MetaGeek, LLC has a cool little USB device that allows you to scope out interference on wireless spectrums. It will do a spectrum analysis and see interference from the following items:
- Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g/n)
- Microwave Ovens
- Cordless Phones
- Baby Monitors
- Bluetooth
If you have found yourself continually getting dropped from your wireless access point, this may be a good way for you to find out how congested wireless is in your area. The utility allows you to quickly see what channels are super congested and what other devices are interfering. And yes, cordless phones, microwave ovens, and bluetooth can interfere with your wireless internet usage.
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Wow, that is so cool. Too bad it doesn’t record radioactivity.
We’re getting wireless lan at the lab and nuclear fission was discovered in the very building by Otto Hahn. Some parts of it (those that were not destroyed during WWII) still radiate. I hope it won’t have a major effect on the W-Lan cause I intend using it a lot!
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