802.11 a/b/g WiFi Connectivity Issue

[Lou]

I recently purchased a Dell Latitude D600 with their rebranded
Broadcom dual-band WiFi card (TrueMobile 1400) running Windows XP Pro
to replace my old Dell Latitude CPiA with Orinoco Wireless Silver PC
card running Windows 2000 Pro; I have an existing Orinoco Wireless
AP-1000 access point that operates in only 11b mode with 64bit WEP
enabled. The access point is up-to-date with firmware from
Orinoco/Proxim (Spring 2002 is the latest release).

I am encountering WiFi connectivity issue that I am hoping someone
might be able to help me figure out a solution to. In my apartment I
also have a 2.4ghz digital spectrum spread panasonic telephone that at
times in the past interfered with the old laptop system, but a simple
click of the channel button on the telephone solved the interference
and the WiFi connection would be restored. Now with the new laptop
system, whenever I use the telephone the connection drops; I try to
change the channel and the connection is still down. It is like the
new laptop system is too sensitive to the other 2.4ghz over-the-air
traffic because when the new one is down because of the telephone
being used, the old laptop still has a network connection. To me that
determined it has something to do with the new laptop system and
hopefully it is just a configuration issue with the broadcom card; I
have tried messing around with all the advance settings and nothing
seems to make the problem disappear.

Any thoughts on a solution is greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Lou

[Kent Halac]

Lou,

> Any thoughts on a solution is greatly appreciated. Thanks.

I ran into the same issue with the Panasonic 2.4GHz phone. At first, I
started using 802.11a (5.0GHz), but then my wife's new laptop had problems
with the 802.11a network cards. She went back to 802.11b, and I bought
new Uniden 5.8GHz phones. I can now run 802.11a, 802.11b, and talk on the
phone without any issues. I love the new phones. They are the best
phones that I have ever owned (TRU5885-2). Their range is probably not
quite as good as the Panasonic, but I never have the desire to walk down
the street when talking on the phone. Thus, range is not an issue for
me.

That is probably not the answer that you wanted, but it worked for me. If
802.11g becomes all the rage and is used as the defacto standard in the
future, I will probably convert over at a later date. That is still to be
determined at this stage. Currently, I carry both my 802.11a and 802.11b
cards with me. If I run into an 802.11g network, then my 802.11b card
will still work at a reasonable speed.

Kent

[Christopher Muto]

do you have service pak 1 installed? on top of that have you tried to
install the wireless netowrking update? the simpliest way to check is to
simply click the start-update option and follow prompts (fast internet
connection required for the sp1 update but not the other).

"Lou" > wrote in message
m...
> I recently purchased a Dell Latitude D600 with their rebranded
> Broadcom dual-band WiFi card (TrueMobile 1400) running Windows XP Pro
> to replace my old Dell Latitude CPiA with Orinoco Wireless Silver PC
> card running Windows 2000 Pro; I have an existing Orinoco Wireless
> AP-1000 access point that operates in only 11b mode with 64bit WEP
> enabled. The access point is up-to-date with firmware from
> Orinoco/Proxim (Spring 2002 is the latest release).
>
> I am encountering WiFi connectivity issue that I am hoping someone
> might be able to help me figure out a solution to. In my apartment I
> also have a 2.4ghz digital spectrum spread panasonic telephone that at
> times in the past interfered with the old laptop system, but a simple
> click of the channel button on the telephone solved the interference
> and the WiFi connection would be restored. Now with the new laptop
> system, whenever I use the telephone the connection drops; I try to
> change the channel and the connection is still down. It is like the
> new laptop system is too sensitive to the other 2.4ghz over-the-air
> traffic because when the new one is down because of the telephone
> being used, the old laptop still has a network connection. To me that
> determined it has something to do with the new laptop system and
> hopefully it is just a configuration issue with the broadcom card; I
> have tried messing around with all the advance settings and nothing
> seems to make the problem disappear.
>
> Any thoughts on a solution is greatly appreciated. Thanks.
>
> Lou
>

[Lou]

"Christopher Muto" > wrote in message .net>...
> do you have service pak 1 installed? on top of that have you tried to
> install the wireless netowrking update? the simpliest way to check is to
> simply click the start-update option and follow prompts (fast internet
> connection required for the sp1 update but not the other).

windows xp sp1 is installed; windows update states the system is
up-todate ... unsure if the "wireless networking" update is installed;
any way to check or force a redownload of it if already installed?

lou

[S.Lewis]

Kent,

I'm not the OP, but thanks for the informative post. Food for thought and
filed away for the future...


