On Wed, 31 Jan 2007 08:33:42 -0800, Jeff Liebermann
<jeffl@comix.santa-cruz.ca.us> wrote in
<v9f1s2lhhsedcls0tr27e4au3cr3blofp0@4ax.com>:

>John Navas <spamfilter1@navasgroup.com> hath wroth:

>>* Pentium processors don't operate in the 2.4 GHz band.
>
>That might be in reference to 2.4GHz being a common CPU clock speed.
>The RFI from the processor is fairly well scattered all over the
>frequency spectrum. At one time, I was seriously worried that there
>might be some interference from the processor. So far, I haven't seen
>any. However, the digital circuitry and clock junk from the processor
>on an access point or client radio creates far more interference than
>the main CPU. Although lower power, the clock crud is physically far
>closer to receiver than the CPU. Think inverse square law. Also, a
>good rule is that wires radiate, while components generally do not.

There's also the little matter of FCC mandated radiation limits for the
computer.

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