Wifi cutting out

[Killer183]

My wifi just randomly cuts out for 10-20 seconds when i turn on my laptop, turn on a light, open a door, ring my door bell and open my front door. (It doesnt always happen but it happens the most when i turn on h laptop. I use 2.4ghz btw

[GorujoCY]

seems to be a sort a "antenna" wave interference, are others neighbor using 2.4 GHz wifi if you know by any chance?

also did you try switching channels to your router?

[Killer183]

No i havent but i used a wifi analyzer and it wasnt very crowded

[Killer183]

52 minutes ago, GorujoCY said:

seems to be a sort a "antenna" wave interference, are others neighbor using 2.4 GHz wifi if you know by any chance?

also did you try switching channels to your router?

I forgot to quote lol also other neighbors do use 2.4ghz as far as i know

[GorujoCY]

4 hours ago, Killer183 said:

I forgot to quote lol also other neighbors do use 2.4ghz as far as i know

alright have you done any basic troubleshooting like switching channels or resetting your router or something?

 

[LogicalDrm]

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[Killer183]

14 hours ago, SGT-AMD said:

If you are turning things on and the wi-fi is going away, that indicates a poor signal to noise ratio.

1. How far away are you from the router?

I believe that you have something new in the house that may be making some noise.

One way to troubleshoot is to turn off all circuit breakers that are not important to your router and cable modem. Then, turn them on one at a time to see which circuit (might) be creating the issue. Look for switiching power supplies and led lights

on that circuit and unplug and unscrew the lights.

Doorbell cameras are something to look at as well.

 

All the wifi in the ENTIRE house just crashes. On the router it says that there is internet. I dont remember anything new that makes noise.  I believe that there is a light/camera for our neighbors that turns on by motion(the light turns on by motion idk if the camera does). I would try the circuit breakers thing but its very hard since it happens randomly sometimes 2-4 times a day sometimes 2 times a week

[Killer183]

17 hours ago, GorujoCY said:

alright have you done any basic troubleshooting like switching channels or resetting your router or something?

 

I could switch channels but accord to a wifi analyzer there isnt really alot of networks (5 including me) at once. Most of the times its 2-3. It changes by me walking around the house lol. If u want i can send screenshots.

[Donut417]

4 hours ago, Killer183 said:

I could switch channels but accord to a wifi analyzer there isnt really alot of networks (5 including me) at once. Most of the times its 2-3. It changes by me walking around the house lol. If u want i can send screenshots.

2.4 Ghz isn't just used by WiFi. Other devices use it as well. Just like part of the 5Ghz spectrum is used by Radar. These are things that WiFi analyzer wont show you. To be honest, I wouldn't touch 2.4Ghz with a 30 foot pole if 5Gzh was available. 

[Killer183]

2 hours ago, Donut417 said:

2.4 Ghz isn't just used by WiFi. Other devices use it as well. Just like part of the 5Ghz spectrum is used by Radar. These are things that WiFi analyzer wont show you. To be honest, I wouldn't touch 2.4Ghz with a 30 foot pole if 5Gzh was available. 

Pretty sure its not available 

[Donut417]

34 minutes ago, Killer183 said:

Pretty sure its not available 

Well if your router can’t support 5Ghz then it’s pretty old and probably should be replaced. 

[Killer183]

2 minutes ago, Donut417 said:

Well if your router can’t support 5Ghz then it’s pretty old and probably should be replaced. 

pretty sure it does but idk if my internet does

[Donut417]

Just now, Killer183 said:

pretty sure it does but idk if my internet does

If the router supports 5Ghz that’s all you need. Your ISP has nothing to do with what bands you can use, that’s all dictated by the equipment you use. 

[Killer183]

1 minute ago, Donut417 said:

If the router supports 5Ghz that’s all you need. Your ISP has nothing to do with what bands you can use, that’s all dictated by the equipment you use. 

oh lmao i didnt know that. How do i check if i can change it to 5ghz. Also can i make like 2 wifis one is 5ghz and one is 2.4ghz with the same router?

[Donut417]

7 hours ago, Killer183 said:

oh lmao i didnt know that. How do i check if i can change it to 5ghz. Also can i make like 2 wifis one is 5ghz and one is 2.4ghz with the same router?

Check the WiFi settings in the router's firmware. As far as two separate networks go, it depends on the router. My sister has the Google WIFi mesh system, and you cant separate out the networks. However on my router, I have 2 separate networks, I just added the band to the end of the SSID. So I have Donut2.4 and Donut5Ghz, that way I know what network Im connecting to. 

[Killer183]

some ss of the wifi analyzer

[Killer183]

On 2/3/2021 at 7:15 PM, SGT-AMD said:

If you are turning things on and the wi-fi is going away, that indicates a poor signal to noise ratio.

1. How far away are you from the router?

I believe that you have something new in the house that may be making some noise.

One way to troubleshoot is to turn off all circuit breakers that are not important to your router and cable modem. Then, turn them on one at a time to see which circuit (might) be creating the issue. Look for switiching power supplies and led lights

on that circuit and unplug and unscrew the lights.

Doorbell cameras are something to look at as well.

 

 

On 2/4/2021 at 2:12 PM, Donut417 said:

2.4 Ghz isn't just used by WiFi. Other devices use it as well. Just like part of the 5Ghz spectrum is used by Radar. These are things that WiFi analyzer wont show you. To be honest, I wouldn't touch 2.4Ghz with a 30 foot pole if 5Gzh was available. 

I forgot to add that the router is on a ups /battery

[Donut417]

7 hours ago, Killer183 said:

I forgot to add that the router is on a ups /battery

UPS won't cause an issue. I have my router on a UPS. Works fine. 

[Killer183]

17 hours ago, SGT-AMD said:

You could try to elimate the ups, and see what happens, can't hurt at this point.

 

 

 

16 hours ago, Donut417 said:

UPS won't cause an issue. I have my router on a UPS. Works fine. 

Yeah i will try to remove the ups but just now like 10 seconds ago i unplugged my ipad from my charger which is like 1 meter  under the router and the wifi cut out for 2 mins. Also what about the ss i sent? Ill try changing the channel to like 11 or 12

[Killer183]

 

45 minutes ago, SGT-AMD said:

His UPS could be raising the noise floor. I do agree that it might not be the issue, but isolation is what we are looking for.

We want to make sure we can find the issue, as I think it might be in the house. I could be wrong as well, but it is a start.

 

 

22 hours ago, Donut417 said:

UPS won't cause an issue. I have my router on a UPS. Works fine. 

I changed the channel and the wifi didnt cut out when i turned on the laptop. I might have fixed it but ill reply in like 24 hours with a update  

[Killer183]

23 hours ago, SGT-AMD said:

Roger That

Alright so it seems that the problem was with the wifi channel but when i changed it to 12\11 the internet was VERY slow i dont know why

[Killer183]

9 minutes ago, SGT-AMD said:

I still believe that you have a noise floor issue. Isolating the circuit the noise is coming from will be a step forward.

Again, I could be wrong, but it is the next logical step.

 

I dont understand how sound would interfer with wifi