Microwave Oven Interfering with Wireless Internet Connection

[mcgillianaire]

My microwave oven interferes with my wireless connection. I've read about the possibility of this happening and I suspected such interference earlier last week, but now I've caught the interference in action! Does anybody know just how far a laptop has to be from microwaves to avoid such interference, and if this has any potential side effects to either unit?

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

There won't be a specific distance as there are a number of variables. Neither unit will be permanently affected- Connectivity loss is about the worst thing that will happen.

The interference occurs due to RF leakage, specifically of transients that happen at the start and end of each ON cycle of the oven (ON cycle: picture most of the top half of a 50Hz sine wave). Transients have a large bandwidth

A reduced power setting on the oven and a larger separation distance from the oven and smaller separation distance to the transmitter will probably help. You could also consider (further) EM shielding for your oven :p

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(me)

[mcgillianaire.livejournal.com]

Thanks a lot for the info! :) What are transients?