Hint: Change your Wi-Fi frequency to avoid interference with neighbors router
My friend was having annoying Internet problems such as start and stop, dropped signals, streaming pauses, skips, etc. In other words, a sporadic Wi-Fi connection on his Net-Gear router that sometimes works, and most times fails to work. Everything we tried failed to solve the issue (re-boot, etc.). And the strange thing is that the connection was working fine for many months and then suddenly stopped working.
After much research, and many phone calls, we discovered these kinds of difficulties could be caused by having another customers modem/router too close. We never thought of this.
All routers must operate their Wi-Fi network on one of several “channels” — different ranges of frequencies the wireless network can operate on. If you have multiple Wi-Fi networks near each other, and you probably do unless you do not live near anyone else, they should ideally be on different channels to reduce interference.
A very simple solution. We change his routers frequency from 11 to 6 and everything worked perfectly. I am not an expert on this topic but if you are having a sporadic Wi-Fi connection that sometimes works and, most times fails to work, you might want to investigate this simple solution.
@erik_squires neither TP or Asus are high end brands. you need to look at the higher end of brands that play in the small to medium size business side of things to get quality RF monitoring. or go enterprise grade with juniper, extreme, or my least favorite, Cisco. as for switches and Ethernet, never heard of medical grade Ethernet, and I have overseen network transformation projects for the largest hospital systems in the world, so that is just snake oil.
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@fredrik222 I'm in the market for a new wifi system for my 2 story moderate sized home. What is your expert recommendation for a high end system. thanks. |
@carlsbad what is your budget? If you can swing it, my personal preference is extreme networks. You can probably get away with 2 access points, depending what your are trying to cover. I have three, one on my second floor toward the backyard, one on the lower level toward the front yard, and one in my garage. Around 2000 sq Ft townhouse with detached garage and about 40 ft from backyard door to garage. My setup covers the the curb in front of the house to a bit down the alley behind my garage. |
As you probably know, Ethernet is galvanically isolated by default but some cases may require a higher breakthrough voltage for patient safety. The valuable part for those of us OCD about surge protectors is they add about 4kV to the chances of having a breakthrough surge. Here is one such product from Tripp Lite ( a little over priced ) which has relevant safety and standards data. The specific standard is IEC 60601-1. Maybe it’s only needed in the EU?
https://www.tripplite.com/rj45-network-isolator-ethernet~N234MI1005 |
@erik_squires no hospital in the world is using this, it is 100% to fool audio hobbyists. |
