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I'm a bit frustrated, so I am going to try to explain this best I can. There may be multiple issues here, so maybe that is why we're having a hard time finding a solution.
Background: We have always had internet troubles in my house. Any device wirelessly connected has abysmal speeds. I have cable, so you'd think we'd have decent speeds. (I get about 1 Mbps for speeds on my PC on the wireless network.) The connection often drops: we'll lose the signal on whatever is connection to our wireless network (wired devices are fine). Then it will reconnect. Then it will disconnect again. Sometimes hours would go by. Other times it would happen every few minutes. Usually my connection would show poor or fair.
Our cable modem and router are in the same room. Unfortunately, when it was original set up, it's all at one side of the house, not a central location. So our wireless devices, which we use at the other side of the house, struggle to connect. (That said, our most recent issue has wireless devices dropping right near the router, so I don't know what to make of that.)
We decided we couldn't take it anymore and replaced our router last spring. That seemed to help. My connection would normally show Good and we stayed connected for more the most part.
Then, about a week ago, we started having problems again with the wireless dropping off and reconnecting. My brother reset the router and played with some of the settings - changing channels, etc. - and we noticed an initial big bump in speed. He also started playing with them to see if he could connect my ipad, which I had received for Christmas, but was having massive wifi issue. My connection went to excellent. However, it would only last an hour or so before the internet would bottom out again.
Today, I'm losing connection multiple times an hour. In fact, it's almost impossible to type up this post. My brother is losing connection in the middle of gaming.
I just don't know what to do anymore. We should have good speeds and a reliable connection. Obviously, something is wrong, but we're having a hell of time troubleshooting it. So hard to work from home when your internet drops so much.
ETA: I notice the title is wrong. It should say Wireless, not Wire. That would be because my internet hiccuped as I was typing it.
Background: We have always had internet troubles in my house. Any device wirelessly connected has abysmal speeds. I have cable, so you'd think we'd have decent speeds. (I get about 1 Mbps for speeds on my PC on the wireless network.) The connection often drops: we'll lose the signal on whatever is connection to our wireless network (wired devices are fine). Then it will reconnect. Then it will disconnect again. Sometimes hours would go by. Other times it would happen every few minutes. Usually my connection would show poor or fair.
Our cable modem and router are in the same room. Unfortunately, when it was original set up, it's all at one side of the house, not a central location. So our wireless devices, which we use at the other side of the house, struggle to connect. (That said, our most recent issue has wireless devices dropping right near the router, so I don't know what to make of that.)
We decided we couldn't take it anymore and replaced our router last spring. That seemed to help. My connection would normally show Good and we stayed connected for more the most part.
Then, about a week ago, we started having problems again with the wireless dropping off and reconnecting. My brother reset the router and played with some of the settings - changing channels, etc. - and we noticed an initial big bump in speed. He also started playing with them to see if he could connect my ipad, which I had received for Christmas, but was having massive wifi issue. My connection went to excellent. However, it would only last an hour or so before the internet would bottom out again.
Today, I'm losing connection multiple times an hour. In fact, it's almost impossible to type up this post. My brother is losing connection in the middle of gaming.
I just don't know what to do anymore. We should have good speeds and a reliable connection. Obviously, something is wrong, but we're having a hell of time troubleshooting it. So hard to work from home when your internet drops so much.
ETA: I notice the title is wrong. It should say Wireless, not Wire. That would be because my internet hiccuped as I was typing it.
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