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[SpongeGuard]

So I use Shaw as my ISP, with the dlink DIR-655 as my router.
Originally I was using the DPC3825, and started noticing some nasty signal fluctuations on my phone and wii (would go from 5 bars to 1 bar, causing netflix to drop out, games to disconnect, phone browsing to stop completely, etc) which is why I bought the DIR-655. Needless to say, the issues remain

I have been looking for sources of RF interference.
I do not own a microwave, all the electrical work in this house is brand new, I have no neighbors (live in middle of a forest). I have tried positioning, every wifi channel, building an aluminum satellite dish to direct the signal where I want it to go. I've had it in every room in the house, I've unplugged the fridge and all other RF electronics (cordless phones, etc), and the issue remains.

So what the heck is going on here? Does my house hate wifi signals?
I was thinking maybe dirty power, but my house has emergency power batteries that run 24/7. Any dropouts or flickers aren't even noticed by the system.

http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/426966_314492395278353_100001527860852_912810_1494121286_n.jpg

This is a picture of the path between the router and my roku box/wii/phone

The router is 1 inch below the camera screen, and the roku box is in the far room. it's 30 feet
what can cause severe fluctuations at 30ft?

[FurryNutz]

Any chance you can take this router and a mobile PC or just hook up to a friend or families PC and test this out in a different location?

How many other WiFi routers are near by?
Use InSSIDer to find out.

[SpongeGuard]

Any chance you can take this router and a mobile PC or just hook up to a friend or families PC and test this out in a different location?

How many other WiFi routers are near by?
Use InSSIDer to find out.

As I said, I live in the middle of a forest.
There are none, I have no neighbors.

[SpongeGuard]

That's odd. My phone, roku box and wii were being assigned the same local ip by my DIR-655.
I set the phone and wii to different static ips, and now everything is working great.
Bizzare as heck

[FurryNutz]

Are you assigning the IPs on the devices or ON the router? ON the router is preferred.

[SpongeGuard]

Are you assigning the IPs on the devices or ON the router? ON the router is preferred.

I had them all set to pull a random DHCP address.
They were all assigned 192.168.0.101 by the router.
I assigned wii 192.168.0.102, phone 192.168.0.103, roku pulls 192.168.0.101 automatically
Everything resolved!

[FurryNutz]

Need to reserve the IP addresses for ALL devices ON the router.