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Don Y[_3_]

On 2/26/2016 1:26 PM, wrote:

And, any other "intentional radiators" that might be crowding the
available spectrum: baby monitors, microwave ovens, cordless phones, etc.
-- along with all of these in your NEIGHBORS' homes! (depending on
proximity)

+1

microwave ovens are a biggie...

your 100mW router can compete with other 100 mW routers that tranmit packets
on and off but is no match for a 1000 Watt microwave that runs in CW mode.

But a microwave oven is only limited "usage cycle". Chances are, it
will turn off in another minute or so. (assuming the maggie isn't
being duty-cycle modulated for a reduced "power level")

The problem comes when your neighbor isn't just transmitting packets
intermittently but is, instead, using his WiFi in lieu of a wired
connection and is streaming movies, skyping, etc.

Unfortunatly, those WiFi anlyzers don't show all this other stuff that is in
the 2.4 GHz band. you need a real spectrum analyzer.

Yup. Or, a way to move your wireless stuff to different bands (e.g., 5GHz).
I use a 900MHz cordless phone as it avoids problems with other "interferers".