My broadband provider tells me that I should not place anything between my broadband router and the power outlet as it could interfere with the workings of their internet router. This hocus-pocus attitude was also taken with a fellow renter in the same building as myself, where I used a remote plug to reset the router periodically as it was always struggling and in a too high a place to easily reach.
My view was that her computer didn't have a 5Ghz arial and so had to use the crowded 2.4Ghz band, and her laptop was old, and she was an idiot too. However, my ISP says that they cannot test my line because of interference, but will it harm the router's performance ?
My understanding is that the frequency of the mains outlet is about 50Hz, while the router is working in the GHz band, so it shouldn't matter ?
Who is right, and what do I have to fear using a remote plug with my internet router ?
My view was that her computer didn't have a 5Ghz arial and so had to use the crowded 2.4Ghz band, and her laptop was old, and she was an idiot too. However, my ISP says that they cannot test my line because of interference, but will it harm the router's performance ?
My understanding is that the frequency of the mains outlet is about 50Hz, while the router is working in the GHz band, so it shouldn't matter ?
Who is right, and what do I have to fear using a remote plug with my internet router ?