2.4 cordless phone and 2.4g network

[steve]

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just set up a wireless network runs great, just started voip, and i need a
expandable phone system. was given a att 2.4 dss system with 3 handset,
great. everything works. maybe

will the cordless phones screw up the network, or do i have to get a 5.8g
phone system?

m

 

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On Fri, 26 Nov 2004 11:49:19 GMT, steve spoketh

>just set up a wireless network runs great, just started voip, and i need a
>expandable phone system. was given a att 2.4 dss system with 3 handset,
>great. everything works. maybe
>
>will the cordless phones screw up the network, or do i have to get a 5.8g
>phone system?
>
>m
>

Well, the DSS phone should not interfere, the only way to know for sure
is to test it ...

Lars M. Hansen
http://www.hansenonline.net
(replace 'badnews' with 'news' in e-mail address)

 

[steve]

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yes it is a dss, is that the key?


"Lars M. Hansen" <badnews@hansenonline.net> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 26 Nov 2004 11:49:19 GMT, steve spoketh
>
>>just set up a wireless network runs great, just started voip, and i need
>>a
>>expandable phone system. was given a att 2.4 dss system with 3 handset,
>>great. everything works. maybe
>>
>>will the cordless phones screw up the network, or do i have to get a 5.8g
>>phone system?
>>
>>m
>>
>
> Well, the DSS phone should not interfere, the only way to know for sure
> is to test it ...
>
> Lars M. Hansen
> http://www.hansenonline.net
> (replace 'badnews' with 'news' in e-mail address)

 

[Guest]

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My panasonic is DSS, and I have no observable problems.

 

[Guest]

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Lars M. Hansen wrote:
> On Fri, 26 Nov 2004 11:49:19 GMT, steve spoketh
>
>
>>just set up a wireless network runs great, just started voip, and i need a
>>expandable phone system. was given a att 2.4 dss system with 3 handset,
>>great. everything works. maybe
>>
>>will the cordless phones screw up the network, or do i have to get a 5.8g
>>phone system?
>>
>>m
>>
>
>
> Well, the DSS phone should not interfere, the only way to know for sure
> is to test it ...
>
> Lars M. Hansen
> http://www.hansenonline.net
> (replace 'badnews' with 'news' in e-mail address)
There may be some speed degradation, or retransmissions, during phone
use, but I haven't heard a lot of complaints about this.

 

[Pablo]

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In a word, yes. I have an 802.11g router and a 2.4g cordless phone. If I'm
sitting at my laptop and I start talking on my coordless phone, BLAMMO, I
lose my wireless network connection. There's little you can do about this.
Because it's spread spectrum (802.11) switching the channel will be of
little help, although you should try experimenting. But there's a double
whammy with that: your cordless phone often switches channels too, and
automatically. The next time you talk on it, it may have decided that the
place you set your router is the best frequency range and so you just spend
your time chasing rainbows. Believe it or not, a number of people I know
have actually kept their old cheap 900 mhz cordless phones and they have no
trouble whatsoever.

Paul

"steve" <steve@steve.net> wrote in message
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> just set up a wireless network runs great, just started voip, and i need
a
> expandable phone system. was given a att 2.4 dss system with 3 handset,
> great. everything works. maybe
>
> will the cordless phones screw up the network, or do i have to get a 5.8g
> phone system?
>
> m
>
>

 

[Guest]

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FHSS phones will hose up your wireless. DSS won't.

 

[Guest]

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Pablo wrote:
> In a word, yes. I have an 802.11g router and a 2.4g cordless phone. If I'm
> sitting at my laptop and I start talking on my coordless phone, BLAMMO, I
> lose my wireless network connection. There's little you can do about this.
> Because it's spread spectrum (802.11) switching the channel will be of
> little help, although you should try experimenting. But there's a double
> whammy with that: your cordless phone often switches channels too, and
> automatically. The next time you talk on it, it may have decided that the
> place you set your router is the best frequency range and so you just spend
> your time chasing rainbows. Believe it or not, a number of people I know
> have actually kept their old cheap 900 mhz cordless phones and they have no
> trouble whatsoever.

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Unlike others, I have yet to experience any conflicts between my
wireless G products and my 2.4GHz cordless phone. I am on the internet
several hours a day and Often, I talk on my cordless phone while surfing
the 'net using my wireless enabled notebook pc on my lap. Lucky me, huh?

 

[Pablo]

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"Doug Jamal" <bishiv6AT@yahooDOT.com> wrote in message news:Rcptd.96848> <
SNIPPED >
>
> Unlike others, I have yet to experience any conflicts between my
> wireless G products and my 2.4GHz cordless phone. I am on the internet
> several hours a day and Often, I talk on my cordless phone while surfing
> the 'net using my wireless enabled notebook pc on my lap. Lucky me, huh?

I'd say you did get lucky. Dave Van Horn above, replied that DSS phones
won't interfere, so it's possible you have an FHSS phone. Frankly, all I
know is I have a Uniden 2.4gig cordless. My 802.11g signal is good all the
way throughout the house, but if someone gets on that phone and stands
between the router and me, let alone I talk on the phone while sitting at
the laptop, it's all gone. And with my house, being anywhere in the house
is being between my router and me. I have a three story (with basement)
house, and the router (linksys wrt54g) sits in the basement, so the signal
goes up vertically through all the floors nicely. But if I'm upstairs and
someone's on the first floor, I'm dead.

