I can't make my phone a hotspot. The computer worked fine when I got it, but I've not had it on any other WiFi since this issue has started. Should I just go to the hospital or a Star Bucks or something and hang out for an hour to test it?
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I can't make my phone a hotspot. The computer worked fine when I got it, but I've not had it on any other WiFi since this issue has started. Should I just go to the hospital or a Star Bucks or something and hang out for an hour to test it?
I'd suggest taking a hammer to it, but we know what happened last time you used hand tools.Quote:
Originally Posted by Irving
If my months of bragging about not working were not all catching up to me at once right now, I would.
Thank you for the help everyone. It seems that changing to the secondary channel on my router has alleviated the issue.
As in, forcing it to broadcast on 5 instead of 2.4?Quote:
Originally Posted by Irving
...or moving the 2.4 b/g/n off the default setting of channel 6?Quote:
Originally Posted by CavSct1983
Right, but the idea of a second channel is what confuses me in his statement. There’s multiple channels. So I’m trying to interpret what he means.
Ummm, my understanding of this stuff is below your lowest expectations. My router comes with two different "channels" when you first set it up. A main one, and a second one that Name_5 that is supposed to be faster but with limited range. I was using the faster one before I upgraded my modem and router, but since I work in the room furthest from the router, my signal was low. At some point I switched to the main signal, which also has everything else in the house as well. Laptop started dropping signal, I didn't connect changing channels with the problem and bought a new modem and router (which I needed anyway), and stayed on the main channel.
If that doesn't make sense, i can't explain it any better without first increasing my knowledge of the subject, which I'm currently unwilling to do.
There is an app for your phone to see the channels are in use. When I had issues a few routers back I found it was because all the neighborhood traffic was on simething like 6 and 3. I switched to 11 and done.
But I thought new routers did that automagically now days.