Stew

"Kent Halac" > wrote in message
...
>
> Lou,
>
> > Any thoughts on a solution is greatly appreciated. Thanks.
>
> I ran into the same issue with the Panasonic 2.4GHz phone. At first, I
> started using 802.11a (5.0GHz), but then my wife's new laptop had problems
> with the 802.11a network cards. She went back to 802.11b, and I bought
> new Uniden 5.8GHz phones. I can now run 802.11a, 802.11b, and talk on the
> phone without any issues. I love the new phones. They are the best
> phones that I have ever owned (TRU5885-2). Their range is probably not
> quite as good as the Panasonic, but I never have the desire to walk down
> the street when talking on the phone. Thus, range is not an issue for
> me.
>
> That is probably not the answer that you wanted, but it worked for me. If
> 802.11g becomes all the rage and is used as the defacto standard in the
> future, I will probably convert over at a later date. That is still to be
> determined at this stage. Currently, I carry both my 802.11a and 802.11b
> cards with me. If I run into an 802.11g network, then my 802.11b card
> will still work at a reasonable speed.
>
> Kent
>

[Christopher Muto]

sp1 has solved wireless conectiveity problem for me. upon closer inspection
the other update i was thinking of is only to enable wpa as an alternative
to wep. this would not help with a connectivity problem but with
authentication/encryption. perhaps the simple answer for you is to get a
900mhz cordless phone.

"Lou" > wrote in message
om...
> "Christopher Muto" > wrote in message
.net>...
> > do you have service pak 1 installed? on top of that have you tried to
> > install the wireless netowrking update? the simpliest way to check is
to
> > simply click the start-update option and follow prompts (fast internet
> > connection required for the sp1 update but not the other).
>
> windows xp sp1 is installed; windows update states the system is
> up-todate ... unsure if the "wireless networking" update is installed;
> any way to check or force a redownload of it if already installed?
>
> lou
>

[Pat]

Does it do 5.8 send and receive?

That's the problem with some modt of those phones. They compromise in my
diection the frequency.


"Kent Halac" > wrote in message
...
>
> Lou,
>
> > Any thoughts on a solution is greatly appreciated. Thanks.
>
> I ran into the same issue with the Panasonic 2.4GHz phone. At first, I
> started using 802.11a (5.0GHz), but then my wife's new laptop had problems
> with the 802.11a network cards. She went back to 802.11b, and I bought
> new Uniden 5.8GHz phones. I can now run 802.11a, 802.11b, and talk on the
> phone without any issues. I love the new phones. They are the best
> phones that I have ever owned (TRU5885-2). Their range is probably not
> quite as good as the Panasonic, but I never have the desire to walk down
> the street when talking on the phone. Thus, range is not an issue for
> me.
>
> That is probably not the answer that you wanted, but it worked for me. If
> 802.11g becomes all the rage and is used as the defacto standard in the
> future, I will probably convert over at a later date. That is still to be
> determined at this stage. Currently, I carry both my 802.11a and 802.11b
> cards with me. If I run into an 802.11g network, then my 802.11b card
> will still work at a reasonable speed.
>
> Kent
>

[Kent Halac]

> Does it do 5.8 send and receive?

The Uniden uses slices of the spectrum around 5.8 GHz for both sending
data from the base to phone and from phone to the base. For the 802.11a,
these devices work more in the 5.0 to 5.2 GHz range. Thus, there is no
overlap at all. My 802.11a, 802.11b, and Uniden phones never conflict
with one another based upon my experience.

Kent

[K Bloch]

You may have an issue where the wireless card is trying to look for a
better access point. It may do a periodic scan shere it actually
transmits and this is what is killing your phone calls. Try to disable
this function in the configuration program and see if the problem goes
away.


(Lou) wrote in message >...
> I recently purchased a Dell Latitude D600 with their rebranded
> Broadcom dual-band WiFi card (TrueMobile 1400) running Windows XP Pro
> to replace my old Dell Latitude CPiA with Orinoco Wireless Silver PC
> card running Windows 2000 Pro; I have an existing Orinoco Wireless
> AP-1000 access point that operates in only 11b mode with 64bit WEP
> enabled. The access point is up-to-date with firmware from
> Orinoco/Proxim (Spring 2002 is the latest release).
>
> I am encountering WiFi connectivity issue that I am hoping someone
> might be able to help me figure out a solution to. In my apartment I
> also have a 2.4ghz digital spectrum spread panasonic telephone that at
> times in the past interfered with the old laptop system, but a simple
> click of the channel button on the telephone solved the interference
> and the WiFi connection would be restored. Now with the new laptop
> system, whenever I use the telephone the connection drops; I try to
> change the channel and the connection is still down. It is like the
> new laptop system is too sensitive to the other 2.4ghz over-the-air
> traffic because when the new one is down because of the telephone
> being used, the old laptop still has a network connection. To me that
> determined it has something to do with the new laptop system and
> hopefully it is just a configuration issue with the broadcom card; I
> have tried messing around with all the advance settings and nothing
> seems to make the problem disappear.
>
> Any thoughts on a solution is greatly appreciated. Thanks.
>
> Lou

