My cordless phone interferes with my WLAN

Question

Im using my WLAN at great speeds, but when someone starts using the cordless phone to make a call, the WLAN does not work anymore it just drops. when the call on the cordless ends my speeds pick up again.

is there anything i can do about this?

Answer 1

First this is more likely to be a wired phone connection problem. You need a dsl filter connected between every phone point and its' phone, answering machine or fax. You need one to the dsl modem or router. You must NOT connect any doubler or other piece of phone equipment directly to a wall jack. If you have one missing or faulty, ALL phone calls will cut your connection when the phone is in use. If it was a wire;less problem it would simply slow your connection as it can interfere. The cordless phone base unit should be kept as far away from the wireless point as possible, 1 metre is normally enough.  A splitter is NOT the same as a filter.

Answer 2

I agree with colinc but also you could try changing the channel wich your router works on there are 6 try either 3 or 6

Answer 3

To summarise the other answers, there are two possible problems.

1) The wired end of the phone doesn't have a broadband microfilter.

2) The cordless phone interferes with the WLAN.

1) If the wired end goes through a splitter rather than a microfilter then your broadband will drop the connection when you use that phone.

2) If there is cross interference then you could try moving the WLAN channel to 1 or 11 to get some space from the phone.

Answer 4

It sounds like you may have a 2.4 GHz phone which uses the same frequencies as WiFi.

Older cordless phones used 900 MHz that did not interfere.  New phones are available at 5.8 GHz that do not interfere.  I use both 900 MHz and 5.8 GHz without any problems.

Answer 5

have the cords/line shielded or keep them apart an inch...

also put a splitter on your telephone line going to the modem and phone unit.

hope this helps.

if problem still persist, contact your local cable/dsl provider..