No... I've seen some strange things. But never a wifi router dialing 911 over a phone line that its not even connected it. Three times in a day and a half... How about this idea: Someone is playing a practical joke and is opening up your NID outside the location and connecting a phone in and dialing 911...? That's a lot more probable than a wifi router dialing 911. Brad On Thursday 16 August 2007 13:39, Mark E. Skeels wrote: > Actually, I was thinking this: > > > There's a WiFi repeater in close proximity to the phone lines. Of > course, it also has a small wall-wart type switching power supply. > > I was wondering how possible it might be that some kind of interference > from the repeater or it's power supply might be taking the line off hook > externally, then somehow pulse-dialing 911. > > That seems to me almost statistically impossible, let alone to do it 3 > times in a 36 hr period. But if the switcher pulsed regularly at the > right frequency...? > > Mark > > Robert Rolf wrote: > > Solenoid. R/C servo or DC motor with a small lever to press/release the > > hookswitch. Do you need to put it back on-hook when you are done? > > > > Mark E. Skeels wrote: > >> Can you guys think of any way a phone line could be induced to go off > >> hook via a stimulus external to the phone line (not electrically > >> connected? > >> > >> Mark -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist