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baby Monitors + Wifi

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  • 16-04-2007 3:57pm
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    rubberduckey
    Registered Users Posts: 276 ✭✭


    Hi There,

    Am in the market to buy a baby monitor, audio and video, however I have read that they are very flakey when used in a house with an existing Wi-fi network.

    Would any forumites recommend a baby monitor that they know works in an 11g environment??

    thanks in advance


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    Davidth88
    Registered Users Posts: 3,181 ✭✭✭Davidth88


    Hi,

    I understand that both 802.11g and baby monitors do use the 2.4ghz band. We have a BT baby audio monitor , the first one we got didn't work , I guessed it may have been the neighbours network but I don't know , we don't know the neighbours well enough to ask them to switch it off to test it. But I couldn't detect a network on my laptop when the monitor worked , and could when it didn't .....

    We got another one ( same make/model ) and it worked fine ( figured they use different channels )

    I now have 802.11g as well and I don't have an issue at all.

    I have just been given a spectrum sniffer , Ill go home tonight and check what spectrums they are using and report back :)

    Watch this space , unless some-one else knows already......

    BTW , take care when buying , the same models vary in price wildly. We got ours in Argos the same one was 20 euro more in Roches ( as was )

    Never tried a video one , but can't see the point ,the babies room is pitch dark ( are they infra-red ? )

    Arn't most 802.11g devices configurable to change channels ?


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    rubberduckey
    Registered Users Posts: 276 ✭✭rubberduckey


    Thanks Davidth88


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    Davidth88
    Registered Users Posts: 3,181 ✭✭✭Davidth88


    Hi,

    Monitored my network last night . My monitor was sitting around the middle of the spectrum......
    However when I started to download off my 802.11g that used the same part of the spectrum , so I reckon the monitor may impact the download speed slightly ( I couldn't see any difference )

    Ill investigate further tonight , I didn't start until our little one was asleep so I couldn't go in and switch the ' baby ' unit off ( for fear of waking her :) )


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    rubberduckey
    Registered Users Posts: 276 ✭✭rubberduckey


    Bought the Swann video monitor in Maplins, hooked it up last night, works like a charm.

    http://www.maplin.co.uk/search.aspx?MenuNo=77857&MenuName=BABY+MONITORING&worldid=-9&FromMenu=y&doy=search


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    Davidth88
    Registered Users Posts: 3,181 ✭✭✭Davidth88


    Hi,

    I see this is infa-red also .

    How good is that ? we thought about this , but what is there too look at ?after all hopefully your little one is asleep :)

    Do you see any degredation in your wireless performance ?

    You have woken my interest anyway , I will take another sniff tonight ( just because I can :) )

    Take care !


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