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Title: 5 GHz works; 2.4 GHz drops
Post by: t4bz on April 08, 2010, 09:01:03 PM

My DIR-825 is hooked into an Actiontec M1000 with AT&T DSL.  The 5GHz network seems to work just fine on my n-equipped laptop, but anything that is 2.4 GHz (wife's laptop, other laptops) repeatedly slows and drops.  Any ideas?

Title: Re: 5 GHz works; 2.4 GHz drops
Post by: Mackerel on April 08, 2010, 09:35:34 PM

Could be there is some interference... Have you tried setting the channel manually, to a less used channel? You could check how much activity is in the area on the 2.4 GHz.

Use your laptop (disconnected from your network to improve scanning-results) with a tool, called INSSIDER (link here (http://www.metageek.net/products/inssider)), to see what else is happening, and which channels are less used.

Most of the time a very strong signal in your neighbourhood may interfere with your connections dramatically.

Title: Re: 5 GHz works; 2.4 GHz drops
Post by: t4bz on April 09, 2010, 08:51:35 AM

Thank you; I'll try this and report back.