wifi interference

[coyne740]

Has anyone noticed other wifi signals dropping when using your iphone 3g in wireless mode near them? For instance, if I have my iphone's wireless on, and I am using my laptop, the laptop gets NO signal at all. The iphone is jailbroken, but not unlocked and on the current 202 firmware... thought it could be openssh, but I disabled that and it still happened until I disabled wifi. Any ideas?

[acosmichippo]

is this everywhere, or on one specific network?

i think ATT 3G operates on the 1900 MHz frequency (1.9 GHz)... most wireless G routers operate around 2.4 GHz (depending on the channel selected), so i guess it's possible it's interfering with it... you could try changing wifi channels on your router to something further away from 1.9 GHz.

[coyne740]

it's happened at home and at an office that I was visiting. I changed my home broadcast channel to 11, and it still cuts out frequently. My router could be done as well, but I doubt it... I am going to pick up a new one tomorrow and see what happens.

And I do not have 3g on at home, 3g is not available in my area yet... so it's just EDGE for me

[acosmichippo]

oh, wow... that is pretty bizarre. let us know how it goes.

Lips fan, btw?