Actiontec causing interference with phone

May 14, 2005 3 Replies
J

My actiontec wireless router (802.11g, wt701-g, supplied by qwest with dsl service) is causing interference in my phone. It is worst in my wireless phone (900Mhz, Uniden) - With that phone it is sometime very hard to hear.



However - I also have an old-school rotary dial phone (baby blue, made by bell-labs in the late 70's) The actiontect causes interference on this phone /even if it isn't plugged in!/ If I disconect it completely from the wall and just hold it within a few feet of the router, I can hear a hum and buzz.



Is this normal behavior, or a poor quality router or a faulty unit?



Thanks,



Adam


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E

I can't really say, but my QWest provided Actiontec WT701-G unit caused no problem at all to my old Uniden 900MHz phone unit, nor any other phones.

I assume you have the proper filters installed on all your used phone line outlets? Could be a defective filter on the jack that feeds your Uniden, maybe?

Ed

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M

this will be a poorly shielded power supply / transformer probably.

Neither of my routers, actiontec and 3com, interferes with anything.

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Hi Adam, have you tried disabling the wireless section of the Actiontec and seeing if that makes any difference. If not, then as Mark suggests, it sounds like you have a faulty unit and should ring up your ISP's helpline. Cheers, Mike

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