Re: Any hints on how to stop two wireless mice interfering with each other?

From: baskitcaise (baskitcaise_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 05/31/04 

Date: Mon, 31 May 2004 08:39:54 +0100

Ky adjusted his tin foil beanie and asbestos underwear to write:

> I've grown weary of Windows (*again*) and have been toying with the
> idea of installing Fedora Core 2 on my PC here, the problem is I've
> got two PCs sitting right next to each other here, both with wireless
> mice (one is a Logitech MX700 - this machine - and the other is a
> Logitech cordless mouseman optical)... This caused some problems
> initially in Windows (we're now at the point where they both work on
> their respective machines as long as they're not too close together)
> but when I start the FC2 installer it seems like nothing I do
> (monkeying with the connect buttons on the mice/receivers) seems to
> stop the mouseman moving the pointer on my machine...
>
> Anyone been in a similar situation and have any tips on how I can get
> around this?

On some wireless mice inside the battery bay there could be a channel
switch which gives the option of 2 channels to stop "mutual
interference" [1] between each other.

[1] Which is a sexual harassment case in some places ;-) 

-- 
Mark
Iligitimi Non Carborundum!
Twixt hill and high water, N.Wales, UK
onfxvgpnvfr-ng-tzk-qbg-pb-hx
Quantcast