Wireless Problem

[Bryce C]

Here's an interesting one.  Not expecting any answers but when the power
was switching on and of again, my WAP was not on a UPS and so when it
cycled, my 2.4Ghz phone rang.  Only it.  Yes I know the both run in the
same unregulated airspace but It was still quite odd.


On Sun, 2002-07-14 at 19:52, James Durham wrote:
> Is it possible these two cards are just set too close in the computer? I know 
> I had a problem with TV reception when I had it plugged in near my Video 
> cards. I moved it a couple PCI slots over and saw a drastic improvement.
> 
> On Sunday 14 July 2002 06:41 pm, George Toft wrote:
> > I apologize for not being clear.  The MP3's are being played on the
> > local workstation through the sound card.  I also have a TV card
> > (Hauppage WinTV), and when I went to watch the Diamondbacks tonight, my
> > network QOS went to hell.  In summary, whever I play MP3's or use the
> > WinTV card (which outputs sound through the sound card), the wireless
> > card starts dropping packets.
> >
> > Possible interrupt conflict?
> >
> > George
> >
> > Bryce C wrote:
> > > Besides copying them to your HD locally, no.  I only have my personal
> > > experience to give.  I have found that often, mp3 playing programs are
> > > actively streaming the audio the entire time.  This means tremendous
> > > amounts of traffice because every second, roughly 128Kb has to be
> > > transferred and no matter what you say or the 802.11b rating is, your
> > > not going to get 11Mbs because that's megabits and TCP/IP is, as far as
> > > I know, the most inefficient protocol in use.
> > >
> > > On Sun, 2002-07-14 at 16:45, George Toft wrote:
> > > > I wish I were normal - but then life would be boring.
> > > >
> > > > I just set up a wireless network using a Linksys WMP11 (PCI card) and a
> > > > WAP11.  I get clear communication under normal conditions:
> > > > wlan0: 34. 53. 0% loss
> > > > wlan0: 36. 54. 0% loss
> > > > wlan0: 34. 53. 0% loss
> > > > wlan0: 34. 52. 0% loss
> > > > wlan0: 34. 53. 0% loss
> > > > wlan0: 38. 57. 0% loss
> > > > wlan0: 34. 52. 0% loss
> > > > wlan0: 36. 55. 0% loss
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > When I play MP3's using xmms, I get packet loss:
> > > > wlan0: 30. 46. 0% loss
> > > > wlan0: 32. 48. 5% loss
> > > > wlan0: 26. 41. 6% loss
> > > > wlan0: 34. 52. 8% loss
> > > > wlan0: 30. 47. 5% loss
> > > > wlan0: 36. 54. 5% loss
> > > > wlan0: 34. 51. 8% loss
> > > > wlan0: 34. 52. 10% loss
> > > > wlan0: 34. 52. 5% loss
> > > > wlan0: 36. 56. 5% loss
> > > > wlan0: 32. 49. 1% loss
> > > >
> > > > What you are looking at is the interface (wlan0), link quality, signal
> > > > level, and packet loss from my workstation to the WAP.
> > > >
> > > > Does anyone have a suggestion how I can listen to MP3's and not have
> > > > packet loss?
> > > >
> > > > George
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