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| | nonoverlapping channels at your disposal:
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| consider replacing your 2.4GHz phone with
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| | channels 1, 6, and 11. If you and your
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| a 5GHz phone. This way, your phone and
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| | neighbor both have a wireless network,
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| network won't be sharing the same
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| | both of which are set to channel 6, you
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| airspace and won't interfere with each
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| | may experience interference. You can
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| other.
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| | remedy the problem by resetting your
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| 2. Expand your wireless network. The
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| | wireless router to a different,
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| farther you are from your wireless
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| | preferably nonoverlapping, channel, in
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| router, the greater the potential for
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| | this case, either 1 or 11.
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