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Problem with signal strength

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From: Neil Ginsberg
Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 23:46
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I have a Dell Truemobile wireless router 802.11g, and a Dell Truemoble 
wireless PCMCIA card for my laptop. I have had it set up for about a year 
with good connection.

I just moved and also just bought a 900 MHz cordless phone, and now I'm 
having problems. At first, I couldn't connect at all. I called Dell tech 
support, and they had me change the channel from 6 to 11, and now I can 
connect. However, the signal strength keeps fluctuating between Low and Good 
or Very Good. Sometimes I get an Excellent. But it fluctuates every few 
seconds between the two, and my Internet connectivity has been intermittent, 
as well.

I've tried turning off my cordless phone, but that doesn't seem to make a 
difference. So I'm thinking that maybe my neighbor has a 2.4 GHz cordless 
phone or something like that. Anyway, right now I'm sitting right next to 
the router with my laptop, and it's still fluctuating between Low and 
Excellent, so something's not right. I used to just get a solid Excellent or 
at least Very Good. There must be some interference somewhere, it seems.

I'm wondering if I should try another channel or if there's something else I 
could do to resolve this.

Thanks for any assistance.

Neil 
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