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Hey guys, just a question and was hoping someone could help. I live in a five apartment complex, small place, but every one of them has a wifi router. I myself have some cheap one from walmart, a Belkin N600+. The problem that I'm having, is that the laptops I have will not connect to the 2.4ghz signal. If they do, the moment you try to get on the net, it disconnects.
I have been through numerous chats with the ISP as well as the manufacturer, and they keep pointing fingers at each other and not really helping. The 5 ghz band works fine. Is the 2.4ghz band just too crowded to use in the complex?
TL;DR wifi troubles, halp.
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>>215145
try changing the channel in the wifi settings
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>>215161
I've tried channels 1, 6, and 11. None of those seem to affect the connectivity.
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>>215162
try all of them
also have you tried connecting your laptops with an ethernet cable if it really works?
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>>215164
I've tried all channels as well, but was advised not to leave it on any channel but 1, 6, or 11. The internet actually works, I've had to hook the ethernet to my laptop during a previous manufacturer call to make sure it wasn't the ISP, as well as to edit router settings.
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>>215164
That is all of them.
Are you perhaps in over your head?
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>>215193
I didn't know about this lol but it's always worth a shot since all of them could use those specific cahnnels
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>>215193
Probably, but I'm not keen on paying the ISP for one of their routers so they can squeeze me for more cash.
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>Is the 2.4ghz band just too crowded to use in the complex?
More than likely, since nearly every device including stupid IoT devices are connected to the 2ghz band.
If you have Tomato installed on your router, you could scan the channels and switch to the least populated one and/or boost your signal output
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>>215229
Probably a stupid question, how does one go about installing the aforementioned program?
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