Laptop constantly drops Wi-fi

[Irving]

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?

[Great-Kazoo]

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.

[Irving]

If my months of bragging about not working were not all catching up to me at once right now, I would.

[Irving]

Thank you for the help everyone. It seems that changing to the secondary channel on my router has alleviated the issue.

[CS1983]

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?

[Gman]

As in, forcing it to broadcast on 5 instead of 2.4?

...or moving the 2.4 b/g/n off the default setting of channel 6?

[CS1983]

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.

[Irving]

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.

[Erni]

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.

[ray1970]

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.

Probably the same app I mentioned in post #4.

Now that my signal doesn’t overlap twenty others my connection is 100% better.