WiFi interference due to electrical wiring or appliances

[Gakure]

Hi - can you clarify for me please - is the link stable or is it dropping as well as the wifi? I have a DVR that powers up when 2 legged rats are near and it slows down wifi throughput, but it doesn't kill it. How do you know the wifi is dropping (sorry for my dumb questions ).

That is okay, is elimination process.
The way i know WiFi has drop, an exclamation mark appear next to wifi sign and you can't access the pages. (Then happen when hard wired too).
The other way i know is drop as the teenager come down asking if i have switch the internet again. (I suppose it give me an opportunity to they are still there, lol)

 

[Gakure]

it wouldn't hurt.

You posts aren't clear so we aren't really sure if its the wifi router going down or the broadband to the house...

Its the broadband, the reason I said wifi is because is what we normally use.

 

[Octopus]

If it’s the broadband, and you are connected directly to the master socket, then it’s up the service provider to sort it out .....

 

[Ib≤In≤Iz]

Could be a DHCP problem upon renewal of IP addresses.

Run CMD and type command: ipconfig /all.
This will give you info about your wifi connection.

Check ip address allocated is within the DHCP range.

Check the gateway and dns ip addresses are correct, usually it's the routers ip.

 

[GeorgeCooke]

You are on the master socket and I assume a filter in place? Have you tried swapping that for a new one?

This is the sort of nonsense I get from EE. Filters don't go wrong, they are passive devices. Also you don't need a filter for broadband, the filter is for the telephone. There is no filtering on the broadband output.

 

[littlespark]

This is the sort of nonsense I get from EE. Filters don't go wrong, they are passive devices. Also you don't need a filter for broadband, the filter is for the telephone. There is no filtering on the broadband output.

That's just something BT told me to try. If i'd known it was only filtering the phone and not the BB, I would have told them at the time.

OP, I think we all got a little confused. Your problem is with the incoming broadband, not the outgoing wifi signals.
Solution is still the same, its either the router or the incoming cabling.
whatever it is, its the ISP to fix. Just keep at them on a weekly basis until something is done.

 

[Ib≤In≤Iz]

@Gakure Access your router log, that may give some useful info.