[ot] microwave and wifi

[Bill Campbell]

On Mon, Sep 11, 2006, Tony Alfrey wrote:
>Man-wai CHANG wrote:
>> What's the frequency of waves used in microwave oven? 
>2.4GHz
>Power?
>Inside the cavity: several hundred watts up to 1 KW.
>> What about that of Wi-Fi network?
>2.4 GHz for 802.11b
>  Power?
>Typical wireless card is +15dbm (32 milliwatts).
>> 
>What's wrong; network dies when you cook dinner?

It does fairly frequently for me (I nuke coffee much more
frequently though :-).  My laptop is usually about six feet from
the microwave and my WAP is a floor below on the far side of the
house (about sixty feet).

Bill
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