• BartyDeCanter@lemmy.sdf.org
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    3 days ago

    USB-3 over USB-A upstream sockets often put out 2.4GHz noise which will interfere with many wireless dongles, including those commonly used for wireless mice and keyboards. The solution is to get a USB2 extension cable or hub for your dongles.

    Intel knew this would be a problem, but ignored it.

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      3 days ago

      In the core2duo era I overclocked a cpu to 2.4GHz, and It killed the wifi in the computer similarly, it took a while to figure out why it was happening, and connect the 2 seemingly unrelated thing.

      Microwave ovens also work in the 2.4 GHz range, at one flat my torrents basically stopped when my neighbor used their oven.

      • littleomid@feddit.org
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        2 days ago

        Same. Had wireless in my parents house many years ago, and the microwave oven caused wireless internet timeouts.