Recently, my wireless router has started to make a very high pitched tone when the wireless is active. Does anyone know what would cause this or how I could fix it? Google has yielded useful information except for letting me know that I'm not the first person to be annoyed by this kind of problem.

2/15/2009 9:43:22 PM

baby spiders inside?

2/15/2009 9:46:18 PM

so you can hear 2.4 GHz?

2/15/2009 9:47:00 PM

^ not unless I gained the ability in the past week or two

2/15/2009 10:52:44 PM

i was just joking with you

i, too, have the ability to hear high frequency capacitors and it is annoying

2/15/2009 10:57:41 PM

your junk is about to peace out. i'd see if there is something screwing with the power going to the router.

2/16/2009 2:02:06 AM

My guess :

The dc/dc inside is oscillating sub 20kHz. Not uncommon for things like that to be load dependent. I've seen it more frequently on low load conditions. Way to fix it? Open it up and probe the cap side of every inductor (it will be obvious). You can get an estimate on the ripple with a multimeter set to AC. A scope would obviously be best. Then learn how to compensate a power supply . Is it a really nice router?

2/16/2009 7:34:31 AM

or spend < $50 and just get a new one

2/16/2009 7:54:17 AM

It's a 3-4 year old Netgear wireless G router. It's nothing fancy.

Right now I only have wireless G devices. Can anyone recommend a router that will give me the most range for the gear I have?

2/16/2009 11:44:30 AM

just get a cheapo linksys

2/16/2009 11:47:27 AM

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"i, too, have the ability to hear high frequency capacitors and it is annoying"

ding ding ding
that shit annoys me to no end

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"Can anyone recommend a router that will give me the most range for the gear I have?"

get a wrt600n and stick dd-wrt on it i love mine
or set up a pfsense box and throw an atheros card in there

2/16/2009 12:11:34 PM

^I'm still content with my wrt54g v2 with dd-wrt, but gigabit would be nice to have. If that router will run dd-wrt, I might have to get one...

2/16/2009 12:47:00 PM