[amsat-bb] 100BaseT Woes - Resolved

[Emily Clarke <w0eec@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Everyone

After reading the 50 or so emails I received, I considered the bulk of the 
evidence:

1) Attaching or detaching the WAN cable had no effect (Problem on the LAN 
side).
2) Attaching or detaching the LAN cable that is hooked to the wireless hub 
had no effect.  (Cable born RFI)
3) Adding toriods to the cables and power input had no effect.  (Maybe 
still in the cables, maybe not)
4) The interference disappeared with no cables attached (RFI radiating off 
the cables?  Perhaps, but...)
5) Interference still present on a HT (meaning, not up on my outside 
antennas) even with no cables (RFI being generated in the box)
6) Disconnecting the power supply kills the interference (not a defective 
power supply.)

So considering this, I went and bought a new router by a different 
manufacturer.  Problem solved!

Thanks to everyone who wrote in. It provided some good things to check and 
consider.

I don't want to condemn of the Linksys BEFSR41 Router, which I think is a 
fine router.  I have one of the real early ones - $199 worth of early when 
I bought it (they are now about $49.) Many people wrote to say they had no 
problem with it.  So perhaps it's something Linksys fixed in later versions.

For those who are wondering what I bought, I bought a D-Link DI-604.  My 
wireless adapters and NICs are all D-Link products, so it made sense to go 
with a brand I trusted.

73 and thanks again for all the great suggestions,

Emily

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