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bradfa on March 29, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: USB 3.0* Radio Frequency Interference on 2.4 GHz D...

Yes. The interference from USB 3 connections comes due to the 5Gb/s data rate of the super speed transceivers causing interference with 2.4GHz band radio devices. If you downgrade to a USB 2.0 connection you effectively are disabling the 5Gb/s transceivers and only using the 480Mb/s data link.

NewJazz on March 30, 2021 [–]

I wonder if USB WiFi dongles account for this at all.

ComputerGuru on March 30, 2021 | [–]

They don’t. Realtek is probably the most popular, and they’re notorious for causing problems over USB 3.

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