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Originally Posted by nstygma
Any idea which ones are more prone to interference?
Typical things like home theater equipment, microwaves, cordless phones, etc?
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First of all, they all operate on the 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz frequency bands, so all wireless routers are susceptible to the same interference, whether your talking about an old Linksys G router from 2005 or one of these new guys.
You're not likely to get interference from home electronics (with one notable exception below) but microwaves definitely can interfere with 2.4Ghz signals. Bluetooth runs in the 2.4Ghz spectrum and can cause problems.
However, the biggest interference problem on 2.4Ghz is simply the limited amount of spectrum. There's only 3 non-overlapping bands, so if you have 3 neighbors and yourself on 2.4Ghz, your competing with at least one person. The good news is that since their all running the same protocols, it's really not "interference" but rather contention (unless you're at fringe distances where the protocols don't function correctly).
On the 5Ghz side, there's one primary, common offender - 6.0 cordless phones. They use the upper end of the 5.8Ghz spectrum, which will absolutely cause significant problems with 5Ghz router transmissions.
Interference is really not a huge concern in this day and age. Wireless contention (on the 2.4Ghz) is a much bigger issue and after that, stability and quality of the individual device is paramount.