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Post by MikeMusic on May 18, 2021 15:00:43 GMT
The results
Start 9.30am
Seemed to be better (placebo ?) with the odd shimmer
1.30pm Off. The end. No more
This has happened before
Wifi working fine this end of the house
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Post by Slinger on May 18, 2021 15:12:50 GMT
Time to jettison the Apple.
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Post by MikeMusic on May 18, 2021 15:38:38 GMT
This was on ipad and Lenovo laptop !
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Post by ajski2fly on May 18, 2021 15:40:58 GMT
The results Start 9.30am Seemed to be better (placebo ?) with the odd shimmer 1.30pm Off. The end. No more This has happened before Wifi working fine this end of the house Hello Mike, what were you doing at the time it went off? On PC, or iPad? Surfing the Net, Zoom or Emails? Are you getting a strong Wifi signal at the end of the house where you lost connection? How far were you from the ADSL box? What are you internal walls made of and how many were between you and the ADSL box? I also have another thought on what may be occurring. Let me know about the above first. |
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Post by MartinT on May 18, 2021 18:32:50 GMT
Time to jettison the wi-fi extender.
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Post by MikeMusic on May 18, 2021 19:18:46 GMT
The results Start 9.30am Seemed to be better (placebo ?) with the odd shimmer 1.30pm Off. The end. No more This has happened before Wifi working fine this end of the house Hello Mike, what were you doing at the time it went off? On PC, or iPad? Surfing the Net, Zoom or Emails? Are you getting a strong Wifi signal at the end of the house where you lost connection? How far were you from the ADSL box? What are you internal walls made of and how many were between you and the ADSL box? I also have another thought on what may be occurring. Let me know about the above first. I was doing fine on my laptop on the internet and also watching YouTube on the Firestick (wifi) The boss had the problem on her laptop with the ipad as backup. Neither worked Wifi signal not measured The boss was around 20 metres from the Plusnet router. Had been working fine in the same position up to 1.30pm One stud plasterboard wall, then the TP Link extender then a brick wall to the outbuilding |
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Post by MikeMusic on May 18, 2021 19:21:51 GMT
Time to jettison the wi-fi extender. Does it lose the signal after a time ? |
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Post by julesd68 on May 18, 2021 19:41:16 GMT
Mike, just a thought, but how old is your Plusnet router?
When I took a new contract with Sky recently, I made a point of asking for their latest router which I think I got for nought.
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Post by MartinT on May 18, 2021 19:54:54 GMT
The current white Plusnet router is good.
Wi-Fi extenders are notorious for losing their connections. Discard and go mesh.
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Post by ajski2fly on May 18, 2021 20:25:44 GMT
Apple extenders are good they invented this stuff, mesh is good but not cheap.
My thought was you may be getting throttled cat certain times. The service providers run software on the switch against each phone line to see how much data you use, and based on this they load balance the switch by turning down the tap, more for this that use less and less for business users,”. They don’t like to admit to it as it goes against the minimum bps that they sell.
You would need to monitor your upload and download speeds over 36 hours and see where the highs and lows are, it may explain why you loose it a certain times and it get slow.
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Post by MikeMusic on May 19, 2021 10:07:13 GMT
Mike, just a thought, but how old is your Plusnet router? When I took a new contract with Sky recently, I made a point of asking for their latest router which I think I got for nought. Wasn't renewed on the last contract. May or may not be current / good Working my way towards asking Plusnet to replace |
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Post by MikeMusic on May 19, 2021 10:11:17 GMT
The current white Plusnet router is good. Wi-Fi extenders are notorious for losing their connections. Discard and go mesh. Ours is white so may still be current - or maybe knackered... Yesterday the wifi worked fine at this end of the house while the boss lost it opposite end. Previously the wifi has gone completely so only direct wired would keep us going |
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Post by MikeMusic on May 19, 2021 10:12:37 GMT
Apple extenders are good they invented this stuff, mesh is good but not cheap. My thought was you may be getting throttled cat certain times. The service providers run software on the switch against each phone line to see how much data you use, and based on this they load balance the switch by turning down the tap, more for this that use less and less for business users,”. They don’t like to admit to it as it goes against the minimum bps that they sell. You would need to monitor your upload and download speeds over 36 hours and see where the highs and lows are, it may explain why you loose it a certain times and it get slow. There's a thought that I wondered about but didn't know it actually happened |
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Post by MikeMusic on May 19, 2021 10:14:43 GMT
I will ask my next door neighbour regularly how his Three mobile connection is going
After a few weeks he is delighted
Come September I might go for the same
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Post by MartinT on May 19, 2021 10:40:29 GMT
If it helps, we are well impressed with our Three service and 5 x BT Wholehome mesh wi-fi (with the Three's wi-fi disabled).
It's all very reliable and we can certainly stream different programming to three TVs and do internet work without any glitches.
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Post by MikeMusic on May 19, 2021 12:23:00 GMT
Three gets the vote from next door with Ubiquiti
How many mesh items do I need ?
Bearing in mind we only have a problem in one location
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Post by MartinT on May 19, 2021 14:12:56 GMT
You could start with two and add more if you need.
You've seen the size of our place - the distances are greater. My guess knowing yours is that three would do it.
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Post by MikeMusic on May 19, 2021 14:41:15 GMT
Ubiquiti have an enormous range
What 2 items can I get from them, or similar
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Post by MartinT on May 19, 2021 15:06:35 GMT
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Post by ajski2fly on May 19, 2021 15:40:35 GMT
Go to the Linksys site and use their configurator page for MESH products to see what is best for you, their units have up to 2000ft range I think, so depending on your house walls and how big you may get away with one. If you live in a mansion with lots of acreage then you will need a few more.
By the way if you look on the Apple site at the Linksys products they list which Apple products are compatible with the Linksys Mesh products, which is helpful, so for example if you have a MacBook Pro it needs to be Late 2013 onwards.
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