[ICOM] RF Quiet Router

[Michael P. Olbrisch]

Hmmmm....  I use a LinkSys WRT-55AG.  It has a 4-port  router, a 2.4 GHz
wireless, and a 5.0 GHz wireless.  I keep the 2.4 restricted to the top
channel so it doesn't cause any problem with my 2.4 satellite downlink.  I
have a 2.4/5.0 card in the laptop and keep it restricted to 5.0.  I do not
see any noise at all from 0 to 1.5 GHz, (which is the limit of my HP
spectrum Analyzer) anywhere along the system.

BTW - all the other computers in the house are CAT-5 hard-cable connected to
the router, only one laptop on the wireless.  The WAN port is of course
connecter to the cable modem.

I assume you are certain it is the router and not a cable radiating, or
maybe the power cord, something you can shield or ferrite-bead to death?

Perhaps you can return it, and have a short discussion with the store
manager.  Try this one and that one with your dual-band HT and see if one or
the other is better. 

One note.  The D-Link DI-604 looks like a good deal $$$-wise.  I had one.
It lasted a while, then fried itself.  I should have replaced it with
Link-Sys.  I wanted to.  But when I got to the store, the D-Link DI-604 was
on sale at like 75% off.  I already had the documents, the firmware
upgrades, it was really PLUG-AND-PLAY.  So I did it.  6 months later it
fried too.  I guess you really DO get what you pay for.

OH - Link-Sys is Cisco Systems.  It doesn't get much better than that.

Good luck with it.  Lemme know what you find.

Mike.  KD9KC.
El Paso, TX.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net 
> [mailto:icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of John.
> Sent: Saturday, September 02, 2006 12:56 PM
> To: towertalk at contesting.com; ICOM Reflector
> Subject: [ICOM] RF Quiet Router
> 
> Looking for a recommendation on a  *RF Quiet Router.
> 
> The Linksys I just installed has  rf in the 2m band and my 
> Icom 2at is 
> not happy.
> 
> Thanks de John KØCQW