Apple Mail crashing wifi router?

Question

All of a sudden, Apple Mail on my mid-2012 MacBook Pro seems to be knocking out my wifi router. No problems when browsing or using other devices, but when I launch Apple Mail (checking 4 Gmail accounts), the signal almost immediately disappears for all devices on the network, and I have to restart the router.
This just appeared a few days ago, and doesn't correspond to any hardware or software changes that I know of. I'm running the latest version of Mavericks.
Anyone else experienced this? Any ideas on where to start troubleshooting the problem?

Answer 1

I'd call a priest. That sounds wacky.
( i realize you are sing the problem regardless)
The router has no idea - for the most (queues aside) - what data is transiting it.
And it should have zero impact ont he physical layer.  Is there nto something else that could be maquerading as this coincidence?
if not, go back to said priest.
Tell us more - router, configuration, ho you use it, how you noticed (and measured) the signal degredation
Grant