Paul

 

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On Fri, 26 Nov 2004 12:08:57 GMT, steve spoketh

>yes it is a dss, is that the key?
>
>

Yes, that is pretty much the solution.

Lars M. Hansen
http://www.hansenonline.net
(replace 'badnews' with 'news' in e-mail address)

 

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Pablo wrote:
> "Doug Jamal" <bishiv6AT@yahooDOT.com> wrote in message news:Rcptd.96848> <
> SNIPPED >
>
>>Unlike others, I have yet to experience any conflicts between my
>>wireless G products and my 2.4GHz cordless phone. I am on the internet
>>several hours a day and Often, I talk on my cordless phone while surfing
>>the 'net using my wireless enabled notebook pc on my lap. Lucky me, huh?
>
>
> I'd say you did get lucky. Dave Van Horn above, replied that DSS phones
> won't interfere, so it's possible you have an FHSS phone. Frankly, all I
> know is I have a Uniden 2.4gig cordless. My 802.11g signal is good all the
> way throughout the house, but if someone gets on that phone and stands
> between the router and me, let alone I talk on the phone while sitting at
> the laptop, it's all gone. And with my house, being anywhere in the house
> is being between my router and me. I have a three story (with basement)
> house, and the router (linksys wrt54g) sits in the basement, so the signal
> goes up vertically through all the floors nicely. But if I'm upstairs and
> someone's on the first floor, I'm dead.
>
> Paul
>
>
>
>
Bummer! How do you plan on resolving your issue? Will you try a
different brand cordless phone? My cordless phone is a GE 2.4GHz (model
2108GE2-A).

 

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On Wed, 08 Dec 2004 20:27:46 GMT, Doug Jamal spoketh

>Bummer! How do you plan on resolving your issue? Will you try a
>different brand cordless phone? My cordless phone is a GE 2.4GHz (model
>2108GE2-A).

I have a VTech 2651, which is a 2.4GHz DSS phone, and it does not
interfere with my wireless network...

Lars M. Hansen
http://www.hansenonline.net
(replace 'badnews' with 'news' in e-mail address)

 

[Guest]

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I'm in need of a new phone, best for here would be one with a separate
remote charger/handset.
I dunno 2.4gHz telephony - read that many 2.4 DSS phones use FHSS for added
security.
How do we read the box or otherwise determine which DSS phones don't use
frequency hopping ?

"Dave VanHorn" <dvanhorn@cedar.net> wrote in message
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>
>
>
> FHSS phones will hose up your wireless. DSS won't.
>
>

 

[Guest]

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> I dunno 2.4gHz telephony - read that many 2.4 DSS phones use FHSS for
> added
> security.
> How do we read the box or otherwise determine which DSS phones don't use
> frequency hopping ?

A phone will use one or the other system. Not both.

Mine said it was DSS on the box.
If in doubt, bring a receiver, and see if you see carrier bursts. If so,
it's hopping.
An Icom IC-R3 is really handy for this.

 

[Pablo]

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"Doug Jamal" <bishiv6AT@yahooDOT.com> wrote in message
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[SNIP]

> > goes up vertically through all the floors nicely. But if I'm upstairs
and
> > someone's on the first floor, I'm dead.
> >
> > Paul
> >
> >
> >
> >
> Bummer! How do you plan on resolving your issue? Will you try a
> different brand cordless phone? My cordless phone is a GE 2.4GHz (model
> 2108GE2-A).

Actually, I hate to sound defeatist, but I don't intend on solving it. If I
were running a home business and needed constant connectivity through wind,
rain and snow, I'd probably do something about it. But we use the laptop as
a mobile web/browser, email device, mp3 ripper and we have an old fashioned
wired desktop system that's the real workhorse. If someone gets on the
phone, we wait until they're off. If it's real important that the laptop
continue to work, we call that person back on one of our cell phones.
Eventually we'll probably buy a 5.8ghz phone, and just get off the 2.4g band
altogether.

Paul

 

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Just curious, why not a 900 mhz phone? That solved it for my household.

Pablo wrote:
>
> Actually, I hate to sound defeatist, but I don't intend on solving it. If I
> were running a home business and needed constant connectivity through wind,
> rain and snow, I'd probably do something about it. But we use the laptop as
> a mobile web/browser, email device, mp3 ripper and we have an old fashioned
> wired desktop system that's the real workhorse. If someone gets on the
> phone, we wait until they're off. If it's real important that the laptop
> continue to work, we call that person back on one of our cell phones.
> Eventually we'll probably buy a 5.8ghz phone, and just get off the 2.4g band
> altogether.
>

 

[Pablo]

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We don't own one. And we don't intend on buying a new cordless at the
moment. Like I said, no real rush to fix the problem, it's what you would
call a workable problem. And again, if I were going to go out any buy a new
cordless, I'd probably go buy one of the new 5.8ghz.

Paul

"Airman Thunderbird" <airman.basic@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Just curious, why not a 900 mhz phone? That solved it for my household.
>