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   On 8/29/2017 3:06 AM, GlowingBlueMist wrote:   
   > On 8/29/2017 2:03 AM, GlowingBlueMist wrote:   
   >> On 8/28/2017 6:40 PM, danny burstein wrote:   
   >>> About a month ago the utility swapped out   
   >>> all the meters here with "smart" ones, and   
   >>> ever since... I've had 803.11 problems.   
   >>>   
   >>> We were away when they did the replacement, and   
   >>> while we had to reset a bunch of clocks, things   
   >>> in the house were ok.   
   >>>   
   >>> However, ever since then, my laptop loses connectivity   
   >>> to our wifi base. This typically happens (very roughly)   
   >>> for ten minutes a couple of times/day. (Maybe more).   
   >>>   
   >>> When this if going on my usual list of "in range"   
   >>> wifi choices goes down from the half dozen to   
   >>> maybe one or two. And the signal strength (as   
   >>> measured by Apple's visual display, yes, I know..)   
   >>> on my base, which is maybe 20 feet away, goes from   
   >>> all five "cones" to maybe 1 or 2.   
   >>>   
   >>> (This happens with all the laptops and desktops   
   >>> in the house. Mostly Apples of various types, but   
   >>> also a "smart phone")   
   >>>   
   >>> Sometimes it's totally gone.   
   >>>   
   >>> So my ques:   
   >>>   
   >>> a: could this be a symptom of the electrical meters   
   >>> getting polled and transmitting their data?   
   >>>   
   >>> If so,   
   >>>   
   >>> b: how best to verify this is the case?   
   >>>   
   >>> Thanks   
   >>>   
   >>> _____________________________________________________   
   >>> Knowledge may be power, but communications is the key   
   >>>               dannyb@panix.com   
   >>> [to foil spammers, my address has been double rot-13 encoded]   
   >> Sounds like you have the problem pretty much identified.   
   >> What I would do is to do a WiFi scan of the available channels.   
   >>   
   >> If you are presently using channel 1 switch to ch 6 or ch 11, if on Ch   
   >> 6 switch to ch 1 or ch 11, if on 11 switch to ch 1 or ch 6.   
   >>   
   >> Basically move your current current radio frequency to one of the   
   >> three clear channels farthest from your present channel and see if the   
   >> problem goes away.   
   >>   
   >> The only other thing I can think of is to run one of the WiFi channel   
   >> scanners that has a logging feature and let it watch and see what   
   >> frequencies/channels they are hogging when your meter is polled.  The   
   >> meter itself might have a FCC label on it showing what frequency or   
   >> channel(s) it is using but it can also be hidden on an internal panel   
   >> of the meter.   
   >   
   >   Meant to include this link to an article that might help explain what   
   > is happening to you.   
   >   
   > https://www.smartdatacollective.com/smart-meters-kill-wifi-not-people/   
   >   
      
      
   More perils of unlicensed RF band usage.   
      
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