29-05-2019, 07:21 PM
Hi All,
Amongst all of the trials and tribulations of trying to get NBNCo to come and look at the interference their equipment is causing a new issue appeared.
The Ping times would blow out, Down and Upload speeds would drop into the sub 0.5 Mbps range and connections would start to time out. With everything else RSP/NBN related this issue caused much frustration and swearing.
The WiFi sniffer showed that the signal strength was OK, few overlapping other services, so all good it seemed. I ran a 20m ethernet cable to the router and presto - performance was back. Unplugged and down it went again.
After much searching and hair pulling (okay that's a lie - there's none left
) it turns out that the wireless keyboard was wiping out the 2.4 GHz spectrum. As soon as the batteries came out of it the WiFi started to play nicely. Back to a wired keyboard for now.
So for future reference does anyone know of a way of looking at the 2.4 and 5 GHz spectrum for just such interference - without spending thousands on a fancy Spec An?
Would any of the SDR type dongles get to those bands and what software would be needed?
Amongst all of the trials and tribulations of trying to get NBNCo to come and look at the interference their equipment is causing a new issue appeared.
The Ping times would blow out, Down and Upload speeds would drop into the sub 0.5 Mbps range and connections would start to time out. With everything else RSP/NBN related this issue caused much frustration and swearing.
The WiFi sniffer showed that the signal strength was OK, few overlapping other services, so all good it seemed. I ran a 20m ethernet cable to the router and presto - performance was back. Unplugged and down it went again.
After much searching and hair pulling (okay that's a lie - there's none left
) it turns out that the wireless keyboard was wiping out the 2.4 GHz spectrum. As soon as the batteries came out of it the WiFi started to play nicely. Back to a wired keyboard for now.So for future reference does anyone know of a way of looking at the 2.4 and 5 GHz spectrum for just such interference - without spending thousands on a fancy Spec An?
Would any of the SDR type dongles get to those bands and what software would be needed?
Colin
Barossa Valley, SAP. PF95ln
(aka VK5CSW)
Barossa Valley, SAP. PF95ln
(aka VK5CSW)