[Lou]

(K Bloch) wrote in message >...
> You may have an issue where the wireless card is trying to look for a
> better access point. It may do a periodic scan shere it actually
> transmits and this is what is killing your phone calls. Try to disable
> this function in the configuration program and see if the problem goes
> away.

actually the phone is killing the network connection ... i have tried
to make the card stay within whatever band it is using by disabling
the 11a radio; didn't solve the problem ...

i borrowed a friend's intel pro/100 mini-pci wireless card to make
sure it was not the laptop & laptop embedded antenna; with the intel
wifi card it did not drop the network connection when the phone was
used so i have determined it is definitely something with the broadcom
wifi card (dell truemobile 1400 -- bcm4306 bcm2050) ...

any extra insight to the a solution appreciated, thanks ...

lou

[Deathwalker]

ther are different channels you can use within the 2.4ghz band. try one of
those.

--
Ian Lincoln Independent I.T Consultant
"Kent Halac" > wrote in message
...
>
> Lou,
>
> > Any thoughts on a solution is greatly appreciated. Thanks.
>
> I ran into the same issue with the Panasonic 2.4GHz phone. At first, I
> started using 802.11a (5.0GHz), but then my wife's new laptop had problems
> with the 802.11a network cards. She went back to 802.11b, and I bought
> new Uniden 5.8GHz phones. I can now run 802.11a, 802.11b, and talk on the
> phone without any issues. I love the new phones. They are the best
> phones that I have ever owned (TRU5885-2). Their range is probably not
> quite as good as the Panasonic, but I never have the desire to walk down
> the street when talking on the phone. Thus, range is not an issue for
> me.
>
> That is probably not the answer that you wanted, but it worked for me. If
> 802.11g becomes all the rage and is used as the defacto standard in the
> future, I will probably convert over at a later date. That is still to be
> determined at this stage. Currently, I carry both my 802.11a and 802.11b
> cards with me. If I run into an 802.11g network, then my 802.11b card
> will still work at a reasonable speed.
>
> Kent
>

[Lou]

"Deathwalker" > wrote in message >...
> ther are different channels you can use within the 2.4ghz band. try one of
> those.
>
> --
> Ian Lincoln Independent I.T Consultant

already tried all that; forced the ap to channel 1 thru channel 11 ...
changing the channel of the access point did not solve the problem,
the mini-pci wifi card disconnected as soon as the telephone was in
use ...

thanks for the idea thou ...

lou

[Deathwalker]

could you move the phone base station further away from the pc?

--
Ian Lincoln Independent I.T Consultant
"Lou" > wrote in message
om...
> "Deathwalker" > wrote in message
>...
> > ther are different channels you can use within the 2.4ghz band. try one
of
> > those.
> >
> > --
> > Ian Lincoln Independent I.T Consultant
>
> already tried all that; forced the ap to channel 1 thru channel 11 ...
> changing the channel of the access point did not solve the problem,
> the mini-pci wifi card disconnected as soon as the telephone was in
> use ...
>
> thanks for the idea thou ...
>
> lou

[Lou]

"Deathwalker" > wrote in message >...
> could you move the phone base station further away from the pc?
>
> --
> Ian Lincoln Independent I.T Consultant

already done -- ap at one end of the apartment & phone base station at
other end ...

i have come to believe it is just the broadcom mini-pci card that is
so sensitive to other 2.4ghz over-the-air traffic/communication
because i temporally installed a intel pro/wireless mini-pci card in
the laptop and the telephone & wireless networking worked totally fine
together when both were in active use ...

i have yet to find any settings either thru the advance tab of the
hardware configuration of the device or direct registry entries which
might limit the sensitivity of the card ... also, tried to disable the
whole 11a aspect of the card by disabling the 5ghz radio & forcing it
only accept 11b/g access points ...

tomorrow i will call dell tech support to see if they have a new
firmware for the card that i can download with new xp drivers ... if
they don't i might just ask for them to send me another card with a
new firmware loaded on it ...

lou

[Deathwalker]

it will be worth pointing out tho them that the intel didn't have this
problem. this is making me think about tri band setups. oneway or another
a b or g will manage to work.

