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Wireless Issue
05-01-2015 6:09 PM
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I recently moved my Sky Fibre optic to Plusnet and to be honest I'm already regretting it.
Although the Broadband speed is faster (see below)
The wireless connection are ridiculously slow, there are only two of us in the household and yes we have the normal things associated with modern living, phones, tablets, Laptops and desktop PC and a smart TV not all connected at once of course but its like watching paint dry waiting for a web page to load.
As for streaming movies forget it.
Can anyone make any recommendations?
It there a way to measure the speed of the wireless connection?
I have already tried chanel the chanel number from the default but that made no difference.
TIA
Darranna
Re: Wireless Issue
05-01-2015 6:36 PM
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2. Consider using homeplugs to connect devices in a static position but impractical to connect using Ethernet cable.
3. Buy your own router which is known to give better wireless performance.
It may be that the slowest device is dragging the others down to the same speed - e.g. if one or more of your devices is only B or G capable.
jelv (a.k.a Spoon Whittler) Why I have left Plusnet (warning: long post!) Broadband: Andrews & Arnold Home::1 (FTTC 80/20) Line rental: Pulse 8 Home Line Rental (£14.40/month) Mobile: iD mobile (£4/month) |
Re: Wireless Issue
05-01-2015 6:42 PM
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I forgot to mention I do have two wireless extenders in the home already and although they show a full signal they are not helping at all.
Is the router the problem here? I assume PlusNet only operates on a single band so a Dual Band router won't help?
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Re: Wireless Issue
05-01-2015 7:05 PM
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05-01-2015 7:15 PM
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Re: Wireless Issue
05-01-2015 7:23 PM
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Re: Wireless Issue
05-01-2015 7:31 PM
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Re: Wireless Issue
05-01-2015 7:35 PM
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The PlusNet router is single band, but other than that it has nothing to do with your PlusNet.
Any dual band fibre router will work fine; probably better than the PlusNet one or your old Sky one.
Re: Wireless Issue
05-01-2015 8:52 PM
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If so, use your old router as an access point instead by turning off dhcp and giving it an ip of 192.168.1.2, plug it into your new router then turn off the wifi on your new router. Or do as some do and buy an older N type router with known good wifi for pennys, preferable an old cable router like a DIR-615 etc
Re: Wireless Issue
05-01-2015 9:59 PM
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05-01-2015 10:05 PM
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jelv (a.k.a Spoon Whittler) Why I have left Plusnet (warning: long post!) Broadband: Andrews & Arnold Home::1 (FTTC 80/20) Line rental: Pulse 8 Home Line Rental (£14.40/month) Mobile: iD mobile (£4/month) |
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05-01-2015 10:09 PM
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05-01-2015 10:39 PM
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jelv (a.k.a Spoon Whittler) Why I have left Plusnet (warning: long post!) Broadband: Andrews & Arnold Home::1 (FTTC 80/20) Line rental: Pulse 8 Home Line Rental (£14.40/month) Mobile: iD mobile (£4/month) |
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06-01-2015 4:15 PM
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06-01-2015 5:58 PM
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