David Baron put forth on 12/20/2009 2:56 PM: > One idea. USA cellular phones operate at 1.8 ghz, Europe phones at 900 mhz > and > Israel ones at 800 mhz. I live in Israel. What about that Microsoft wireless > rodent. Be that also at 800mhz? Be that the problem?
Right idea, wrong frequency spectrum. Most wireless mice use the infrared spectrum, not the radio frequency spectrum. This is true of almost all remote control consumer devices on the market since at minimum 5 years ago. Thus, your interference, if that's the culprit, is likely coming from things like remote control signals for TV, A/V receiver, DVD player, wireless PS3 controllers, Wii remote, pretty much any device in your entertainment center, Bose (or other) clock radio w/remote screwed under a kitchen cabinet, etc. The vast majority of thousands of consumer gadgets on the market all use infrared remote signals and I can't possibly name them all. Anything you buy today with a remote is going to be infrared, with a couple of exceptions, these being remote controlled 'toy' cars/trucks/boats/airplanes/etc and "wireless speakers", or any device combo that won't always have open direct line of sight between transmitter/receiver. -- Stan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