--
Ian Lincoln Independent I.T Consultant
"Lou" > wrote in message
om...
> "Deathwalker" > wrote in message
>...
> > could you move the phone base station further away from the pc?
> >
> > --
> > Ian Lincoln Independent I.T Consultant
>
> already done -- ap at one end of the apartment & phone base station at
> other end ...
>
> i have come to believe it is just the broadcom mini-pci card that is
> so sensitive to other 2.4ghz over-the-air traffic/communication
> because i temporally installed a intel pro/wireless mini-pci card in
> the laptop and the telephone & wireless networking worked totally fine
> together when both were in active use ...
>
> i have yet to find any settings either thru the advance tab of the
> hardware configuration of the device or direct registry entries which
> might limit the sensitivity of the card ... also, tried to disable the
> whole 11a aspect of the card by disabling the 5ghz radio & forcing it
> only accept 11b/g access points ...
>
> tomorrow i will call dell tech support to see if they have a new
> firmware for the card that i can download with new xp drivers ... if
> they don't i might just ask for them to send me another card with a
> new firmware loaded on it ...
>
> lou

[Kent Halac]

> Does it do 5.8 send and receive?

The Uniden uses slices of the spectrum around 5.8 GHz for both sending
data from the base to phone and from phone to the base. For the 802.11a,
these devices work more in the 5.0 to 5.2 GHz range. Thus, there is no
overlap at all. My 802.11a, 802.11b, and Uniden phones never conflict
with one another based upon my experience.

Kent

[K Bloch]

You may have an issue where the wireless card is trying to look for a
better access point. It may do a periodic scan shere it actually
transmits and this is what is killing your phone calls. Try to disable
this function in the configuration program and see if the problem goes
away.


(Lou) wrote in message >...
> I recently purchased a Dell Latitude D600 with their rebranded
> Broadcom dual-band WiFi card (TrueMobile 1400) running Windows XP Pro
> to replace my old Dell Latitude CPiA with Orinoco Wireless Silver PC
> card running Windows 2000 Pro; I have an existing Orinoco Wireless
> AP-1000 access point that operates in only 11b mode with 64bit WEP
> enabled. The access point is up-to-date with firmware from
> Orinoco/Proxim (Spring 2002 is the latest release).
>
> I am encountering WiFi connectivity issue that I am hoping someone
> might be able to help me figure out a solution to. In my apartment I
> also have a 2.4ghz digital spectrum spread panasonic telephone that at
> times in the past interfered with the old laptop system, but a simple
> click of the channel button on the telephone solved the interference
> and the WiFi connection would be restored. Now with the new laptop
> system, whenever I use the telephone the connection drops; I try to
> change the channel and the connection is still down. It is like the
> new laptop system is too sensitive to the other 2.4ghz over-the-air
> traffic because when the new one is down because of the telephone
> being used, the old laptop still has a network connection. To me that
> determined it has something to do with the new laptop system and
> hopefully it is just a configuration issue with the broadcom card; I
> have tried messing around with all the advance settings and nothing
> seems to make the problem disappear.
>
> Any thoughts on a solution is greatly appreciated. Thanks.
>
> Lou

[Lou]

(K Bloch) wrote in message >...
> You may have an issue where the wireless card is trying to look for a
> better access point. It may do a periodic scan shere it actually
> transmits and this is what is killing your phone calls. Try to disable
> this function in the configuration program and see if the problem goes
> away.

actually the phone is killing the network connection ... i have tried
to make the card stay within whatever band it is using by disabling
the 11a radio; didn't solve the problem ...

i borrowed a friend's intel pro/100 mini-pci wireless card to make
sure it was not the laptop & laptop embedded antenna; with the intel
wifi card it did not drop the network connection when the phone was
used so i have determined it is definitely something with the broadcom
wifi card (dell truemobile 1400 -- bcm4306 bcm2050) ...

any extra insight to the a solution appreciated, thanks ...

lou

[Deathwalker]

ther are different channels you can use within the 2.4ghz band. try one of
those.

