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.
I'm enjoying this discussion and trying to learn. I looked at the Extreme Networks options and they are pricey and they seem mostly designed for wired input to each wireless access point. Since my home was built in the 90s, it isn't wired for internet. I do work at a fortune 500 company with very high end equipment such as this in the wifi system, and our wifi at work is consistently less reliable than mine at home. So I'm scratching my head. Jerry |
@fredrik222 Yeah man, that's why IECa 60601-1 exists. Just for audiophiles. |
@Carlsbad I have no particular ax to grind. My only advice is to use a wifi monitor (free!!) to check your network neighborhood and adjust if needed. Otherwise, if you can use Ethernet for your TV and audio use it instead. Personally I have never found a home Wifi router I trust to select a good channel in a congested environment entirely based on experience, but the alternative, measure and manually select is just not that bad. One of the funniest bits of advice I gave in a high rise to other tenants was to run a 3’ long Ethernet cable from their router to their TV instead of using Wifi. 😁 Most had their modems sitting right next to the TV and never even thought of it. In my current home I have great Wifi with no congestion and I use either as needed. That’s the entirety of my advice. Did I mention they are free? |
@erik_squires you have not read the standard, so let me educate you: it is a standard for medical devices and how to protect them from spikes in electro magnetic radiation. so, there you go. You hopefully have 0 medical devices at home, but without a doubt you have 0 medical devices in your audio setup. Like I said, it is just to fool people, clearly you fell for it. |
@erik_squires to put it in simpler terms, what you are talking about is like saying your TV is vegan, sure, it is true, but who cares, you don’t eat TVs. |
