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Neowolf
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Dec 28, 2021
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Xr500 Good signal, bad connection

Hi,

I Have a good signal at my bed room but the connection is really bad. If i go closer to the router the connection are fixed. In the beginning work perfectly, but now start work fine like a minute and start lost connection to internet.

  • Neowolf's avatar
    Neowolf
    Dec 29, 2021

    I use smart connect, I try without smartconnect to check if the problem is resolved with this.

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  • Are you using Smart Connect for WiFi or connecting to 2.4/5GHz manually? It may be that there are more WiFi networks in your area now and so it may be beneficial to use a WiFi analyzer to find the least congested channel and change to that.
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      Neowolf
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      I use smart connect, I try without smartconnect to check if the problem is resolved with this.