--
Ian Lincoln Independent I.T Consultant
"Kent Halac" > wrote in message
...
>
> Lou,
>
> > Any thoughts on a solution is greatly appreciated. Thanks.
>
> I ran into the same issue with the Panasonic 2.4GHz phone. At first, I
> started using 802.11a (5.0GHz), but then my wife's new laptop had problems
> with the 802.11a network cards. She went back to 802.11b, and I bought
> new Uniden 5.8GHz phones. I can now run 802.11a, 802.11b, and talk on the
> phone without any issues. I love the new phones. They are the best
> phones that I have ever owned (TRU5885-2). Their range is probably not
> quite as good as the Panasonic, but I never have the desire to walk down
> the street when talking on the phone. Thus, range is not an issue for
> me.
>
> That is probably not the answer that you wanted, but it worked for me. If
> 802.11g becomes all the rage and is used as the defacto standard in the
> future, I will probably convert over at a later date. That is still to be
> determined at this stage. Currently, I carry both my 802.11a and 802.11b
> cards with me. If I run into an 802.11g network, then my 802.11b card
> will still work at a reasonable speed.
>
> Kent
>

[Lou]

"Deathwalker" > wrote in message >...
> ther are different channels you can use within the 2.4ghz band. try one of
> those.
>
> --
> Ian Lincoln Independent I.T Consultant

already tried all that; forced the ap to channel 1 thru channel 11 ...
changing the channel of the access point did not solve the problem,
the mini-pci wifi card disconnected as soon as the telephone was in
use ...

thanks for the idea thou ...

lou

[Deathwalker]

could you move the phone base station further away from the pc?

--
Ian Lincoln Independent I.T Consultant
"Lou" > wrote in message
om...
> "Deathwalker" > wrote in message
>...
> > ther are different channels you can use within the 2.4ghz band. try one
of
> > those.
> >
> > --
> > Ian Lincoln Independent I.T Consultant
>
> already tried all that; forced the ap to channel 1 thru channel 11 ...
> changing the channel of the access point did not solve the problem,
> the mini-pci wifi card disconnected as soon as the telephone was in
> use ...
>
> thanks for the idea thou ...
>
> lou

[Lou]

"Deathwalker" > wrote in message >...
> could you move the phone base station further away from the pc?
>
> --
> Ian Lincoln Independent I.T Consultant

already done -- ap at one end of the apartment & phone base station at
other end ...

i have come to believe it is just the broadcom mini-pci card that is
so sensitive to other 2.4ghz over-the-air traffic/communication
because i temporally installed a intel pro/wireless mini-pci card in
the laptop and the telephone & wireless networking worked totally fine
together when both were in active use ...

i have yet to find any settings either thru the advance tab of the
hardware configuration of the device or direct registry entries which
might limit the sensitivity of the card ... also, tried to disable the
whole 11a aspect of the card by disabling the 5ghz radio & forcing it
only accept 11b/g access points ...

tomorrow i will call dell tech support to see if they have a new
firmware for the card that i can download with new xp drivers ... if
they don't i might just ask for them to send me another card with a
new firmware loaded on it ...

lou

[Deathwalker]

it will be worth pointing out tho them that the intel didn't have this
problem. this is making me think about tri band setups. oneway or another
a b or g will manage to work.

--
Ian Lincoln Independent I.T Consultant
"Lou" > wrote in message
om...
> "Deathwalker" > wrote in message
>...
> > could you move the phone base station further away from the pc?
> >
> > --
> > Ian Lincoln Independent I.T Consultant
>
> already done -- ap at one end of the apartment & phone base station at
> other end ...
>
> i have come to believe it is just the broadcom mini-pci card that is
> so sensitive to other 2.4ghz over-the-air traffic/communication
> because i temporally installed a intel pro/wireless mini-pci card in
> the laptop and the telephone & wireless networking worked totally fine
> together when both were in active use ...
>
> i have yet to find any settings either thru the advance tab of the
> hardware configuration of the device or direct registry entries which
> might limit the sensitivity of the card ... also, tried to disable the
> whole 11a aspect of the card by disabling the 5ghz radio & forcing it
> only accept 11b/g access points ...
>
> tomorrow i will call dell tech support to see if they have a new
> firmware for the card that i can download with new xp drivers ... if
> they don't i might just ask for them to send me another card with a
> new firmware loaded on it ...
>
> lou

[Kent Halac]

> Does it do 5.8 send and receive?

The Uniden uses slices of the spectrum around 5.8 GHz for both sending
data from the base to phone and from phone to the base. For the 802.11a,
these devices work more in the 5.0 to 5.2 GHz range. Thus, there is no
overlap at all. My 802.11a, 802.11b, and Uniden phones never conflict
with one another based upon my experience.

Kent

[K Bloch]

You may have an issue where the wireless card is trying to look for a
better access point. It may do a periodic scan shere it actually
transmits and this is what is killing your phone calls. Try to disable
this function in the configuration program and see if the problem goes
away.


