12-10-2022 14:44 - edited 12-10-2022 14:46
Perhaps if you hadn’t started with a preemptive pop at those who might care to offer an effective solution to the question as posed….
12-10-2022 14:46 - edited 12-10-2022 14:47
We don't know what will be effective until we try it, will we? Sometimes tweaking the wireless settings helps, I know from experience. And I was right about the likely responses, wasn't I?
12-10-2022 19:05 - edited 12-10-2022 19:07
@redchiz1 wrote:And I was right about the likely responses, wasn't I?
Only because the only effective cure will be using a device with better Wi-Fi, be that a different router, a WAP or mesh.
12-10-2022 15:13
Yes indeed, you have said that, and I don’t deny that a device clinging on to the edge of 5GHz will have a happier time if it is moved to 2.4GHz, and can then be moved a little further away from the router, even, and will still stay connected.
But the key factor there is ‘is moved’. Split the bands, and you move the onus of device steering and band steering from the router and the device to your own manual intervention, or to the throw of a dice as to which band each device will end up on when you split the bands.
And sure, there may be one device you have that makes the move from iffy 5GHz to solid 2.4GHz, and you might well point to this as an improvement.But the random process that’s going on here is equally likely to move a different device in the wrong direction.
I would have no beef with anyone suggesting splitting the bands, as long as they explained that that’s not enough; you then have to visit each of your 5GHz-capable devices to ensure that if they are in 5GHz range, then that is the band they are on, and that if they are outside this range, or for mobile devices likely to move outside this range, then they are on 2.4GHz
Or you can cause this:-
https://eyenetworks.no/en/bad-apple-a-single-device-can-bring-your-wifi-down/
12-10-2022 15:20
*sigh* I did say in my original reply "as a start."
12-10-2022 22:33
@redchiz1 wrote:*sigh* I did say in my original reply "as a start."
And what would have been next, pray?
12-10-2022 23:46
I will save that for the OP if they ever post again.
13-10-2022 24:27
Oh go one, I'm just dying to hear what you would suggest, that doesn't mean spending money.
13-10-2022 8:46