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Unreliable Wireless Signal
I am having problems maintaining a wifi connection on devices around my house: a smart TV with Amazon Firestick, one laptop and a cell phone. When streaming properly it runs a respectable 850Mbps, bu...
This sounds like classic WiFi interference from you neighbors. You can experiment with changing the WiFi channel. There are apps that will provide graphic displays of the WiFi band. From there just pick the clearest channel.
I use an app called inSSIDer. There is a free version. I have not used it as my version is older. Good luck.
This sounds like classic WiFi interference from you neighbors. You can experiment with changing the WiFi channel. There are apps that will provide graphic displays of the WiFi band. From there just pick the clearest channel.
I use an app called inSSIDer. There is a free version. I have not used it as my version is older. Good luck.
Trouble is that there can be other usage "on air" which won't be visible in the WiFI analyzers.
schumaku wrote:
Trouble is that there can be other usage "on air" which won't be visible in the WiFI analyzers.
True but unless there is a spare spectrum analyzer available this is all we have.
Thanks. I got the app, turns out the auto channel select on the router had me on a channel with high traffic that also overlapped with other networks. Turning off the auto and changing the channel seems to have worked so far...
TM71 wrote:
Thanks. I got the app, turns out the auto channel select on the router had me on a channel with high traffic that also overlapped with other networks. Turning off the auto and changing the channel seems to have worked so far...
Auto Channel is a problem. Your's changes then your neighbor's changes and so on! My solution was to run Ethernet to my main TV and I haven't regretted the decision. I'm glad it worked out.