(Lou) wrote in message >...
> I recently purchased a Dell Latitude D600 with their rebranded
> Broadcom dual-band WiFi card (TrueMobile 1400) running Windows XP Pro
> to replace my old Dell Latitude CPiA with Orinoco Wireless Silver PC
> card running Windows 2000 Pro; I have an existing Orinoco Wireless
> AP-1000 access point that operates in only 11b mode with 64bit WEP
> enabled. The access point is up-to-date with firmware from
> Orinoco/Proxim (Spring 2002 is the latest release).
>
> I am encountering WiFi connectivity issue that I am hoping someone
> might be able to help me figure out a solution to. In my apartment I
> also have a 2.4ghz digital spectrum spread panasonic telephone that at
> times in the past interfered with the old laptop system, but a simple
> click of the channel button on the telephone solved the interference
> and the WiFi connection would be restored. Now with the new laptop
> system, whenever I use the telephone the connection drops; I try to
> change the channel and the connection is still down. It is like the
> new laptop system is too sensitive to the other 2.4ghz over-the-air
> traffic because when the new one is down because of the telephone
> being used, the old laptop still has a network connection. To me that
> determined it has something to do with the new laptop system and
> hopefully it is just a configuration issue with the broadcom card; I
> have tried messing around with all the advance settings and nothing
> seems to make the problem disappear.
>
> Any thoughts on a solution is greatly appreciated. Thanks.
>
> Lou

[Lou]

(K Bloch) wrote in message >...
> You may have an issue where the wireless card is trying to look for a
> better access point. It may do a periodic scan shere it actually
> transmits and this is what is killing your phone calls. Try to disable
> this function in the configuration program and see if the problem goes
> away.

actually the phone is killing the network connection ... i have tried
to make the card stay within whatever band it is using by disabling
the 11a radio; didn't solve the problem ...

i borrowed a friend's intel pro/100 mini-pci wireless card to make
sure it was not the laptop & laptop embedded antenna; with the intel
wifi card it did not drop the network connection when the phone was
used so i have determined it is definitely something with the broadcom
wifi card (dell truemobile 1400 -- bcm4306 bcm2050) ...

any extra insight to the a solution appreciated, thanks ...

lou

[Deathwalker]

ther are different channels you can use within the 2.4ghz band. try one of
those.

--
Ian Lincoln Independent I.T Consultant
"Kent Halac" > wrote in message
...
>
> Lou,
>
> > Any thoughts on a solution is greatly appreciated. Thanks.
>
> I ran into the same issue with the Panasonic 2.4GHz phone. At first, I
> started using 802.11a (5.0GHz), but then my wife's new laptop had problems
> with the 802.11a network cards. She went back to 802.11b, and I bought
> new Uniden 5.8GHz phones. I can now run 802.11a, 802.11b, and talk on the
> phone without any issues. I love the new phones. They are the best
> phones that I have ever owned (TRU5885-2). Their range is probably not
> quite as good as the Panasonic, but I never have the desire to walk down
> the street when talking on the phone. Thus, range is not an issue for
> me.
>
> That is probably not the answer that you wanted, but it worked for me. If
> 802.11g becomes all the rage and is used as the defacto standard in the
> future, I will probably convert over at a later date. That is still to be
> determined at this stage. Currently, I carry both my 802.11a and 802.11b
> cards with me. If I run into an 802.11g network, then my 802.11b card
> will still work at a reasonable speed.
>
> Kent
>

[Lou]

"Deathwalker" > wrote in message >...
> ther are different channels you can use within the 2.4ghz band. try one of
> those.
>
> --
> Ian Lincoln Independent I.T Consultant

already tried all that; forced the ap to channel 1 thru channel 11 ...
changing the channel of the access point did not solve the problem,
the mini-pci wifi card disconnected as soon as the telephone was in
use ...

thanks for the idea thou ...

lou

[Deathwalker]

could you move the phone base station further away from the pc?

--
Ian Lincoln Independent I.T Consultant
"Lou" > wrote in message
om...
> "Deathwalker" > wrote in message
>...
> > ther are different channels you can use within the 2.4ghz band. try one
of
> > those.
> >
> > --
> > Ian Lincoln Independent I.T Consultant
>
> already tried all that; forced the ap to channel 1 thru channel 11 ...
> changing the channel of the access point did not solve the problem,
> the mini-pci wifi card disconnected as soon as the telephone was in
> use ...
>
> thanks for the idea thou ...
>
> lou

[Kent Halac]

> Does it do 5.8 send and receive?

The Uniden uses slices of the spectrum around 5.8 GHz for both sending
data from the base to phone and from phone to the base. For the 802.11a,
these devices work more in the 5.0 to 5.2 GHz range. Thus, there is no
overlap at all. My 802.11a, 802.11b, and Uniden phones never conflict
with one another based upon my experience.

