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Would installing an Open-Mesh AP cause problems with a POS system?

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I installed an Open-Mesh AP at a restaurant and now they say the PC America POS systems are locking up. Is this really possible?

Here is the setup before I did anything.

Comcast Business router. Ethernet cable going to a Netgear router. From the Netgear:

cable to each POS system, and one cable to a printer in the kitchen. The wireless is on channel 11.

What I did: run a cable from one of the unused ethernet ports on the

comcast modem to the Open-Mesh AP and setup up on channel 1.

When I received the call this morning, I told him to unplug the new

access point and see what happens. The access point was unplugged for 3

hours, no lockups. After I arrived, I plugged the AP back in. I worked

on one POS at a time, did windows updates. an did a defrag. After about

3.5 hours, they had a lockup.  While there I updated the firmware on the

netgear.

After about 3.5 hours, they had a lockup on both systems. I powered the routers and everything was working when I left.


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