wireless network keeps cutting out

[EFD307]

so my dads wireless internet has been cutting in and out for years now he lives an an apartment complex with 50+ wireless networks around. it will cut out for a few mins then kick back on it goes out on his laptop and my phone/laptop at the same time . Im up visiting from my place and im trying to figure it out for him. he thought it was losing power and bought a ups but its still not working properly. Im wondering if its the router. i suggested getting a 5ghz router to get away from all the interference with other networks. any thoughts before i take a trip to the store and get him a new one to try out?

[jamie.k.hofer]

so my dads wireless internet has been cutting in and out for years now he lives an an apartment complex with 50+ wireless networks around. it will cut out for a few mins then kick back on it goes out on his laptop and my phone/laptop at the same time . Im up visiting from my place and im trying to figure it out for him. he thought it was losing power and bought a ups but its still not working properly. Im wondering if its the router. i suggested getting a 5ghz router to get away from all the interference with other networks. any thoughts before i take a trip to the store and get him a new one to try out?

That is all i would do hardware wise.

[Guest]

if he's on 2.4ghz and has 50+ 2.4ghz networks nearby he's gonna have a bad time. If you have an android phone you can download wifi analyzer to see for sure how many overlapping networks there are: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.farproc.wifi.analyzer&hl=en (note: this wouldn't show non wifi sources of interference).

[EFD307]

updade: new dual band router is in aaaaand it looks like his laptop doesn't have a network card that can pick up the 5GHz signal. back to the store to get a USB dual band network card and everything's working for his laptop plus his speeds almost doubled going from 2.4 to 5GHz. 10 mbps -> 17 down and 1.5->2.5 up ping went from 32->30 all in all id call that a success.