Kent

[Lou]

"Deathwalker" > wrote in message >...
> could you move the phone base station further away from the pc?
>
> --
> Ian Lincoln Independent I.T Consultant

already done -- ap at one end of the apartment & phone base station at
other end ...

i have come to believe it is just the broadcom mini-pci card that is
so sensitive to other 2.4ghz over-the-air traffic/communication
because i temporally installed a intel pro/wireless mini-pci card in
the laptop and the telephone & wireless networking worked totally fine
together when both were in active use ...

i have yet to find any settings either thru the advance tab of the
hardware configuration of the device or direct registry entries which
might limit the sensitivity of the card ... also, tried to disable the
whole 11a aspect of the card by disabling the 5ghz radio & forcing it
only accept 11b/g access points ...

tomorrow i will call dell tech support to see if they have a new
firmware for the card that i can download with new xp drivers ... if
they don't i might just ask for them to send me another card with a
new firmware loaded on it ...

lou

[Deathwalker]

it will be worth pointing out tho them that the intel didn't have this
problem. this is making me think about tri band setups. oneway or another
a b or g will manage to work.

--
Ian Lincoln Independent I.T Consultant
"Lou" > wrote in message
om...
> "Deathwalker" > wrote in message
>...
> > could you move the phone base station further away from the pc?
> >
> > --
> > Ian Lincoln Independent I.T Consultant
>
> already done -- ap at one end of the apartment & phone base station at
> other end ...
>
> i have come to believe it is just the broadcom mini-pci card that is
> so sensitive to other 2.4ghz over-the-air traffic/communication
> because i temporally installed a intel pro/wireless mini-pci card in
> the laptop and the telephone & wireless networking worked totally fine
> together when both were in active use ...
>
> i have yet to find any settings either thru the advance tab of the
> hardware configuration of the device or direct registry entries which
> might limit the sensitivity of the card ... also, tried to disable the
> whole 11a aspect of the card by disabling the 5ghz radio & forcing it
> only accept 11b/g access points ...
>
> tomorrow i will call dell tech support to see if they have a new
> firmware for the card that i can download with new xp drivers ... if
> they don't i might just ask for them to send me another card with a
> new firmware loaded on it ...
>
> lou

[K Bloch]

You may have an issue where the wireless card is trying to look for a
better access point. It may do a periodic scan shere it actually
transmits and this is what is killing your phone calls. Try to disable
this function in the configuration program and see if the problem goes
away.


(Lou) wrote in message >...
> I recently purchased a Dell Latitude D600 with their rebranded
> Broadcom dual-band WiFi card (TrueMobile 1400) running Windows XP Pro
> to replace my old Dell Latitude CPiA with Orinoco Wireless Silver PC
> card running Windows 2000 Pro; I have an existing Orinoco Wireless
> AP-1000 access point that operates in only 11b mode with 64bit WEP
> enabled. The access point is up-to-date with firmware from
> Orinoco/Proxim (Spring 2002 is the latest release).
>
> I am encountering WiFi connectivity issue that I am hoping someone
> might be able to help me figure out a solution to. In my apartment I
> also have a 2.4ghz digital spectrum spread panasonic telephone that at
> times in the past interfered with the old laptop system, but a simple
> click of the channel button on the telephone solved the interference
> and the WiFi connection would be restored. Now with the new laptop
> system, whenever I use the telephone the connection drops; I try to
> change the channel and the connection is still down. It is like the
> new laptop system is too sensitive to the other 2.4ghz over-the-air
> traffic because when the new one is down because of the telephone
> being used, the old laptop still has a network connection. To me that
> determined it has something to do with the new laptop system and
> hopefully it is just a configuration issue with the broadcom card; I
> have tried messing around with all the advance settings and nothing
> seems to make the problem disappear.
>
> Any thoughts on a solution is greatly appreciated. Thanks.
>
> Lou

[Lou]

(K Bloch) wrote in message >...
> You may have an issue where the wireless card is trying to look for a
> better access point. It may do a periodic scan shere it actually
> transmits and this is what is killing your phone calls. Try to disable
> this function in the configuration program and see if the problem goes
> away.

actually the phone is killing the network connection ... i have tried
to make the card stay within whatever band it is using by disabling
the 11a radio; didn't solve the problem ...

i borrowed a friend's intel pro/100 mini-pci wireless card to make
sure it was not the laptop & laptop embedded antenna; with the intel
wifi card it did not drop the network connection when the phone was
used so i have determined it is definitely something with the broadcom
wifi card (dell truemobile 1400 -- bcm4306 bcm2050) ...

any extra insight to the a solution appreciated, thanks ...

lou

[Deathwalker]

ther are different channels you can use within the 2.4ghz band. try one of
those.

