Re: [Thinkpad] T41p: wireless drops connection every 2-3 minutes

From: David Goldman <David_at_dgoldman.com>
Date: Fri Mar 19 2004 - 14:51:02 EST

Do you, by any chance, have a cordless phone? If so, please unplug it
from AC and phone line and retest your computer system. Some cordless
phones interfere with some wireless networking equipment.

On Fri, 19 Mar 2004, Andrew Webber wrote:

>This didn't happen with the old machine (TP600 with Microsoft
>802.11b PCMCIA card).
>
>Network: Sympatico DSL
>Wireless Router: Microsoft 802.11b
>
>The router is upstairs and I'm sitting downstairs. Everything else
>is physically the same as before, I'm sitting in the same chair and
>the router is in the same place. Only change I made to the router
>was adding the TP41p's 802.11b's MAC address for MAC filtering (I
>also turned off MAC filtering for wired connections but assume
>that's not relevant). I have WEP turned on.

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