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Old 12-17-2009, 02:23 PM   #40 (permalink)
NiHaoMike
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I remember reading that back when 802.11b was just coming out, a certain AP chipset (Serena?) would not operate properly outdoors in cold weather as the PLL is unable to adjust far enough. (The engineers never thought the AP would be used outdoors!) If you're unlucky, it would operate at the frequency of another network and end up doing an unintended DoS attack on it. The fix was a thin film heater affixed to the wireless module, which was not very efficient but it resolved the issue.
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