Wireless Network Troubleshooting: Frequently loses Connection?

Question

I have a 2 story house with 4 PCs and 1 laptop throughout the home all connected via wireless router. 1 PC is hardlined to the Cable modem. Frequently, the wireless connections go out, sometimes come back within minutes, other times longer. This happens to all PCs at the same time, so I don't believe it's the related to the individual PC's wireless reception. (the hardlined PC continues to work, even though the PCs connected wireless have lost their connection - so we assume its not the internet provider) I have a repeater to boost the wireless, and I've tried 3 different routers. Yet this happens almost daily. What's going on and how can I fix this?

Answer 1

Have you tried changing the channel on which the router (and therefore repeater) broadcast on? The microwave signal (2.4-2.5GHz) can be liable to interruption from many sources such as: other sources of microwave energy (ovens etc) or reflective surfaces such as metal objects or mirrors. It may be that a combination of the channel (and therefore frequency) and the location of yr router or repeater is causing the signal to drop out. Why not try an experiment. Just using yr router, connect up yr laptop to it wirelessly and place it in line of sight. Does the signal ever drop out? If not, then use yr router/repeater combination on the laptop within line of sight, moving on to greater distances from the source until the problem occurs. Try changing the channel and see if the problem reoccurs.
Microwave signals will have difficulty in penetrating some materials like thick walls or doors and certainly won't penetrate metal so it may be the case of resiting yr router/repeater depending on what you find when you try the test...
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Answer 2

Could be one of a few things. The most likely culprit is FM interference or jamming. Wireless communication is vulnerable to electromagnetic interference and other sources of FM. Chances are you have a cordless phone within 6 feet of your router and you use it often. Another source is from microwave ovens, cellular phones, and anything else that emits FM frequencies. All of which can cripple Wifi communication.

Try and keep your router away from power lines, feeds, or boxes, anything with large magnets like speakers. Best idea is to relocate it 6 feet from anything else in your office or failing that have your cable modem and router installed on one of the other computers in your house. I am 100% certain if you move it out of the room you will no longer have issues.

Answer 3

cable is linked at once from returned of modem? you likely have a "packet loss" concern. you're continuously sending/receiving products of advice (packets) and due to a connection concern, you're dropping some alongside the way. i could call Cox and have them come out and take a seem at it. it must be something with the cable connections, the modem, or your computing device. optimistically its between the 1st innovations.