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WNDR3700 suddenly slower
After many tears of good service to the far-flung corners of my house, my WNDR3700 has suddenly slowed to a crawl. If I put a Wi-Fi computer right next to the router the signal is strong, but it dro...
Thanks for your suggestions. I think I have found the problem. There Is a hidden router channel that mimics the main channel and slows it down. i was able to change the main channel on the router and it sped up dramatically. However the hidden channel jumped to the new channel and the router once again slowed down. the question is how I can rid the hidden channel from the router, or keep it from changing on its own?
What do you mean about this hidden channel?
Do you have a screen capture?
Do you have any repeaters or extenders running?
Any wifi nieghbors near by?
What happens if you change the SSID name and password to something different temporarily?
When you say hidden channel do you mean someone else's wifi on the same channel as your router?
Many thanks to the community for your helpful suggestions. I finally decided that after ten years of faithful service that it's time to retire my router and replace it with something that has the required signal strength/range. I'm now looking into a variety of mesh units and expect to make a purchase soon. Thanks again.
Probably a great plan.
got a specific one in mind?
What speeds do you pay for?
How big is your home?
I suscribe to Optimum's 200 service. The house is approximately 2100 sq. ft.; it is older construction with a lot of walls; it's a ranch so the floor plan is spread out. I've been looking at the Reyee WiFi 6 Router. It's inexpensive at $119.99 with a $30 coupon on Amazon Prime. It got decent reviews for a simple mesh-able unit, and at that price worth futzing with.
