Since others might have this issue, i'll expand on the Siemens 2420, which is no longer sold...but there other Siemens Gigasets...
Its a great system for reception. I live on Canal street, so it doesn't get more high density than that. I can walk down four floors to the street and still get signal. It does not appear to interfere with 802.11b at all. I'm using mostly Orinoco, but have a couple of weaker prism based cards. Even my zaurus get's perfect reception all around my apartment. However: i've had this (fairly expensive) system less than three years, and the LCD failed. And I know that it failed for a lots of folks. Of course, Siemens refuses to do anything about it :( So, I'd cautiously recommend it. Its one of those Great Product/Crap Company deals. Make sure that you're OK with potentially having to chuck the system once the warranty is up - Siemens is not really interested in customer satisfaction beyond that. jonathan On Tue, 20 Aug 2002, Terry Ewing wrote: > This is the kind of info I want to see. My wireless LAN isn't going > anywhere. Right now I have a shitty 900mhz phone so they won't collide. > I'd like to buy a decent range 2.4ghz phone but I don't want to get it home > and find out that I get interference from the LAN or vice versa. > > Like many of you, I live in Manhattan in a high density area. I'd like a > phone that also gets good range. I've been thinking about getting a cheap > omni 2.4ghz antenna and mounting it to the phone base station so I can sit > on my stoop 5 floors down and talk on the phone. Probably not exactly > legal, but it's what I want. > > -Terry > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "jonathan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Dustin Goodwin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 12:10 PM > Subject: Re: [nycwireless] 2.4ghz phone testing event > > > > Just FYI, my Siemens 2.4 gig 2420 multiline system seems to work great > > with 802.11 (sometimes I get some clicking on the voice, which might be > > interference going the other way?). > > > > Ripping the base station out, however, is not going to happen, sadly ;) > > > > jonathan > > > > On Tue, 20 Aug 2002, Dustin Goodwin wrote: > > > > > Would anyone be interested in having an event where > > > everyone brings in their 2.4ghz cordless phone and we > > > test how well behaved they are? I have heard reports > > > of Uniden phones that crush all 3 ISM bands knocking > > > all 802.11b clients offline. It would be nice to > > > provide list of the 2.4 phones that are 802.11b > > > friendly. Anyone interested in leading this effort? > > > > > > - Dustin - > > > > > > ===== > > > (e) [EMAIL PROTECTED] (w) 917.848.4113 > > > There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers > > > exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will > > > instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre > > > and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this > > > has already happened. > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs > > > http://www.hotjobs.com > > > -- > > > NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ > > > Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ > > > Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/ > > > > > > > -- > > NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ > > Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ > > Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/ > > > > -- > NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ > Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ > Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/ > -- NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/