--
Ian Lincoln Independent I.T Consultant
"Kent Halac" > wrote in message
...
>
> Lou,
>
> > Any thoughts on a solution is greatly appreciated. Thanks.
>
> I ran into the same issue with the Panasonic 2.4GHz phone. At first, I
> started using 802.11a (5.0GHz), but then my wife's new laptop had problems
> with the 802.11a network cards. She went back to 802.11b, and I bought
> new Uniden 5.8GHz phones. I can now run 802.11a, 802.11b, and talk on the
> phone without any issues. I love the new phones. They are the best
> phones that I have ever owned (TRU5885-2). Their range is probably not
> quite as good as the Panasonic, but I never have the desire to walk down
> the street when talking on the phone. Thus, range is not an issue for
> me.
>
> That is probably not the answer that you wanted, but it worked for me. If
> 802.11g becomes all the rage and is used as the defacto standard in the
> future, I will probably convert over at a later date. That is still to be
> determined at this stage. Currently, I carry both my 802.11a and 802.11b
> cards with me. If I run into an 802.11g network, then my 802.11b card
> will still work at a reasonable speed.
>
> Kent
>

[Lou]

"Deathwalker" > wrote in message >...
> ther are different channels you can use within the 2.4ghz band. try one of
> those.
>
> --
> Ian Lincoln Independent I.T Consultant

already tried all that; forced the ap to channel 1 thru channel 11 ...
changing the channel of the access point did not solve the problem,
the mini-pci wifi card disconnected as soon as the telephone was in
use ...

thanks for the idea thou ...

lou

[Deathwalker]

could you move the phone base station further away from the pc?

--
Ian Lincoln Independent I.T Consultant
"Lou" > wrote in message
om...
> "Deathwalker" > wrote in message
>...
> > ther are different channels you can use within the 2.4ghz band. try one
of
> > those.
> >
> > --
> > Ian Lincoln Independent I.T Consultant
>
> already tried all that; forced the ap to channel 1 thru channel 11 ...
> changing the channel of the access point did not solve the problem,
> the mini-pci wifi card disconnected as soon as the telephone was in
> use ...
>
> thanks for the idea thou ...
>
> lou

[Lou]

"Deathwalker" > wrote in message >...
> could you move the phone base station further away from the pc?
>
> --
> Ian Lincoln Independent I.T Consultant

already done -- ap at one end of the apartment & phone base station at
other end ...

i have come to believe it is just the broadcom mini-pci card that is
so sensitive to other 2.4ghz over-the-air traffic/communication
because i temporally installed a intel pro/wireless mini-pci card in
the laptop and the telephone & wireless networking worked totally fine
together when both were in active use ...

i have yet to find any settings either thru the advance tab of the
hardware configuration of the device or direct registry entries which
might limit the sensitivity of the card ... also, tried to disable the
whole 11a aspect of the card by disabling the 5ghz radio & forcing it
only accept 11b/g access points ...

tomorrow i will call dell tech support to see if they have a new
firmware for the card that i can download with new xp drivers ... if
they don't i might just ask for them to send me another card with a
new firmware loaded on it ...

lou

[Deathwalker]

it will be worth pointing out tho them that the intel didn't have this
problem. this is making me think about tri band setups. oneway or another
a b or g will manage to work.

--
Ian Lincoln Independent I.T Consultant
"Lou" > wrote in message
om...
> "Deathwalker" > wrote in message
>...
> > could you move the phone base station further away from the pc?
> >
> > --
> > Ian Lincoln Independent I.T Consultant
>
> already done -- ap at one end of the apartment & phone base station at
> other end ...
>
> i have come to believe it is just the broadcom mini-pci card that is
> so sensitive to other 2.4ghz over-the-air traffic/communication
> because i temporally installed a intel pro/wireless mini-pci card in
> the laptop and the telephone & wireless networking worked totally fine
> together when both were in active use ...
>
> i have yet to find any settings either thru the advance tab of the
> hardware configuration of the device or direct registry entries which
> might limit the sensitivity of the card ... also, tried to disable the
> whole 11a aspect of the card by disabling the 5ghz radio & forcing it
> only accept 11b/g access points ...
>
> tomorrow i will call dell tech support to see if they have a new
> firmware for the card that i can download with new xp drivers ... if
> they don't i might just ask for them to send me another card with a
> new firmware loaded on it ...
>
> lou