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Re: Intermittent WiFi on Network Manager

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On 10/9/23, Ottavio Caruso <ottavio2006-usenet2012@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Am 08/10/2023 um 11:42 schrieb Lee:
>> On 10/7/23, Ottavio Caruso <ottavio2006-usenet2012@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> Am 07/10/2023 um 11:11 schrieb gene heskett:
>>>> Another possibility is a leaky microwave oven in the vicinity
>>>
>>> This is an urban legend and an excuse I was using when I was in tech
>>> support.
>>
>> It's real.  Try it yourself - run iperf for 2 minutes, display the
>> bandwidth report every second and then start the microwave for 1
>> minute.
>>
>> I get the thruput cut in half or or more when the microwave is on.
>> Which is an improvement on the previous microwave which used to kill a
>> wireless connection. (which was super annoying when the wife was doing
>> work-from-home & I wasn't allowed to use the microwave _at_all_ during
>> the day.  I suspect that's the reason she got a toaster oven)
>>
>> Is it fairly well-known that microwave ovens interfere the most on channel
>> 11?
>> I just tried linssid again and there's a bunch of APs on channel 1 &
>> 6, one on channel 2 and two on channel 8.  Nothing on channel 11.
>>
>> Lee
>>
>>
>
> So the microwave should be running 100% 24/7? What is it? Am I
> surrounded by 24/7 greasy spoons? I'm more inclined to believe in a
> buggy driver implementation. All the nearby Windows laptops run fine.

In other words, you didn't try running iperf and then starting the
microwave, right?
Or you did and don't want to admit that your microwave interferes with wifi.

Either way, take a look at
  https://www.acrylicwifi.com/en/blog/performing-wifi-spectrum-analysis-information-provided/#How_to_Perform_a_Professional_Site_Survey

scroll down just a bit and see
The most common devices that create interference and noise in a
wireless infrastructure are:

Some of those do run 24/7.  And finally
  https://www.zdnet.com/article/usb-3-and-usb-c-devices-can-cause-problems-with-wi-fi-and-bluetooth-connections-but-theres-a-solution/
which I've never seen in action, just read about.

Lee

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Intermittent WiFi on Network Manager Timothy M Butterworth <timothy.m.butterworth@gmail.com> - 2023-10-05 11:50 +0200
  Re: Intermittent WiFi on Network Manager Ottavio Caruso <ottavio2006-usenet2012@yahoo.com> - 2023-10-07 11:20 +0200
    Re: Intermittent WiFi on Network Manager gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2023-10-07 13:20 +0200
      Re: Intermittent WiFi on Network Manager Ottavio Caruso <ottavio2006-usenet2012@yahoo.com> - 2023-10-07 15:10 +0200
        Re: Intermittent WiFi on Network Manager gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2023-10-07 17:30 +0200
          Re: Intermittent WiFi on Network Manager Ottavio Caruso <ottavio2006-usenet2012@yahoo.com> - 2023-10-07 17:50 +0200
            Re: Intermittent WiFi on Network Manager gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2023-10-08 01:10 +0200
              Re: Intermittent WiFi on Network Manager Ottavio Caruso <ottavio2006-usenet2012@yahoo.com> - 2023-10-09 11:40 +0200
        Re: Intermittent WiFi on Network Manager Lee <ler762@gmail.com> - 2023-10-08 13:50 +0200
          Re: Intermittent WiFi on Network Manager gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2023-10-08 19:10 +0200
            Re: Intermittent WiFi on Network Manager Lee <ler762@gmail.com> - 2023-10-09 16:10 +0200
              Re: Intermittent WiFi on Network Manager gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2023-10-09 16:30 +0200
          Re: Intermittent WiFi on Network Manager Ottavio Caruso <ottavio2006-usenet2012@yahoo.com> - 2023-10-09 11:50 +0200
            Re: Intermittent WiFi on Network Manager Lee <ler762@gmail.com> - 2023-10-09 16:30 +0200
              Re: Intermittent WiFi on Network Manager Ottavio Caruso <ottavio2006-usenet2012@yahoo.com> - 2023-10-09 17:10 +0200
                Re: Intermittent WiFi on Network Manager <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2023-10-09 17:40 +0200
      Re: Intermittent WiFi on Network Manager Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> - 2023-10-07 18:30 +0200
      Re: Intermittent WiFi on Network Manager Eduardo M KALINOWSKI <eduardo@kalinowski.com.br> - 2023-10-09 13:50 +0200
        Re: Intermittent WiFi on Network Manager gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2023-10-09 16:20 +0200

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