I have been dealing with a wireless network issue in my house for the past year and I just can't get to the bottom of it. I have posted on other computing forums and haven't found any solutions, so I figured I would try here to see if anyone is able to help.
Here are my symptoms:
- My download/upload speeds are extremely inconsistent and can vary wildly from one minute to the next. I may get 90 Mbps download (which is what I should get) one minute and then suddenly it drops down to < 1 Mbps the next and everything is extremely slow to load if it loads at all
- This isn't an ISP issue, as my wired connections are all fine and don't suffer from any slowdown
- I have measured the traffic on my network at the times when slowdown occurs and verified that there is no other activity that is using my bandwidth
- It doesn't appear to be a signal strength issue either, as I show strong signal readings at all times and it can happen even 5 feet from the router with full signal strength.
- I have tried 3 routers and have had the same behavior on all of them. I started with the ASUS RT-AC87U, then I returned it for the same router and had the same problem . Then I decided to try a completely different router and bought a Netgear Nighthawk X8. I have worked with support from both ASUS and Netgear and none of their suggestions have made any difference.
- I have used wifi analyzers, changed my channels, etc, and that doesn't seem to help
- I live in a residential neighborhood with a few houses nearby, but nothing like an apartment complex with dozens of competing routers
- I have moved my router from one end of the room to the other and it didn't solve the problem
- Speeds are typically fine immediately after a router reboot, but anywhere from a few hours to a few days later I start seeing problems again.
I have no idea what else to try at this point. What could I possibly be missing? If anyone could help me out I would be greatly appreciative!
Here are my symptoms:
- My download/upload speeds are extremely inconsistent and can vary wildly from one minute to the next. I may get 90 Mbps download (which is what I should get) one minute and then suddenly it drops down to < 1 Mbps the next and everything is extremely slow to load if it loads at all
- This isn't an ISP issue, as my wired connections are all fine and don't suffer from any slowdown
- I have measured the traffic on my network at the times when slowdown occurs and verified that there is no other activity that is using my bandwidth
- It doesn't appear to be a signal strength issue either, as I show strong signal readings at all times and it can happen even 5 feet from the router with full signal strength.
- I have tried 3 routers and have had the same behavior on all of them. I started with the ASUS RT-AC87U, then I returned it for the same router and had the same problem . Then I decided to try a completely different router and bought a Netgear Nighthawk X8. I have worked with support from both ASUS and Netgear and none of their suggestions have made any difference.
- I have used wifi analyzers, changed my channels, etc, and that doesn't seem to help
- I live in a residential neighborhood with a few houses nearby, but nothing like an apartment complex with dozens of competing routers
- I have moved my router from one end of the room to the other and it didn't solve the problem
- Speeds are typically fine immediately after a router reboot, but anywhere from a few hours to a few days later I start seeing problems again.
I have no idea what else to try at this point. What could I possibly be missing? If anyone could help me out I would be greatly appreciative!