Rich,
Something certainly to consider, they do have a number of laser printers in
the office and two huge Xerox scanner/copier/printer/fax machines that DID
come over from the old office to the new office.
I'll see if I can slip into the office this weekend and shut it all down to
see if it still drops after 10 minutes.
-t
-----Original Message-----
From: MSU Network Administrators Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Richard Wiggins
Sent: Friday, July 09, 2004 5:52 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [MSUNAG] Laptops, Wi-Fi, Problems, Troy Murry
I thought about the laser printer possibility but I couldn't imagine how
it'd put out enough RF to nuke the Wi-Fi signal. But I do know from
tormenting the guy in the next office that when the heating element on my
laser printer goes off, it causes his flourescent lights to flicker. We put
a meter on it and saw a tremendous spike when it does the re-heat. Maybe if
a laser printer is on the same circuit as the access point the power draw is
causing the problem?
The energy conservation folks on campus say that older laser printers left
on 24/7 are a huge component of MSU's electric bill.
/rich
On Fri, 9 Jul 2004 16:26:50 -0400, Clifford Beckett <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi Troy,
> That is a very interesting problem. From your description, I would
> say the problem has to be with one of the pieces of equipment that was
moved with
> the office from the old building to the new one. I would look at the
> copy machines and faxes etc. These devices have heater bars and thermal
> controllers which cycle on and off on a regular basis. Turn every
> electronic device you can off except the wireless laptops and see if
> the problem goes away.
> Let us know what happens?
> Cliff
>
> Clifford L. Beckett
> Electronic Systems Designer
> Michigan State University
> A411 E. Fee Hall
> E. Lansing, MI 48824
> office 517-355-4659
> cell 517-749-4308
>
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