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WiFi oddness.
Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2020 11:40 am
by Zonda_
Our home WiFi is behaving very oddly, some machines/phones will connect and some won’t. I’ve reset the router twice and restarted the affected machines and it’s still the same. I don’t know what to try!
Re: WiFi oddness.
Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2020 11:47 am
by RobYob
We had randomly dropping/poor WiFi for a while, probably down to just too many devices, 10 or so.
Bought a BT 3pack mini mesh for £70 week before last and not had a problem since (apart from the BT control app but the hardware just works)
Re: WiFi oddness.
Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2020 11:49 am
by Zonda_
RobYob wrote: Mon Jun 15, 2020 11:47 am
We had randomly dropping/poor WiFi for a while, probably down to just too many devices, 10 or so.
Bought a BT 3pack mini mesh for £70 week before last and not had a problem since (apart from the BT control app but the hardware just works)
We’ve never had any issues before, it’s always been a strong signal right down the garden.
Re: WiFi oddness.
Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2020 12:15 pm
by DeskJockey
Any new devices added?
How old is the router?
Has the firmware just been updated?
Have you scanned for interference from other networks?
Try changing the channels first of all.
Re: WiFi oddness.
Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2020 12:25 pm
by Zonda_
DeskJockey wrote: Mon Jun 15, 2020 12:15 pm
Any new devices added? No
How old is the router? Around a year.
Has the firmware just been updated? Don’t know
Have you scanned for interference from other networks? How do I do that?
Try changing the channels first of all. How do I do that? It’s a Virgin Media Hub 3
Re: WiFi oddness.
Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2020 12:25 pm
by Orange Cola
We had this recently. Deleted the network off the affected devices and then reconnected, worked fine since.
Re: WiFi oddness.
Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2020 12:27 pm
by DeskJockey
To look at interference download something like WifiMan from your preferred app store. It'll show you how congested the channels are.
Virgin linky for channel changing:
https://www.virginmedia.com/help/virgin ... ss-channel
Re: WiFi oddness.
Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2020 12:49 pm
by Zonda_
Tried changing the channel, still the same.
Re: WiFi oddness.
Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2020 12:54 pm
by DeskJockey
Was there interference? Look through the settings on the router to see about firmware. If that's older than when the issue started then it's probably not that.
Create (if you can) a new SSID and see if that has the same issues.