Skip to navigation | Skip to content  WiFi frozen? Blame the
microwave oven   Microwave oven  Microwave ovens pump out about
1,000 watts - that's about 10,000 times more than a WiFi access
point (Source: bjenkins/iStockphoto)  We are all migrating to a
strange new world — one in which we are all getting more
connected, both with, and without, wires. And more and more
frequently, people are finding that the wireless/WiFi/interweb
system stops working whenever the microwave oven is used.  WiFi
is just a way to deliver acess to the interweb, without cables.
It was 'invented' in its earliest version back in 1991 — for use
with cashier systems. Back then, it was called 'WaveLAN'. The
'wave' part of the name refers to the fact that the information
is carried on radio waves, while the 'LAN' stands for 'local
area network'.  The professional organisation in charge was the
IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers), so
they changed the name to 'IEEE 802.11b Direct Sequence'. This is
not a very catchy nam