Have been experiencing a few issues with my ADSL consistency lately (which is covered on another thread) and as part of my investigations I also wanted to check my wireless strength to ensure I'm eking every last bit of my 20CN BB speed. I'm using WiFi Analyzer on my Android Galaxy S4 as it appears to be recommended by some, but I'm getting a strange result which I'm hoping people on here might be able to help with.
Basically, I'm trying to check the signal strength for each channel to determine the best. Until now I've had it set on Auto but thought I'd have a play. I live in a small village that 21CN forgot and am lucky enough to have only one other AP within range of me (which is currently using Channel 1). Now, when I go to the Channel Rating tab and look at my 5G performance, everything looks good. I'm on Channel 48 and it's coming up as the best channel with multiple stars.
But when I go to look at the 2.4G channels something strange happens. It's showing the channel I'm on as the worst channel (1-2 stars), with a little warning triangle, and recommends others. So I go into my ASUS RT-N66u settings and fix the channel to one of the recommended ones (e.g. 11). But then the WA shows 11 as the worst performer (again, 1-2 stars) and recommends I try another. So I do so, and once again end up with the same result. Basically, every channel I choose on 2.4Ghz ends up being the one that WA tells me to get off.
The only other WiFi settings I have fixed on the RT-N66u are to instruct it to use n only (not b/g) and fix the bandwidth at 40Mhz for both 5G and 2.4Ghz. I've also ticked the box to optimise for Xbox. Oh, and I also have a 2.4Ghz Guest network which seems to be hitched to the normal one - might this be a cause?
Scratching head...
