[RFI] RF getting into 4-port wirelss router.

[Paul Plants]

I cured my noise problem by switching to cat6 fully shielded cable. Worked for me your mileage may differ.
Paul
W3PLP 

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> On Jan 12, 2015, at 1:40 PM, Jeff <jrnet at centurylink.net> wrote:
> 
> I changed TV & Internet providers from a coax feed line to cat5 feed line
> from the point of entry at the house to the modem inside.
> 
> My tower that I load for 160m is 20 feet from the entrance point. Every time
> I transmitted, 1kw on 160m, my tv would go down along with the internet.
> It would reset a minute later.  I never had a problem when the feed was coax.
> 
> I read K9YC's 'Understanding and Eliminating RF Interference' guide and added a
> 15 turn Ferrite choke right at the point of entry into the modem. I have multiple
> cat5 cables going to other computers from there.  It completely solved the problem
> and the tv has no interference & internet is always on. Thanks Jim.
> 
> Jeff Reynolds  NE0DX
> 
> Kenneth G. Gordon wrote:
>> OK, gang, I need some different help here.
>> 
>> I have a 4 port wireless router (Trendnet TEW-812DRU at the moment)
>> connected to our main computer and two others in the home, not including
>> the laptops that connect to it periodically.
>> 
>> I have replaced the router at least 4 times over the past year or two due to
>> the fact that RF from my ham station is getting into it through one or more of
>> the three CAT-5 cables I have connected to it.
>> 
>> I have installed several of those snap-on filters on all three of the CAT-5
>> cables which connect to it, and also on both ends of the DC power cable,
>> making seveal "loops" through each filter.
>> 
>> I still wipe out the router every time I get on the air. I have destroyed one
>> $169.00 router, and two less expensive ones, a TPNET and a Cisco.
>> 
>> The only solution I have come up with is to disconnect the CAT-5 cables (all
>> three of them) from the router each time I get on the air.
>> 
>> Has anyone here had a similar problem, and if so, what did you do to fix it?
>> 
>> BTW, one of my CAT-5 cables runs to the ham shack, where it connects to a
>> dumb 4 port switch...
>> 
>> This has become a giant PITA.
>> 
>> Any ideas?
>> 
>> Kenneth G. Gordon W7EKB
>> 
>> "Courage is being scared to death but saddling up anyway."--- John   Wayne
>> 
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