[TriLUG] wireless mice - avoiding mutual interference?

[Joseph Mack NA3T]

On Wed, 26 Dec 2007, Joseph Mack NA3T wrote:

Heartened by my success with the wireless optical mouse 
below (from Circuit City, because my son wanted that 
particular type), today I bought another wireless optical 
mouse (LabTec) from the local store (Intrex, who have served 
me well over the years and who I support when I can). This 
mouse requires you to press buttons on both the mouse and 
the usb receiver each time you boot or reinsert the USB key, 
for them to find each other. The button on the USB dongle is 
recessed and small and requires you to stand up and look 
over the screen and use a bit of agility. I didn't mind 
doing this once for setup, but after that I expect them to 
remember which channel they're on. I'll be returning this 
mouse.

Joe

> I bought my son a 27MHz wireless USB mouse for xmas and was surprised to find 
> that it worked out of the box on linux, since not much works out of the box 
> on Linux.  According to the spec, the mouse has a range of 5'. If you have 
> multiple wireless mice working in proximity, do they interfer with each 
> other, or are they like garage door openers, which have codes? The device has 
> no way of setting a code that I could find (in the docs, on the device, or on 
> the manufacturer's website).
>
> Thanks Joe
>
>

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