Our Businessman's Radio Interrupts our WRT54G Router

Question

My husband is a farmer and has a businessman's radio that he uses to communicate with his hired hands.  He hooked one up here in our home office, but when he did, our Linksys WRT54G Router stopped, and therefore we don't get Internet.  I tried moving the radio to a different place in the room, but it still interrupted the service.  I'm sure there's a different frequency or something that I can change, but I'm not savvy enough to know how or what or where!  Advice?
Thanks!
norobin

Answer 1

My guess is that your radio uses the same 2.4 GHz band as your WRT54G router.
If the above is true, then the solution is to get the radio and the router to use different channels.  There are 11 channels in the 2.4 GHz band.    Check the radio manual and try to verify whether or not it is using the 2.4 GHz band, and determine what channel the radio is using.  Then (assuming the radio does use the 2.4 GHz band) set the radio and WRT54G to different channels, preferably at least 5 channels apart.  For example, if the radio is using channel 9, then set the router to any channel 1 thru 4.
If you cannot determine the channel that the radio is using, then try setting the router to a different channel.  This is a matter of trial and error, to see what channel in the router will work best.  Usually channels 1, 6, or 11 work best. 
Some radios will use all the 2.4 GHz channels, and cannot be restricted to a single channel, or a few channels.  In this case, the radio and the router will not be able to be used together.   
Message Edited by toomanydonuts on 04-17-2009 04:54 AM